[thesuffering]

Main server running mysql is windows 7 based. Currently is sharing with an apple tv2 and it works perfectly. Trying to add my macbook pro to the fun and running into issues.

http://pastebin.com/FLE0HGe6


advancedsettings.xml is saved at:
/Users/Brian/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata/advancedsettings.xml

advancedsettings.xml looks like this, which is an exact copy of what is working on my apple tv2:

Code:

<advancedsettings>

   <videodatabase>

        <type>mysql</type>

        <host>192.168.254.251</host>

        <port>3306</port>

        <user>xbmc</user>

        <pass>xbmc</pass>

    </videodatabase>


    <musicdatabase>

        <type>mysql</type>

        <host>192.168.254.251</host>

        <port>3306</port>

        <user>xbmc</user>

        <pass>xbmc</pass>

      

    </musicdatabase>

    <pathsubstitution>
        <substitute>
            <from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails</from>
            <to>smb://HTPC-PC/Users/HTPC/AppData/Roaming/XBMC/userdata/Thumbnails</to>
        </substitute>
    </pathsubstitution>


</advancedsettings>

[thesuffering]

i fixed this problem. turns out it was i created advancedsettings.xml with textedit. i recreated it with textwrangler and it works fine now.

[vividvew]

TextEdit will add .txt to the end of file created with TextEdit even if you name it with another .something extension. You will never see it in finder and would have to check terminal to know it was there.

Scratched my head on this one for like an hour one time before I figured it out.