[johnmerrick]

right i think you may have cracked it.

When i rebuilt my xbmc on my main pc for use with msql, i entered all the media sources as network shares but not the music source. I used the local path by mistake. Then i copied the sources file to each client pc.

i'm pretty certain this is the route of my problem here. once you mentioned g:/ then that was it. i knew the sources file was wrong.

apologies for this but hopefully we can view it as a 'solved' case!

will update soon.

edit:

yes I apologise that i made this error it's all working seemless now. just need to configure smb sharing on an openelec device.

thanks for your help and patience Millhouse!