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Thanks for the input folks. Between the holidays and the fact I am in between homes, I haven't had a chance to test this, but I did look at the Wiki and was a bit disspointed to see this.

2.9.3 pathsubstitution
Main page: Path substitution
Note: Path substition for "sources" and profiles is broken, and will NOT be fixed.
Path substitutions are for use for redirecting file paths. These are processed in order, and are useful for substituting an absolute path on a PC with a path suitable for Kodi to handle.
Default: No path substitutions defined.
Example:
<pathsubstitution> <substitute> <from>G:\dvds\</from> <to>smb://somecomputer/g-share/dvds/</to> <!-- Note the difference between the usage of forward and backslashes --> </substitute> </pathsubstitution>

Is anyone currently using "pathsubstitution" successfully?

I just don't want to introduce a problem if it is in fact broken.  But I do appreciate the information, if it will work it seems that is exactly what I need to do.