[chaosbane]

Hi, I have looked throug the forums and haven't been able to find a post matching what I am trying to do, so sorry if i missed it somewhere.
I have 3 pc's and 2 apple tv's
I currently have my thumbnail folder redirected to one of the pc's, but I have not been able to get this working for the apple tv 2.

here is what I have
PC1 (windows 2008 r2 x64) - mysql database, \thumbnails$ share
pc2 (windows 7 x64) - xbmc 12.1 thumbnails folder mounted via symbolic link --> \\pc1\thumbnails$

both apple tv's work for the data and content, and will generate local thumbnails, but I have a large media library, so I want them to all point to the network path.

I also have a nas, so I could setup a NFS share if that makes it easier.

I have tried making symbolic links on the apple tv's, but i am only able to make files, i can't seem to make a folder
I have tried using the folder substition options and I can't get it to work.
i'm sure I am missing something pretty simple here, but I don't know what it is.

Here is my pc2 advancedsettings.xml
<advancedsettings>
<videodatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>**.**.**.13</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>****</user>
<pass>****</pass>
<name>xbmc_video</name>
</videodatabase>

<musicdatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>**.**.**.13</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>****</user>
<pass>****</pass>
<name>xbmc_music</name>
</musicdatabase>

<musiclibrary>
<recentlyaddeditems>200</recentlyaddeditems>
</musiclibrary>

<videolibrary>
<recentlyaddeditems>200</recentlyaddeditems>
<importwatchedstate>true</importwatchedstate>
</videolibrary>

<videoextensions>
<add>.swf;.html;.ogg;.m4v</add>
</videoextensions>

<useddsfanart>true</useddsfanart>

<allowd3d9ex>true</allowd3d9ex>

<navigatevirtualkeyboard>true</navigatevirtualkeyboard>
</advancedsettings>

and here is the config from one of my apple tv's
<advancedsettings>
<videodatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>**.**.**.13</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>xbmc_video</name>
</videodatabase>

<musicdatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>**.**.**.13</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>xbmc_music</name>
</musicdatabase>
<musiclibrary>
<recentlyaddeditems>200</recentlyaddeditems>
</musiclibrary>
<videolibrary>
<recentlyaddeditems>200</recentlyaddeditems>
</videolibrary>
<videoextensions>
<add>.swf;.html;.ogg;.m4v</add>
</videoextensions>
<useddsfanart>true</useddsfanart>
<allowd3d9ex>true</allowd3d9ex>
<navigatevirtualkeyboard>true</navigatevirtualkeyboard>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/Thumbnails/Video/</from>
<to>SMB://**.**.**.13/thumbnails$/master/Video/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/Thumbnails/Music/</from>
<to>SMB://**.**.**.13/thumbnails$/master/Music/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>

I have tried putting the username:password@ in front of the ip address, i have tried with the computer name, I have also tried the same settup, but instead pointing to my nas which would
nfs://**.**.**.220/thumbnails/master/video for a path


I see two options, the simplest one (i think) would be instructions on how to make a symbolic link on the apple tv2 to just redirect the thumbnails folder to the network one, then I just don't bother with the whole pathsubstitution thing.

HELP!!!