so after going through 5 manuals and tutorials... i still can't get anything from my smb share menu in xbmc.
i've even got this error from going through workgroup ; mshome
error:
success
then the ok button.
wtf?
i'm also wondering, it's written in guides that you don't need to modify your .xml file for versions over 1.1, which is my case. but, even after configuring the proper adresses for my dns and gateways (even in the xbmc settings-smb tab, right?)
i still don't get through. when i try it with smb network.. it just asks me for a user and pass, which i don't have setup anywhere.
i m havin the same exact problem. it has to be somethin with my computer tho. i was able to stream stuff from my laptop, but when it comes to my desktop i have this problem. if anyone has any suiggestions, pls throw em this way cuz i ve given up all hope for now. too many hours spent on this..........
:fixed: a fix we finally came up with! :fixed:
alright here it is... i m posting this for anyone else that runs into this problem.
my problem was streaming movies from my pc thru my xbox. what fixed it was:
1 - me going into my xbmc folder thru ftp
2 - then downloading the xboxmediacenter.xml file to my pc to edit it in notepad.
3 - i did a find in the notepad of the xboxmediacenter.xml to locate "workgroup" to enter the ip of my computer manually.
4 - once i ran into "workgroup (smb) network", right under that i saw "<path>smb://".
5 - i entered my comp's ip address there along with the folder that i shared on my comp. so in my case it looked like this - <path>smb://192.168.1.2/e drive</path>
6 - i continued and did that throughout the entire xboxmediacenter.xml in notepad til there were no more to enter manually. i counted 4 of em.
after doin this it worked perfectly. now to stream anything, all i have to do is make sure its in the e drive of my comp and its fine. during troubleshooting with the best guys in the world on here :thumbsup:, they had me look for "<loglevel>" to change it to 0, and samba to change it to 10 so the xboxmediacenter.xml file could record debugging stuff to see if they could see what the problem was. this was done in the xboxmediacenter.xml file (just to be clear).
i hope i didnt word this in a difficult or confusing way. i tried my best to keep it simple so others can use this as a fix. hope it can help u propain and anybody else that runs into this annoying problem. a big thank you to tslayer, kraqh3d, and the rest of the people on here that help others out on this forum. good job! u rock :kickass:
you both failed to mention the version of xbmc you are using. provide more details. debug log with samba debug set. please search forums for details on providing this information.
ts
06-02-2006 15:06:27 notice -----------------------------------------------------------------------
06-02-2006 15:06:27 notice starting xboxmediacenter. built on jan 19 2006
06-02-2006 15:06:27 notice q is mapped to: harddisk0\partition6\apps\xbmc
06-02-2006 15:06:27 notice log file is located: q:\xbmc.log
06-02-2006 15:06:27 notice -----------------------------------------------------------------------
06-02-2006 15:06:27 notice setup directx
06-02-2006 15:06:27 info available videomodes:
06-02-2006 15:06:27 info found mode: 720x480 at 60hz,
06-02-2006 15:06:28 notice load settings...
06-02-2006 15:06:28 notice loading t:\settings.xml
06-02-2006 15:06:28 notice getting hardware information now...
06-02-2006 15:06:28 info using analog output
06-02-2006 15:06:28 info ac3 pass through is disabled
06-02-2006 15:06:28 info dts pass through is disabled
06-02-2006 15:06:28 notice checking resolution 10
06-02-2006 15:06:28 info av pack: standard
06-02-2006 15:06:28 info av flags:
06-02-2006 15:06:28 notice setting autoresolution mode 4
06-02-2006 15:06:28 notice loading q:\xboxmediacenter.xml
06-02-2006 15:06:28 notice loaded q:\system\players\mplayer\iso639-1.xml
06-02-2006 15:06:28 notice loaded q:\system\players\mplayer\iso639-2.xml
06-02-2006 15:06:28 notice initialize assignment:[dash] network ip:[192.168.1.4] netmask:[255.255.255.0] gateway:[192.168.1.1] nameserver:[0.0.0.0]
06-02-2006 15:06:28 warning not initializing network, using settings as they are setup by dashboard
06-02-2006 15:06:32 notice start timeserver thread
06-02-2006 15:06:32 notice xbfilezilla: starting...
06-02-2006 15:06:32 notice xbfilezilla: started
06-02-2006 15:06:32 notice start led control
06-02-2006 15:06:32 notice checking the date!
06-02-2006 15:06:32 notice start dvd mediatype detection
06-02-2006 15:06:32 notice initializing playlistplayer
06-02-2006 15:06:32 notice load default skin:[the orbs]
06-02-2006 15:06:32 error couldn't load q:\skin\the orbs\font.xml
06-02-2006 15:06:32 error failed to load home.xml for skin:the orbs, fallback to "project mayhem iii" skin
06-02-2006 15:06:33 notice q:\skin\the orbs\sounds\sounds.xml, line 0
failed to open file
06-02-2006 15:06:33 notice initialize done
06-02-2006 15:06:33 notice running the application...
06-02-2006 15:06:33 warning kernel32.dll fake function disablethreadlibrarycalls called
06-02-2006 15:07:30 error smbdirectory->getdirectory: unable to open directory : 'smb://rob/'
unix_err:'2' nt_err : '0' error : 'success'
06-02-2006 15:07:30 error getdirectory(smb://rob/) failed
thats the name of my computer.
full computer name: rob
have you tried seeing if you can access a share directly with
smb://rob/sharename/ ?
also, have you tried using ip address instead of the name. using the name requires functional windows name services. in this case, you should set your wins server to your rob's ip address.
na not yet. how do i give that a go?
it said i cant use spaces or periods. periods is the problem here since ur sayin i should try putting in the ip instead of the name. i ve never had this problem with my computer name...
1) download xboxmediacenter.xml to your computer
2) open it with a text editor
3) add the following to the correct media section
Quote:<bookmark>
<name>test</name>
<path>smb://rob/windowshare/</path>
</bookmark>
4) upload back to xbox
Quote:it said i cant use spaces or periods. periods is the problem here since ur sayin i should try putting in the ip instead of the name. i ve never had this problem with my computer name...
huh? you've lost me. if you using the smb config from the gui, just stop right there and look at the other note on how to configure it manually. the gui configuration is hokey at best.
and stop editing your existing posts. it doesnt update who made the last post so i cant tell if you've replied.
ok i tried ur suggestion and that didnt work... it said it couldnt connect when i tried that. so i went back to the original setting in the .xml file and it did the same thing again. it finds the workgroup called workgroup, which is on my computer, and it finds my computer itself which is called rob, but then it doesnt let me in and gives me this error window that says error at the top and in the window it says success.
so i m successfully getting an annoying error :nuts:
you need to have guest access enabled. do you?
ok i m lost... i spent the last 10 mins tryin to find that. sorry
can u help me with enabling guest access please?
if you dont use a username and password with smb, then you need to enable guest access. this is os dependant. in windowsxp its in users accounts.
in linux, you need to modify smb.conf. to affect all shares:
Quote:[global]
guest ok = yes
or per share:
Quote:[sharename]
guest ok = yes
ok i just enabled it and still no go. i m gonna restart my comp to see if that fixes it. thx for helpin out! brb.........