2010-12-09, 10:07
I've tried searching up and down and can't seem to find the answer to this one. I have several systems that interface with a linux/samba file server through XBMC. All the win XP systems work fine but when I try to add a source in the XBMC videos menu, my new win 7 laptop does not seem to be able to see the mapped drive letters on the system. I can get to them fine in the file explorer but XBMC for some reason does not see them. I have tried the SMB function and that works as well, however some of my third party scripts are rather dependent on the drive letter and they are not set up to use SMB mapping.
Here are my setup details: (dont think all this is relevant but I'll post it anyhow)
-Win 7 Home Premium (all win updates installed as of today, no SP's yet)
-Intel Core i7 q740 (mobile, 64 bit)
-4 GB ram
-nvidia GeForce GTX 460M (driver 8.17.12.5912)
-Conexant SmartAudio HD (driver 4.126.0.62)
-Linux system is running mythbuntu 10.10, script requiring mapped drive letters (instead of internal SMB mapping) is mythbox
-XBMC version 9.11.0.0
-logfile @ http://pastebin.com/0FHTLxD9
-To replicate:
map a network folder in win 7 explorer to drive letter (I used K: )
launch XBMC (I am using portable setup and running as admin)
select videos menu
select Add source
If you hit browse here the drive letter (K: ) is not listed, alternatively click none and try to manually enter the path (tried K: and K:\)
If manually entering path, Click Ok
Error will pop up: UNABLE TO CONNECT Could not retrieve directory information
I have double checked to make sure the K: drive is accessable via the windows explorer.
If you need any more detail please let me know. It seems win 7 might be handling these mapped drive letters in such a way the XBMC cannot see them? I've been googl'ing for several evenings to no avail :-(
Thanks for any insight you can provide!
~E
Here are my setup details: (dont think all this is relevant but I'll post it anyhow)
-Win 7 Home Premium (all win updates installed as of today, no SP's yet)
-Intel Core i7 q740 (mobile, 64 bit)
-4 GB ram
-nvidia GeForce GTX 460M (driver 8.17.12.5912)
-Conexant SmartAudio HD (driver 4.126.0.62)
-Linux system is running mythbuntu 10.10, script requiring mapped drive letters (instead of internal SMB mapping) is mythbox
-XBMC version 9.11.0.0
-logfile @ http://pastebin.com/0FHTLxD9
-To replicate:
map a network folder in win 7 explorer to drive letter (I used K: )
launch XBMC (I am using portable setup and running as admin)
select videos menu
select Add source
If you hit browse here the drive letter (K: ) is not listed, alternatively click none and try to manually enter the path (tried K: and K:\)
If manually entering path, Click Ok
Error will pop up: UNABLE TO CONNECT Could not retrieve directory information
I have double checked to make sure the K: drive is accessable via the windows explorer.
If you need any more detail please let me know. It seems win 7 might be handling these mapped drive letters in such a way the XBMC cannot see them? I've been googl'ing for several evenings to no avail :-(
Thanks for any insight you can provide!
~E