[ashlar]

W7 offers libraries which are a nice way of aggregating content. I can't find a way to access them as sources from within XBMC.

[ashlar]

Unfortunately you can't map a network drive to a library, as the library itself is a file, not a location. I don't really know how to solve this, unless XBMC somehow supports it and I'm missing it.

When you browse for sources I see SMB, UPNP, network location, the local drives... but no "Libraries" in sight.

[ashlar]

From here: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discu...drive.html

The individual Libraries reside here: C:\Users\Logic\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries
And a Library is this:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<libraryDescription xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2009/library">
  <name>@shell32.dll,-34575</name>
  <ownerSID>S-1-5-21-3243721929-3867430511-2561030242-1000</ownerSID>
  <version>13</version>
  <isLibraryPinned>true</isLibraryPinned>
  <iconReference>imageres.dll,-1002</iconReference>
  <templateInfo>
    <folderType>{7d49d726-3c21-4f05-99aa-fdc2c9474656}</folderType>
  </templateInfo>
  <propertyStore>
    <property name="HasModifiedLocations" type="boolean"><![CDATA[true]]></property>
  </propertyStore>
  <searchConnectorDescriptionList>
    <searchConnectorDescription publisher="Microsoft" product="Windows">
      <description>@shell32.dll,-34577</description>
      <isDefaultSaveLocation>true</isDefaultSaveLocation>
      <simpleLocation>
        <url>knownfolder:{FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7}</url>
        <serialized>...</serialized>
      </simpleLocation>
    </searchConnectorDescription>
    <searchConnectorDescription>
      <isSupported>true</isSupported>
      <simpleLocation>
        <url>\\PORTREIA\Documents</url>
        <serialized>...</serialized>
      </simpleLocation>
    </searchConnectorDescription>
  </searchConnectorDescriptionList>
</libraryDescription>

Don't know if this could help.

Further info: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/develop...-hood.aspx

[xxcspotxx]

Have you tried using junctions? That's how I've got all my movies arranged in XBMC across 12 hard drives and 2 computers.

[ashlar]

Have you tried using junctions? That's how I've got all my movies arranged in XBMC across 12 hard drives and 2 computers.

Yes, that's what I was using on XP (actually, symbolic links, junctions scare me too much as they act directly on the files).
Libraries are easier to setup and use though.

[King_Felix]

Is there any update on this? Is there a plugin or another way how to access W7 libraries inside XBMC?