st2000;204279 Wrote: > Anyways... > My iTune is on a WinXP box - WinXP can share folders? Ok, I'll try it. > But on the iTunes web page of slimserver, there is only the > instructions to add a path - not to tell it to use a share - what am I > missing??? > > You couldn't be suggestion that it is necessary to export the directory > of music on the box that iTunes is running on (WinXP) and then mount > that on the local machine where slimserver is running (Linux FC6). > Then provide a path to that mount point to slimserver as if the files > were local - could you? I would have though slimserver would have used > that apple DAAP protocol. It would be easier just to use OpenSource > Software like "GetItTogether" for access to iTune files between > different boxes. Is it accurate to say the iTunes feature of slimserver > is meant for slimserver and iTunes running on the same box? If so, that > really leaves the Linux people out in the cold.
When I shared iTunes it was between Solaris 10 and XP. Solaris, I learned, doesn't include support for sharing via SMB (which is how Windows shares files and such). Linux does. Do a `man smbmount` to get the gory details, but effectively you will mount the XP folder \\xp_box\itunes_folder* to something like /music on your Linux box and tell SlimServer to use that folder. It's seriously that easy. As far as Solaris goes, I bought an nfs daemon for Windows and make my shares that way. In the end it all works the same. *names changed to protect the innocent -- 4mula1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4mula1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35552 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
