2010-02-01, 05:52
Okay... I'm at my wit's end. I've got 15 hours into this and I can NOT make it work.
I cannot get XBMC to go into Librbary Mode.
I'll try this again.
1.) I have two 500GB external drives containing DVD rips in a /Root/Movies/MovieTitle/AUIDO_TS+VIDEO_TS/.vob file structure.
2.) When I boot XBMC (from a USB drive) I arrive at the main page.
3.) When I go into VIDEOS, I see three things; Movies 1 (my first drive), Movies 2 (my second drive) and Add Source
4.) The drives are in File Mode. I am free to go into them and navigate to the VIDEO_TS.ifo file if I want, but that is a bit tedious. I want to see all my videos, regardless of path, when I go into the video screen.
5.) I have gone in an set content over and over and over. It does not matter, I cannot go into Library Mode.
6.) It was suggested that the drives were not mounted. This seems odd when I can navigate around them all day long, but what the hell, I'll give it a shot....
7.) I went in the console I typed: This revealed that my first hard drive was /dev/sdb and my second hard drive was /dev/sdc.
8.) I then went in the console and used the mkdir command to create two directories, movies1 and movies2, in the directory.
9.) From the console, I typed:
10.) Once in fstab, I typed: for the first drive and for the second drive.
11.) I typed 'ctrl O' to save and 'ctrl X' to exit
12.) I reloaded XBMC and, to make a short story long, I was right back where I started. The drives show up on their own in VIDEOS as Movies 1 and MOVIES 2. I can go in, navigate through all the folders, launch any movie, EVERYTHING. But I have to navigate the drives individually in File Mode.
13.) I tried to follow prae5's advice when he told me to:
Add Source
1. Click on add source and new window will open.
2. Click Browse
3. Select drive with movies in
4. Select ok
5. Set content
6. Set content to movies
7. Enable run automated scan
8. Enable use folder names for lookups
9. Enable scan recursively
10. Click OK
The problem is that when you go to "browse", the drives are not there to add! So steps 3 through 10 are meaningless.
14.) I know what you're thinking... "this is what a never-touched-Linux-in-his-life noob idiot gets for trying to use something he has no business trying. XBMC is not for you." Perhaps. But at this point I've invested too much time into this to give up. What am I doing wrong?
I cannot get XBMC to go into Librbary Mode.
I'll try this again.
1.) I have two 500GB external drives containing DVD rips in a /Root/Movies/MovieTitle/AUIDO_TS+VIDEO_TS/.vob file structure.
2.) When I boot XBMC (from a USB drive) I arrive at the main page.
3.) When I go into VIDEOS, I see three things; Movies 1 (my first drive), Movies 2 (my second drive) and Add Source
4.) The drives are in File Mode. I am free to go into them and navigate to the VIDEO_TS.ifo file if I want, but that is a bit tedious. I want to see all my videos, regardless of path, when I go into the video screen.
5.) I have gone in an set content over and over and over. It does not matter, I cannot go into Library Mode.
6.) It was suggested that the drives were not mounted. This seems odd when I can navigate around them all day long, but what the hell, I'll give it a shot....
7.) I went in the console I typed:
Code:
sudo fdisk -l8.) I then went in the console and used the mkdir command to create two directories, movies1 and movies2, in the
Code:
/media9.) From the console, I typed:
Code:
sudo nano /etc/fstab10.) Once in fstab, I typed:
Code:
/dev/sdb1 /media/movies1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_EN.utf8 0 0Code:
/dev/sdc1 /media/movies2 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_EN.utf8 0 011.) I typed 'ctrl O' to save and 'ctrl X' to exit
12.) I reloaded XBMC and, to make a short story long, I was right back where I started. The drives show up on their own in VIDEOS as Movies 1 and MOVIES 2. I can go in, navigate through all the folders, launch any movie, EVERYTHING. But I have to navigate the drives individually in File Mode.
13.) I tried to follow prae5's advice when he told me to:
Add Source
1. Click on add source and new window will open.
2. Click Browse
3. Select drive with movies in
4. Select ok
5. Set content
6. Set content to movies
7. Enable run automated scan
8. Enable use folder names for lookups
9. Enable scan recursively
10. Click OK
The problem is that when you go to "browse", the drives are not there to add! So steps 3 through 10 are meaningless.
14.) I know what you're thinking... "this is what a never-touched-Linux-in-his-life noob idiot gets for trying to use something he has no business trying. XBMC is not for you." Perhaps. But at this point I've invested too much time into this to give up. What am I doing wrong?
