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savyna
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Hi,
I have successfully installed XBMC on my Apple TV. Now I need help in playing my files. I've been a total idiot in this so far. Sure I'm not following a simple step or two. I am running Tiger on a Mac. All my movie files are on a 500 TB LaCie external hard drive hooked up to my Mac via USB.
Can anyone tell me what I have to do to enable my Mac to share these files with XBMC? And what should I do on the XBMC to find these files?
Please help. Scott to the rescue again?
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Krieg
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You need to share the files via SMB
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savyna
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Thanks Krieg. Downloaded sharepoint and shared via smb and it works fine. One small glitch though, it's refusing to read subtitles. I have most of my subs on srt and xbmc is just not reading them. I searched through threads and realised that this is a genuine issue. Is there something I can do to enable them? Since 90% of the movies I watch are world cinema, subtitling is key.
Thanks
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Krieg
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I have my ATV streaming from a NAS via SMB and the srt subtitles work correctly. The other formats are the ones that give problems (sub and idx/sub).
Check that the names are correct, that you do not have any uppercase/lowercase differences, check that the subtitles are actually activated, check that you are using a font that is installed in /Library/Fonts (I use Arial), check in the calibration the position where the subtitles should appear.
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savyna
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It's a 'can't read subs from a network share' problem. They all play fine on VLC on my Mac. Currently affecting about 25% of my .srt subs. Some read on the XBMC, some don't - as simple as that. All .srt files are correctly named (same as the movie file).
"Check that the names are correct, that you do not have any uppercase/lowercase differences, check that the subtitles are actually activated, check that you are using a font that is installed in /Library/Fonts (I use Arial), check in the calibration the position where the subtitles should appear."
I have followed the above to the letter. As for .idx and .sub, they don't appear at all. Any fix for this?
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Activate logs and upload the log file to a pastebin service (pastebin.com / pastebin.ca)
But I find weird that it affects only some of your subtitles. You could upload the log for a working one and for one that does not work.
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savyna
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No they don't. Anyway, I've solved the .srt issue by binning the 'affected' files and re-downloading the subtitles from opensubtitles/podnapisi. That still leaves the vexed issue of .idx and .sub files for which there are no .srt files available on the web. Hope a fix is found soon.