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SMB on Router?

  • 06-11-2013 11:41pm
    #1
    L'prof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,046 ✭✭✭✭


    XBMC ATV2 SMB on Vodafone HG556a Router?

    Just wondering if it's possible to access a hard drive plugged into my router from XBMC using SMB or any other means? I've tried pretty much everything I can think of, but I don't seem to be able to access my files over the network. Any ideas? Thinking about buying a new modem at the moment.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    What steps have you taken?


  • #3
    L'prof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,046 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    I've tried searching for an SMB connection when adding a source through XBMC, but none appear. Then I tried adding the exact location of the hard drive manually and setting it as an SMB connection, but I got error 2.

    Then I uninstalled and reinstalled XBMC hoping that the error would be gone, but that was no good.

    I've looked at all the other connections, but nothing appears automatically. I haven't tried manually adding an FTP connection yet. Can this be used for the same purpose as an SMB connection?


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Is it just XBMC where you are having trouble accessing the share? ie can you access it from a windows machine?


  • #5
    L'prof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,046 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Is it just XBMC where you are having trouble accessing the share? ie can you access it from a windows machine?

    I can access it from the laptop by mapping the network location. XBMC is where I really want to be able to access the drive from though!


  • #6
    L'prof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,046 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    I've managed to add the folders using ftp. I can now view my media from videos, but I'm getting "Unable to connect to remote server..." when I try to scrape for information. Any ideas? Could it be something got to do with the ports? "For security reasons, the Vodafone DSL Router is configured to block all incoming communication from outside your network. If you have applications that need to communicate with the outside world, you can authorise them by selecting them from the following list."


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  • #7
    L'prof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,046 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    All sorted now. Uninstalled the Universal Movie Scraper and reinstalled it again. Working great now.


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