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Hi, I have been hunting high and low for help regarding an addon I would like to make with very little success.
I simply want a button on my xbmc menu (or an addon in my favourites section) that can move files from one directory in my AppleTV to a remote directory on an SMB share. I noticed the file manager in xbmc can do this but i would like to speed the process up with 1 click.
Can anyone help me do this please?
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You could create a button that would take you right into the file manager...?
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Yes, but thats not what im after, i want a button to automate the process of copying a file from one directory to a remote directory.
A file downloaded from icefilms and stored on my AppleTV, i want to be able to transfer it to my nas drive with 1 click. As icefilms itself doesnt support saving media to an smb share.
So i'd download a video, then press a button and it transfers said video to my nas, without using the file manager manually.
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No IceFilms discussions (see
here), but regarding this topic
in general...
An add-on might be able to download content via SMB if you use pathsubs. I've never tried this, so I don't know if it would work, but you could try:
1. Make a text document called advancedsettings.xml and save it in your userdata folder
2. Paste and save this into that document:
Code:
<advancedsettings>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>local/file/path/add-on/wants/to/use/</from>
<to>smb://server/location/you/want/to/use/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>
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Thanks, I'll give that a go when I get home from work. Does anyone know if it's possible to edit the context menu whilst selecting a movie to add "Copy to SMB Share" for example?