Viragored wrote: > I'm running LMS 7.9 (Version: 7.9.0 - 1415789670 @ Wed 12 Nov 12:03:14 > GMT 2014) on Vortexbox 2.3. I can go via "Disks and Folders" on the > home page of the web gui to find and play music that is not in the > scanned library- but only on the Vortexbox machine. I'd like to be able > to find drives on another Windows PC on the network. Presumably I have > to enter a path that LMS can send out via the Linux Vortexbox (about > which I know little) in the field "Media Folders" on the basic settings > page of the web gui. I've tried my best guesses and so far have failed > to see the Windows PC's disks showing up in the "Disks and Folders" > list. So could some kind person point me to where I can work out what > to put in the "Media Folders" field? > > All the variants that I have entered in the field, followed by unticking > the three boxes following (music, pictures, video) simply disappear when > I click the 'Apply' button. > > The target will be a folder called "Musictemp" on drive E: on a PC that > is in the same workgroup as the others on the network. The PC's name is > O2 and it has a static IP address. I have set up a network share for > the folder, which Windows tells me is addressed like this: > \\O2\Musictemp > > All help will be gratefully appreciated!
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