[Chuggy]

I'm pretty experienced setting everything up in windows and wanted to take a stab at Linux.I've gotten the server communicating with the client (program guide, channel lineup both download). When I click a channel it says working for about 3 seconds then does nothing. I'm thinking its a sharing issue, but recorded tv is definitely shared. I confirmed on another windows box.

I manually installed the latest addon and am running Frodo 12.3

I'm kind of a wits end here so any help would be appreciated. Here is my log:

http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=144347

[Dilligaf]

19:24:48 T:2915056448 INFO: FileSmb->Open: Unable to open file : 'smb://MEDIACENTER/Users/Public/Recorded%20TV/TempSWMC/LiveTV_192.168.1.228_Digital%20Cable_6_2014_03_06_19_24_44.ts'
unix_err:'d' error : 'Permission denied'


Looks like you need to fill in credentials (user:pass) in ServerWMC folders tab. Use a user:pass that has an account on the server PC

[Chuggy]

Is the user/pass my windows login? Or am I setting up something generic In both the client and server box?

[Dilligaf]

Windows login should work.

[Chuggy]

Hmmm. So I added the username and password, which is my windows outlook email for user and a password. It appears I'm getting the same error only with user:password.added:

"StreamStartError|smb://USERASSWORD@MEDIACENTER/Users/Public/Recorded TV/TempSWMC/LiveTV_192.168.1.228_Digital Cable_4_2014_03_06_20_16_30.ts"

Let me know if need the entire log.

[Dilligaf]

Did your outlook email address insert something else for the @ symbol? (I think it was %40 but not sure)

[krustyreturns]

Yes, please post the server log after a failed attempt to start live-tv from your linux box so I can see what the deal is. Then try the thing Dilligaf says, replace the '@' with %40 in your login name in the 'folders' window of swmc.

[Chuggy]

Logfile before %40 change http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=144387

Logfile after http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=144394

No change in issue.

[scarecrow420]

the logs posted are XBMC logs but can you post a ServerWMC log too please?

Is the share definitely correct? Eg you have shared the "users" folder on your server? Normally you would share the Recorded TV folder itself thus the share path would be "\\Server\Recorded TV" rather than sharing the entire Users area of teh PC.

To check if the share is correct, from the server PC can you browse to "\\MEDIACENTER\Users\Public\Recorded TV\TempSWMC" in windows explorer?

How about if you try creating a new windows user on the server (call it say "xbmc" with a password of "xbmc"). Make sure this user has permission on the share (Either add it explicitly or make sure "Everyone" has access to the share). Then change the serverWMC settings to use the xbmc user and password. You dont need to do anything on the linux side, you just need the windows account ont he server with permissions, and enter the details itno ServerWMC. It should work with your normal login and password as well, but for whatever reason it isnt (are you definitely using the correct password?!)

[LSU Jonno]

Chuggy,

Some tips:
- Don't share your library or user folder. Try to share your actual Recorded TV folder. It seems to work better this way.
- If you don't want to mess with usernames and passwords you can give "everyone" on your network access to the Recorded TV folder. For this to work with Linux clients you'll need to change the permission in both the Share tab and Security tab when you right click a folder in windows. Refer to this for help:
http://www.howtogeek.com/176471/how-to-s...and-linux/

[Chuggy]

How about if you try creating a new windows user on the server (call it say "xbmc" with a password of "xbmc"). Make sure this user has permission on the share (Either add it explicitly or make sure "Everyone" has access to the share). Then change the serverWMC settings to use the xbmc user and password. You dont need to do anything on the linux side, you just need the windows account ont he server with permissions, and enter the details itno ServerWMC. It should work with your normal login and password as well, but for whatever reason it isnt (are you definitely using the correct password?!)

This did the trick. I checked the password several times and finally decided to go this route. It didn't help that I was learning both windows 8.1 and Linux at the same time. Now to tweak the interface to something wife friendly and see how this option works for her.

[krustyreturns]

Jonno, this is a nice find. Thanks for that, we should add it to the wiki.