2008-10-19, 19:46
As a non-techie I'm really struggling with XBMC on my Apple TV and accessing anything except for the Weather. XBMC and Boxee installed fine on the ATV and I can play around with the interface and skins, but can't understand how to connect to my media on my networked Macs and a NAS box.
I'm connecting wirelessly from my ATV to my Apple Extreme Base Station (which is in 'bridge mode' connected to my wired 10/100 network modem/router). I did once manage to see my NAS box in the 'Filemanager' of XBMC but seem to have 'lost' it again.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what's possible, but shouldn't I be able to stream my iTunes 8 files from my networked iMac, and Xvid and H264 movies from the same machine?
I am finding it very difficult to work out how to do this. I tried the section of the wiki that dealt with Windows File Sharing on OS X, which told me that it was the best method. However the info does not seem to relate to Leopard, and begins with 'Once you have configured your Network Port settings to communicate with XBMC' but I can't find any info on how to 'configure my Network Port settings'.
Is there any source that presents the basic streaming info for iTunes 8/OS X 10.5.5 in 'baby steps' for total beginners to this black art?
Thanks.
I'm connecting wirelessly from my ATV to my Apple Extreme Base Station (which is in 'bridge mode' connected to my wired 10/100 network modem/router). I did once manage to see my NAS box in the 'Filemanager' of XBMC but seem to have 'lost' it again.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what's possible, but shouldn't I be able to stream my iTunes 8 files from my networked iMac, and Xvid and H264 movies from the same machine?
I am finding it very difficult to work out how to do this. I tried the section of the wiki that dealt with Windows File Sharing on OS X, which told me that it was the best method. However the info does not seem to relate to Leopard, and begins with 'Once you have configured your Network Port settings to communicate with XBMC' but I can't find any info on how to 'configure my Network Port settings'.
Is there any source that presents the basic streaming info for iTunes 8/OS X 10.5.5 in 'baby steps' for total beginners to this black art?
Thanks.