2012-10-05, 22:02
Hey everyone,
I have 3 xbmc boxes (2 live boxes and 1 windows) all streaming media from a Windows Home Server. I am also sync'ing my media to the xbmc boxes through mysql, which is also installed on the home server. Sync'ing works fine. My master library is from the windows box since that was what i was configuring first, and i can play all media just fine from that box. The Live boxes all contact the SQL server and update their libraries correctly. They sync any updates from the windows box fine (such as watched items), and i can even update watched items from the context menu on each movie or TV show from the live boxes (so it is communicating fine with the SQL server), but when i actually try and PLAY any media from the live boxes, it simply says that the media no longer exists and asks if i want to remove it from the library.
When i check the log file, the paths for all the media is correct, its looking in the right place, but i do get permission denied errors in there. I setup the shares on the live boxes and i can navigate them fine, but when i navigate manually, i believe it uses the username of "guest" (blank password), which i don't know if its using when i try to watch the file.
Not sure if this is relevant information, but this is basically just all the information i have at the moment. If something else would help then let me know.
I guess i'm just not sure if i can define a username of "guest" if i'm getting the library info from the SQL server. Also, would i even NEED to since i have the correct shares setup in XBMC anyways and i manually navigate just fine.
This is pretty much my last hurdle before its all working exactly as i wanted.
I have 3 xbmc boxes (2 live boxes and 1 windows) all streaming media from a Windows Home Server. I am also sync'ing my media to the xbmc boxes through mysql, which is also installed on the home server. Sync'ing works fine. My master library is from the windows box since that was what i was configuring first, and i can play all media just fine from that box. The Live boxes all contact the SQL server and update their libraries correctly. They sync any updates from the windows box fine (such as watched items), and i can even update watched items from the context menu on each movie or TV show from the live boxes (so it is communicating fine with the SQL server), but when i actually try and PLAY any media from the live boxes, it simply says that the media no longer exists and asks if i want to remove it from the library.
When i check the log file, the paths for all the media is correct, its looking in the right place, but i do get permission denied errors in there. I setup the shares on the live boxes and i can navigate them fine, but when i navigate manually, i believe it uses the username of "guest" (blank password), which i don't know if its using when i try to watch the file.
Not sure if this is relevant information, but this is basically just all the information i have at the moment. If something else would help then let me know.
I guess i'm just not sure if i can define a username of "guest" if i'm getting the library info from the SQL server. Also, would i even NEED to since i have the correct shares setup in XBMC anyways and i manually navigate just fine.
This is pretty much my last hurdle before its all working exactly as i wanted.