[phoenix79]

I have set up a XBMC for my parents and for various reasons I have connected an external hard drive to the raspberry pi.

I would like to be able to load content directly to the XBMC/Raspberry Pi USB hard drive via a computer on the network. I have come to a dead end and for some reason I am unable to find a simple way to do this. Can you help

Thanks

[dnalloheoj]

Are you looking for a automated way to do this, or would manual loading suffice?

I'd suggest WinSCP if the latter is okay.

[phoenix79]

The manual is great Sorry to ask, but I am unsure how a FTP client will help. Are there any settings that I will need to change on the XBMC for this to work?

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Is there a thread about setting this up?

[phoenix79]

Never mind found this one:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=SFTP

For others reading this

Download WinSCP : http://sourceforge.net/projects/winscp/

Install and follow steps below:

1. Choose a SFTP client and open an instance
2. Enter The XBMC box IP (e.g. 192.168.1.254)
3. Choose port 22
4. username = pi
5. password = raspberry

Thanks for all the help

[calev]

Thats transferring over ssh, The slowest way to transfer files. Transfers will go way faster if you use samba.

[phoenix79]

Yes it was a very slow file transfer. Any chance you could provide some links or instructions?

Thanks

[calev]

Sure. These Instructions for openelec work fine in windows.

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Its still not going to be a speed demon due to it being a pi but it will be faster.

[phoenix79]

You're kidding, all I needed to do was enter in the ip address into windows explorer! lol ok why the hell didn't I think of that the first time! XD

oh man, sometimes it's the simple things in life :-P

[derekwhelan]

Can this be done if you are not on the same network?