Hi all.
Looking for some help here...
Previously I'd been running xbmp 2.3 flawlessly, using linux to serve the movies. Unfortunately, Linux died, and I decided to use windows this time instead ( a friend set me up with Linux and I don't know commands and navigation very well in SME). So after installing win2kpro I attempted to set up relax unsuccessfully. Anytime I closed relax, windows promted me with an unexpected error and it having to shut down relax...
Oddly enough, I "thought" I followed the instructions flawlessly. I set the shares, edited the config.xml, and uploaded the new config to the xbox. But I wouldn't get any connections with relax, and It wouldn't run in the services. So, I went to the command line and added relax manually to the services, and it still would cause the error and shut down - on a fresh install of windows... So after not being able to get relax to work AT ALL, I tried using Samba, and encountered yet more problems. However, the Smaba rpoblems should be easily fixed as I simply don't understand how to edit the config.xml properly.

Here's what I've done:
1. Assigned the nameserver ip of the computer with the desired movies I want to share.
2. Got lost... as Idon't understand the name scheme to use in between the >url< lines for each topic (like videos.)
In an example I saw :<share>

<name>SMB</name>
<url>smb://carlos:test@dominio/pentium/music</url>
</share>
My question is what is this^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ all about?

I realize that I need to direct the xbox to my desired folders, but what would I type to specify this..?
Is carlos the name of the computer? and are Domino/Pentium/Music floders???
If my Ip was 192.168.0.1 and the shares I wanted to share were on the D drive in the folder Movies 1 (D:Movies 1) then I would I specify that in the .xml???
Would I do so in between the >url<? And if so, What do I type..
Thanks for the help, I'm really new to this all..

Earle

FYI, you don't need relax if you use normal Windows shared folders (using smb).
maybe this will help:

CODE

<share>       <name>Any name you want</name>       <url>smb://username:password@WorkgroupName/ComputerName/SharedFolderName/</url>       <cachesize>256</cachesize> </share>

and on mine, since I don't use passwords, this is how I have it set up:

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<share>       <name>Celeron's CD Drive</name>       <url>smb://Workgroup/Celeron/CD/</url>       <cachesize>256</cachesize> </share>

as you can see, these are the only things I used:
WorkgroupName = "Workgroup"
ComputerName = "Celeron"
SharedFolderName = "CD"


then all you have to do is right-click on folders in Windows, and share them.

Thanks for the reply, you helped me clarify what is required to get smb to work. But Since upgradind to xbmp 2.4, I got smb to work, then discovered the smb bug... ... My movies hang after 20-60 mins...

Any cures???


Other wise it looks like I'll be playing around with relax...again...

I am a little new to this and have a question about smb. If I share a folder on my computer that has multiple subfolders underneith it containing all my music, will the one entry setting up the smb folder cascade down and let me access everything in all the subfolders?