turbinez Wrote:ok i got lost on the part where you mount the iphoto library.

I have a powermac g5 that has the iphoto library... it is in my Pictures directory... I went into xbmc, picture, add source and put in smb:\\192.168.1.4\mike\pictures\iphoto library\ and hit OK, and now it shows up in my source list along with dev, mnt, picture plugins. how do i get it to mount and show up under /mnt/scratch/volumes/?

Boseman Wrote:Sorry for the long delay in response.

I use Bonjour afp mount in NitoTV in the above example. I have not been successful in using the XBMC SMB mounting technique to make the iPhoto plugin work. I have edited out the SMB reference in the above post.

Boseman Wrote:Assuming you are sharing the drives from an OS X platform to use afp.

NitoTV has some good features, this being one of them. (Although XBMC is my primary choice as a media server) You can set it up for auto mount so your shared volumes are up and running about 10 secs after the ATV boots up.

Boseman Wrote:Hmmm......So it sees your server. In System Preferences, you have file sharing, with the user name you are trying to use with access privs for each share, and in the "options" setting, afp is checked?

Personally, I use guest access, so no need to enter login/password. However, I started out with the approach you are using.

EDIT: Another thing, I assume you have installed the NitoTV Smart Installer, which is required for afp, and the release you are running is the latest 0.7.4. Also, it chokes on any special characters in the mount name, spaces seem to be OK.

steve1977 Wrote:Finally made it to mount the drive. Thanks again for your help!!!

It is not working yet, but I feel that I am VERY close. I can mount the drive. However, when I press "import" zero items are being imported. My AlbumData.xml is 8 MB and my Thumb64Segment.data is almost 300 MB. Do you thin that this could have anything to do with the plugin not working on the ATV.

Running ATV 2.3 and XBMC 9.4.1. Mounting worked and I can see the mounted drive within XBMC.

Any thought is highly appreciated!!!

Boseman Wrote:Great, you are close. My experience with import usually dealt with the location of your AlbumData.xml on your ATV. Is your iPhoto Library (dir)pkg sym linked into your /Users/frontrow/Pictures folder from your newly mounted /mnt/Scratch/Volumes drive/folder name?

steve1977 Wrote:Thanks. I indeed feel that I am bascially there although it doesnt work yet... Yes, I used exactly the "code" you described earlier. So, when I open /frontrow/pictures/ I can see all the different iphoto items. This holds true from viewing through the XBMC and/or through the Terminal.

Any other thoughts?

Boseman Wrote:ls -al /Users/frontrow/Pictures

lrwxr-xr-x 1 frontrow frontrow 50 May 28 03:33 iPhoto Library -> /mnt/Scratch/Volumes/Media/Pictures/iPhoto Library

steve1977 Wrote:Think, I know what it is. Are you sure that below iscorrect?

ln -s "/mnt/Scratch/Volumes/iPhotoDrive/Pictures/iPhoto Library" /Users/frontrow/Pictures

I could imagine that it needs to read as follows to work:

ln -s "/mnt/Scratch/Volumes/iPhotoDrive/Pictures/iPhoto Library" "/Users/frontrow/Pictures/iPhoto Library"


Before I try it out, any thoughts? Also, do you know how to remove my "old" symlink?

steve1977 Wrote:Perfect, got it working now with the symlink. This is a really elegant way. I can "scan" the photos now. Still not 100% there though...

After scanning my 1,000 photos, the file names and albums are being displayed. However, the photos dont display, but remain "black". Any thoughts?

Boseman Wrote:That is what happened to me when I did not have the complete path available to the plugin. When you ls /mnt/SCRATCH/Volumes on your AppleTV, you should see the root drive name mounted. In my example it was iPhotoDrive.
If you ls /Volumes on your OS X machine that hosts your actual iPhoto application, you should see that same drive name mounted, iPhotoDrive.

This is a little different than how iTunes resolves the location of the actual media. The AlbumData.xml seems to have the complete path, from the root forward to point to the actual data.

Absolutely almost there.