I've got my advancedsettings as follows in the following two locations
XBMC-KITCHEN
XBMC-CINEMA
XBMC-LOUNGE does the actual processing of the Library and has the thumbnails - which display correctly. (Its advancedsetting file does not have the pathsubstitution tag)
XBMC-KITCHEN and XBMC-CINEMA are not displaying the thumbnails at all.
Any advice? Setup is all Windows 7 + XBMC 10.1
Code:
<advancedsettings>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>\\XBMC-LOUNGE\Thumbnails\</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
<videodatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.137.3</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>xbmc_video</name>
</videodatabase>
<musicdatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.137.3</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>xbmc_music</name>
</musicdatabase>
</advancedsettings>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>\\XBMC-LOUNGE\Thumbnails\</to>
</substitute>
If you change the "TO" to an SMB link (smb://blah/blah/Thumbnails), does it work?
Im assuming you are on a windows machine? if not you , specifying what OS you are on will help.
yeah you probably need the smb: added here how mine looks and make sure the slashes are like mine below
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>smb://192.168.1.5/Thumbnails/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
I would also recommend using the IP and not the computer name for the path substitution section, just how you used the IP in the mysql sections.
Also, something I've noticed is that it is not enough to only share the folder. You also need to make sure that the NTFS permissions are set correctly to allow remote users access. In my case, since I don't care about security on my XBMC pcs, I have my NTFS permissions set to user "Everyone" and removed any inherited permissions. In Windows 7 there are also some settings in the "Network and Sharing Center" / "Advanced Sharing Settings" that I changed like.. disable "Require Password to access shares"... once again not very secure but it works for me
cruzannavy Wrote:<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>\\XBMC-LOUNGE\Thumbnails\</to>
</substitute>
If you change the "TO" to an SMB link (smb://blah/blah/Thumbnails), does it work?
Im assuming you are on a windows machine? if not you , specifying what OS you are on will help.
The OS is in the original post - Win 7.
Bogi Wrote:yeah you probably need the smb: added here how mine looks and make sure the slashes are like mine below
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>smb://192.168.1.5/Thumbnails/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
I would also recommend using the IP and not the computer name for the path substitution section, just how you used the IP in the mysql sections.
Also, something I've noticed is that it is not enough to only share the folder. You also need to make sure that the NTFS permissions are set correctly to allow remote users access. In my case, since I don't care about security on my XBMC pcs, I have my NTFS permissions set to user "Everyone" and removed any inherited permissions. In Windows 7 there are also some settings in the "Network and Sharing Center" / "Advanced Sharing Settings" that I changed like.. disable "Require Password to access shares"... once again not very secure but it works for me
Thanks - will give it a go.
Didn't work...
Looks like this on all the PCs, including the main PC (XBMC-CINEMA), is that correct?
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>smb://192.168.136.5/Thumbnails/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
I've turned off "password required"
I've checked that the share is accessible from the other PCs.
But it only works from the 'main' PC.
Steps were as follows:
1.) Share default location as "Thumbnails" , (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\UserData\Thumbnails), check security, turn off password required.
2.) Place AdvancedSettings on all PCs
3.) Reload library on main PC
4.) Confirm main pc working
5.) Other PCs not working.
Am I missing something?
From one of the "not working" machines?
Here's the log from the one not working machine, not sure if its the debug log?
Code:
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502226944 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: Windows 7, 64-bit (WoW) Service Pack 1 build 7601. Built on Mar 8 2011 (Git:e9e9099, compiler 1500)
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 230 @ 1.60GHz
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: Desktop Resolution: 1366x768 32Bit at 60Hz
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: Running with restricted rights
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\XBMC
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\cache
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: The executable running is: C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\XBMC.exe
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: Log File is located: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\xbmc.log
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502214656 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502194176 NOTICE: Setup SDL
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502034432 NOTICE: Found screen: Generic PnP Monitor on Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family, adapter 0.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:502030336 NOTICE: Primary mode: 1366x768 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501055488 NOTICE: Additional mode: 640x480 @ 59.94 - Full Screen
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501055488 NOTICE: Additional mode: 640x480 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501055488 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501055488 NOTICE: Additional mode: 800x600 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501055488 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501055488 NOTICE: Additional mode: 1024x768 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501055488 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501055488 NOTICE: Additional mode: 1280x600 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501055488 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501055488 NOTICE: Additional mode: 1280x720 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501403648 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501403648 NOTICE: Additional mode: 1280x768 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501022720 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501022720 NOTICE: Additional mode: 1366x768 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501071872 NOTICE: load settings...
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501035008 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
19:56:12 T:2888 M:501035008 NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500981760 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500981760 NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500969472 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500957184 NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500957184 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500957184 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500953088 NOTICE: Loaded advancedsettings.xml from special://profile/advancedsettings.xml
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500953088 NOTICE: Contents of special://profile/advancedsettings.xml are...
<advancedsettings>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>smb://192.168.137.5/Thumbnails/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
<videodatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.137.3</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>xbmc_video</name>
</videodatabase>
<musicdatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.137.3</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>xbmc_music</name>
</musicdatabase>
</advancedsettings>
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500944896 WARNING: VIDEO database configuration is experimental.
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500944896 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500944896 NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500944896 NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500944896 NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500944896 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
19:56:12 T:2888 M:500936704 NOTICE: Loading media sources from special://masterprofile/sources.xml
19:56:13 T:2888 M:497451008 WARNING: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - initial wanted device config failed
19:56:13 T:2888 M:481468416 NOTICE: initializing playlistplayer
19:56:13 T:2888 M:481468416 NOTICE: DONE initializing playlistplayer
19:56:14 T:2888 M:472702976 NOTICE: CApplication::UpdateLibraries - Starting video library startup scan
19:56:14 T:2888 M:472535040 NOTICE: initialize done
19:56:14 T:2888 M:472526848 NOTICE: Running the application...
19:56:14 T:2888 M:472510464 NOTICE: ES: Starting event server
19:56:14 T:2304 M:472399872 NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on 127.0.0.1:9777
19:56:14 T:2304 M:472395776 NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777
19:56:14 T:1940 M:469209088 NOTICE: VideoInfoScanner: Starting scan ..
19:56:16 T:2712 M:451997696 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
19:56:17 T:2712 M:449884160 NOTICE: {'limit': '4'}
19:56:20 T:2640 M:447025152 ERROR: WEATHER: Unable to get data: Invalid License Key.
19:56:29 T:2772 M:422055936 NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
19:56:34 T:2548 M:382214144 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
19:56:34 T:2548 M:382214144 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
19:56:35 T:2548 M:380420096 NOTICE: {'limit': '4'}
19:56:37 T:2772 M:362590208 NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
Assuming you have all of the share permissions correct, you can just stop using the path substitution and use symlinks instead. I've used both methods, but I prefer symlinks for various reasons. Some people don't like them, it's up to you. To try it, remove your thumbnails folder from all of the machines except the HOST machine. Open an elevated command prompt (run as administrator) and then type in:
Code:
CD C:\Users\User_name\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
mklink /D Thumbnails \\HTPC\Users\User_name\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\Thumbnails
Obviously, you need to adjust the paths for YOUR specific machine(s) or this won't work. Make sure you can reach the shared thumbnail directory through Explorer on each machine. If you can't, you have a permissions problem.
No further settings need to be adjusted, every machine that you do this on will essentially think it is using it's own thumbnails directory, but will in fact be using the HOST machines thumbnail directory.
Just make sure you remove the path substitution from all machines that you use the symlink on.
OR enable debug and post the complete log on
http://pastebin.com/
Quote:From one of the "not working" machines?
That makes the most sense.
Glad to hear it, thanks for posting back. It is helpful to future users if they bother to search and they can find a confirmed working solution.
Seems to be the neatest solution to me... wasn't even aware that Windows now supported symlinks... it'll be quite useful going forward (job wise).
I want to share my fanart and poster because I don`t see it and I don`t know how to do in a Yosemite Mac runing mysql.
Could someone help me?
Thanks in adavance.
Sharing thumbnails is no longer supported. See the notes on
MySQL (wiki).
