2011-06-29, 11:50
hori Wrote:hi guys,I'm not using Linux myself for accessing thumbs, but I think the conventional/easiest way is as followed:
i´m new to this forum, so hi to all forum members
tried to realize this synchronization guide from lifehacker.
i have a NAS, one XBMC on win7 and one XBMC Live on a Zotac Box.
i created a MYSQL-Database on the NAS and inserted the advancedettings.mxl for using the database on both machines which worked fine.
then i tried the thumbnail sharing. created a dir called "Thumbnails" on the root of my NAS. the symlink on the XBMC/win7 was no problem.
but i´m struggling on creating the symlink on the XBMC/live machine
i´m a total linux newbie, so i can´t get it working.
i´m connected with my NAS via SMB on both machines. maybe there´s a better option like NFS
for the access to my NAS, i need a username & password.
tried a lot of tipps in the web, but couldn`t get it working
maybe some linux-pro in this forum may help me to solve this
thanks in advance,
hori
1. Mount the Samba share containing the thumbnails of your NAS on your client machine
2. Point the symbolic link on your client machine to the mounted Samba share on your client machine
3. Add a mount entry in your /etc/fstab so that your client machine will automatically mount the Samba share on startup.
So for example:
1. Create a folder on your client machine called: /media/NAS (this will be your so called ('mountpoint')
2. Mount the Samba share of your NAS on the folder (mount point) /media/NAS
(so now when you navigate to /media/NAS on your client machine, you will actually navigate to the thumbs share on your NAS)
3. Create the symlink called ' Thumbnails' in your XBMC user folder on your client machine to point to the /media/NAS folder.
To mount a Samba share with user credentials and have it mounted at startup:
http://www.maenad.net/geek/di8k-debian/node13.html
To create a symbolic link (scroll down for Ubuntu/Linux):
http://www.contentwhores.com/wordpress/?page_id=412