[tooter]

Hi all i have searched all forums and tryed to many things to mention to try and fix my problem. Basicly I have been trying to setup xbmc frodo & eden to run a external player mpc-hc to run on command i.e from the play with tab in xbmc. Evrything seems to work ok exept for when i try and run a movie fron my nas all i get is failed to render file from mpc-hc works fine from local disk.here is my playercorefactory and xbmc log.

http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=24374

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="MPC-HC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files\MPC-HC/mpc-hc.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}"</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

[acejh1987]

Do you have the NAS shares mapped in Windows? Try mapping the share as a drive in Windows and then add the mapped drive as a source in XBMC.

[tooter]

thanks but no joy. forgot to mention that it works from nas direct from mpc-mc just not through xbmc.

[acejh1987]

If you navigate to a video file on your NAS through Windows Explorer, then right click - Properties - under the General Tab, what does it show next to Location:?

[tooter]

\\MYBOOKLIVE\Public\Shared Videos\HD-Movies\final destination 5

[acejh1987]

\\MYBOOKLIVE\Public\Shared Videos\HD-Movies\final destination 5

It looks like the NAS shared folder is not mapped in Windows, the location should be something like

K:\Shared Videos\HD-Movies\final destination 5

In Windows you need to map the 'Shared Videos' folder as a drive. It will then show in 'My Computer' under Network locations, then that can be added as a source in XBMC and external player will work correctly.

Here's an example of a NAS folder mapped to a drive in 'My Computer'

[tooter]

it worked great thanks. I wasted so much time on this cant beleve it was so easy.

[acejh1987]

it worked great thanks. I wasted so much time on this cant beleve it was so easy.

Great, I'm glad you got it working.