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2011-07-18, 20:26
(This post was last modified: 2011-07-20, 18:33 by thleeree.)
i'm using UPnP connection
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Quick question. I have the typical asking for a password every time I reconnect which includes every time the HTPC is rebooted xbmc asks me for a username and password and once its entered it works fine. Only thing is I have it set for no password or anything so not sure why its STILL asking me for the password.
The username and password is the username and pass on the PC its sharing off. I read that Windows Live is the cause of this yet I just reinstalled win 7 and go to uninstall programs in control panel and there is no windows live present! so I dont think thats causing it.
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For two nights I couldn't get the shares working on Win 7 and then I found this thread. Worked in about 2 minutes. Thanks to the OP.
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just installed windows live essentials and now xbmc sharing via smb doesnt work. xbmc keeps asking for a password....i've read that I need to uninstall the "sign in assistant" component of the live essentials pack. but there is no option to remove only this component via the control panel, and yet the assistant does exist as a running service. manually stopping the service does not fix the sharing problem. so as remedy i uninstalled the entire live essential pack which did remove the assistant service. but when i reinstalled essentials the assistant reappears again? I was given no option not to install it.
i want to keep live mail and messenger on my windows pc. so what should i do XBMC team? Will the XBMC Eden release fix this?
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2012-01-29, 16:34
(This post was last modified: 2012-01-29, 16:35 by fenwickgoodall.)
I've been trying to get the SMB sharing to work for the last week using various guides including this one.
Every time in XBMC I hit SMB all I ever get is "Error:2 Share not available".
Can anyone give any further advice on how to fix?
I've used Windows Share Manager to make sure the folder is shared properly, and Windows Live is uninstalled.
Is there any other method I can use to get this working??
(I'm using XBMC on Apple TV & Windows 7 Laptop)
Thanks
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2012-01-29, 17:33
(This post was last modified: 2012-01-29, 17:41 by fenwickgoodall.)
Thanks Dallas - no luck still. Cant get rid of this error 2.
Can someone with it working confirm their settings in XBMC Network?
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tagging this so I don't have to look for it every time I need it! Thanks
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I had the same problem as fenwick (great name, by the way). After downloading the latest version of xmbcbuntu live, I kept getting the same "can't read network share" message. The weird thing was that the underlying operating system (in this case, lubuntu) found my network devices quite easily; it was only xbmc that couldn't seem to find them. Fortunately, there turned out to be an easy fix. After opening the synaptic package manager in lubuntu, I was able to install samba and a couple of related packages. After rebooting, xbmc located all my network-shared media in a snap using samba. Granted, I'm running xbmcbuntu off a usb stick, so this many not work to people using other flavors of xbmc. But it does suggest a possible solution to network sharing problems with xbmc (i.e. make sure samba is installed before deciding that it doesn't work).
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Firstly may I say a huge thank you to the many people contributing to this topic. Without them I would have been truly lost in setting up my fileshare for XBMC on my ipad.
I followed the guide exactly and after some work, managed to access the files on the network on my ipad via smb. Although I already have XBMC on the laptop, with all the metadata, for some reason I am unable to access this functionality on the ipad. Although I can see and play the files, I'm assuming that for some reason I can't access the metadata.
It should be noted that I'm pretty new to all of this, so it's likely that I missed something. From the research I've done, the metadata isn't accessible via upnp (tbh I have no idea what these protocols are, I simply follow guides) but how this differs to smb is unknown to me. I don't intend to sync all devices via sql, but I would like to access the metadata information (e.g fanart synopsis etc) on the ipad version of xbmc. If anybody knows how, do let me know, otherwise many thanks for helping me getting it all up and running: The streaming functionality is significantly better than many of the paid for apps that do a similar function, but require far more installation files on the pc/laptop.
tldr: need help with accessing metadata. I'm a techno noob. I have metadata for xbmc on the laptop version.
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You are correct, jjtee. metadata and upnp don't really play nice together. You need to share the folder where you files are directly from whatever operating system you are using. So, for example, if they are on a Windows machine, you need to follow the guide at the beginning of this thread, and share the appropriate folders.
Then, from your iPad, search for Windows Network (smb) rather than upnp. This will get you direct access to the folders with the data.
I should additionally note that you will want to scan the files into the library again from the iPad, particularly if you are not syncing via sql. Until you do that, you definitely won't get any metadata.