xbox XBMP accessing samba shares from a linux box prob

madchaz

somewhat anoying problem here, but not the death of me ;-)

recently got xbmp installed on my ebox. Now I have a lot of media files on my file server (running gentoo). I was hoping to access them via my xbox.

Set things up, refuses to see the files. Make a share on my windows XP box and it sees it right away. I'm using samba on my file server. Exact same configuration to access the share except I give 192.168.0.2 for the server's adress and ryoko for my machine's.

edit: o yea. I have gentoox installed on it and from that I can access the file server. so network's not the prob
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Vergo · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 42 Location: Oulu, Finland

Quite many xbmp config tutorials say not to use an ip for the share but only the netbios name. I think that has something to do with how samba is currently implemented in xbmp. Seems that it doesn't use smbmount but something similar to smbclient. Try changing that ip to the netbios name of your file server.

madchaz · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 11:14 am Post subject:

tried using the netbios name (tenchi) but it doesn't seam to work.

I pointed the name server to tenchi (it as a dns server, but no wins) but no go. I am guessing it requires a wins server.

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Gentoo Server · Apprentice Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 279

its only works with samba and share mode which is nor usable

so do it like me reshare samba shares with xp with relax

works like a champ

Jtb · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 8:10 pm Post subject:

you could setup your samba in hybrid mode..
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ShallowCorporateRaider · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:46 am Post subject:

I am also really interested in how to get this working. I was able to get Xbox Media Player to see Windows shares when I used to run a Windows server, but since I have switched my server over to Linux, I have had no luck at all.
I can see the shares on the server from both a Gentoo box and two XP boxes, and I can log into the shares using the account I created for the Xbox. Whenever I try to access a Samba share from Xbox Media Player, however, it simply doesn't see anything.
I have tried specifying all of the following in the XBMP config.xml file:

Chilling_Silence · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:57 am Post subject:

Setup SAMBA in your smb.conf file so security = share
Apparently that's the best way to set it up....
That way you should be able to login with any username/password if you setup a share like:

[Music]
path = /Music
guest ok = yes
comment = My MP3 Collection
read only = yes

Give that a shot

Cheers

Chill.

Jtb · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:08 am Post subject:

Hi,

here is my samba-config:

smb.conf:

Chilling_Silence · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:21 am Post subject:

It worked for me? I might as well just post my smb.conf file:

ShallowCorporateRaider · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:56 pm Post subject:

When I enable WINS in my smb.conf file, then my Linux box can no longer mount the shares on my Linux server. Anybody know what I am doing wrong?

PS-- With the WINS enabled, XBMP still can't access the Linux server shares anyway.
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ShallowCorporateRaider · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:11 pm Post subject:

Apparently, XBMP uses a sort of "duct tape and popsicle sticks" version of Samba, instead of a proper version.
The new version of Xbox Media Center (date 01-12-04) has a full port of Samba 3, so I decided to give that a try. I installed it, and it saw my network shares the first time. It worked when I specified the workgroup, and when I didn't specify the workgroup. It also worked whether I gave the IP address of the server, or just the name of the share. It seems to be much more robust than the Samba in XBMP.
So, to anyone who has despaired of getting Samba to work with XBMP, give XBMC a try.
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airhead · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:43 am Post subject:

Can anyone explain the difference between XBMP and XBMC? I can't for the life of me work it out.

ShallowCorporateRaider · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 2:02 pm Post subject:

XBOX Media Player is the original and best-known media player for the Xbox. It is fairly mature, plays pretty much everything, and has a nice interface. However, its Samba support (in my experience) sucks. Also, it isn't really being developed anymore, beyond minor updates.
Most of the guys working on XBMP switched over to XBOX Media Center. They want XBMC to be even more full-featured than XBMP was. XBMC is still a little rough around the edges, and its interface isn't quite as nice. Its two main benefits are its full and working Samba implementation, and that there are people actively developing it.
For now, if XBMP does everything you need, I would stick with it. If you are stuck in Samba hell, like I was, then go with XBMC. Eventually, when XBMC is fully mature, you will probably want to use it regardless.
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Mogelhead · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:35 pm Post subject:

I recently installed SAMBA on my gentoo-box so it can act as a file server. Accessing it from both windows and linux was no problem but I couldn't get my xbox with XBMP to connect. Until I tried this trick: