skippr Wrote:Is there going to be a support of SMBX within XBMC, or some other kind of compatibility with OSX Lion's Samba-Technology?
I've managed to connect via FTP, UPnP and webdav. But none of these options allow me to delete files, they don't even remember what I've already watched or at which timestamp I last stopped viewing a file. Samba was also quicker navigating a folder structure, as I remember it.
I hesitate to install Samba via Macports on my OSX, since I have no clue what it does to my system in terms of security (open ports = open holes = security breaches? Dunno!)
Anything planned to enable Samba with OSX Lion, or is there another solution I haven't thought of?
Any support for SMB 2.0 (which is what 10.7 is using) has to come from the Samba people. XBMC does not make it's own SMB client, but just uses a standard Samba library.
I don't know about FTP and UPnP, but webDAV (via MediaMaster Server) does save all my watched and unwatched ticks and let's me resume where I left off. Yes, they don't let you delete files, but most people don't delete files directly from the XBMC interface. It's much easier to manage files from a computer (even for a NAS). As far as SMB being quicker.. I kind of doubt that, but I honestly have no actual data to back that up. SMB isn't exactly the best preforming network protocol out there, though.
Installing Samba on your computer doesn't open ports on your network. That's not what the "port" in MacPorts means. Most ISPs block SMB/Samba completely (major virus long ago spread that way), so you can't even use it outside of your local network.
Right now FTP, webDAV, and UPnP are all kind of temp solutions. NFS is a nice protocol, but right now can be a bit of a challenge to set up.
There are... other options.. but they're not out yet. All very hush hush early planning stuff. Keep your eyes out on the forums and maybe sometime in the near future (
maybe) something could pop up that makes all of this a non-issue ;)
*red snipper dot appears on Ned's head*
Oh god I've said too much
But no, really, the devs are hard at work at some neat stuff, but there's no ETA on it. We can hope, though.