Hi All,
Firstly I'd like to say that without the all the info I found on the forum I wouldn't have been able to get as far as I have, so thanks to all that take the time to help out the Linux newb's like myself!
Ok, now to my situation. I've been running XBMC on Window's PC for years, and made the decision to clean install every PC in the house, and set up a MySQL instance on my Windows 7 PC (acting as the server). Although I've supported Windows networks for all my IT career I've never touched on Linux with any force, so thought I'd get my hands dirty with it. I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a client PC (this one being for the bedroom) and depending on how I get on I'll roll this out to all client HTPC's including my Rasp Pi when I eventually ships.
I have so far managed to fight my way through getting Ubuntu to access the shares on the Windows PC (This was a pain in the backside) and set-up XBMC to use a shared video and music database. I have set-up my advancedsettings.xml document to point to the windows PC as such...
<advancedsettings>
<videodatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.0.5</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>Video</name>
</videodatabase>
<musicdatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.0.5</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>Music</name>
</musicdatabase>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Video/</from>
<to>SMB://HTPC/xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails/Video/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Music/</from>
<to>SMB://HTPC/xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails/Music/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>
But for some reason, the artwork does not display, and when I try to play the movies, or music I get a message that says the file does not exist, do you want to delete it.
Can someone please explain what I need to do on the Ubuntu PC to get this working correctly (bearing in mind that the other Windows clients work perfectly)?
Thanks in advance.
Firstly I'd like to say that without the all the info I found on the forum I wouldn't have been able to get as far as I have, so thanks to all that take the time to help out the Linux newb's like myself!
Ok, now to my situation. I've been running XBMC on Window's PC for years, and made the decision to clean install every PC in the house, and set up a MySQL instance on my Windows 7 PC (acting as the server). Although I've supported Windows networks for all my IT career I've never touched on Linux with any force, so thought I'd get my hands dirty with it. I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a client PC (this one being for the bedroom) and depending on how I get on I'll roll this out to all client HTPC's including my Rasp Pi when I eventually ships.
I have so far managed to fight my way through getting Ubuntu to access the shares on the Windows PC (This was a pain in the backside) and set-up XBMC to use a shared video and music database. I have set-up my advancedsettings.xml document to point to the windows PC as such...
<advancedsettings>
<videodatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.0.5</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>Video</name>
</videodatabase>
<musicdatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.0.5</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>Music</name>
</musicdatabase>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Video/</from>
<to>SMB://HTPC/xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails/Video/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Music/</from>
<to>SMB://HTPC/xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails/Music/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>
But for some reason, the artwork does not display, and when I try to play the movies, or music I get a message that says the file does not exist, do you want to delete it.
Can someone please explain what I need to do on the Ubuntu PC to get this working correctly (bearing in mind that the other Windows clients work perfectly)?
Thanks in advance.