[Frodo]

found a bug in ccxgui.

here's my settings for ccxgui

root: c:\movies
share #1:
share: c:\mp3\music
location: /cygdrive/c/mp3/music
share #2:
share: c:\photos\vacation
location: /cygdrive/c/photos/vacation

now when i connect from xbmc i can browse the movies share
but not the music & photos shares (they dont show any files)
i tested it again, now with ccxtest.exe
it shows:
1) c:\movies
2) c:\mp3\music
3) c:\photos\vacation
4) -- xxx) the dirs & files from c:\movies

the problem here is the pathnames like
c:\mp3\music !!!
this is ugly and not working (yet) in xbmc
xbmc expects friendly names to be used.
the chars \ or : are not allowed (yet) in xbmc

however, in ccxstream you can give a share a friendly name use the -s parameter for ccxstream.
so if i do the following from the command prompt:

ccxstream -s movies=c:\movies -s music=c:\mp3\music -s photos=c:\photos\vacation

then ccxtest.exe shows:
1) movies
2) music
3) photos

and this works perfectly in xbmc.

i tried f2 in ccxgui to give the shares a friendly name
somehow this doesnt work.

conclusion:
1. ccxgui should use the -s parameter for ccxstream
2. allow users to enter a friendly name for each share
3. if no share is given then use the last path as the friendly name
4. xbmc should b fixed so it supports : and \ for xbms protocol


frodo

[Frodo]

one more thing:
why does ccxgui have a root anyway?
better would be if
1. ccxgui created an (empty) directory
2. pointed the root to this empty directory
this way you would only see the shares .
so it should start ccstream like this:

ccxstream -r [emptydir] -s [name1]=[dir1] -s [name2]=[dir2]

where
[emptydir] = complete path of (empty) directory created by ccxgui

[name1] = friendly name for dir1 (let user fill this in!
[dir1]     = complete path for share 1


[name2] = friendly name for dir2 (let user fill this in!
[dir2]     = complete path for share 2

if you do it like this then you'll see that ccxtest and/or xbmc
shows you the following when browsing:
1) name1
2) name2

so only the shares added, not any other files/dirs
(dont forget to add "" characters around the dir names cause they could contain spaces)

frodo

[[XC]D-Ice]

you got mail....

if you have read the read-me.txt you would see that when selecting a share and press f2 you can rename the share and when pressing delete, the selected share is deleted

i'll make i use an empty dir for root :-)

[Frodo]

hi ice!

no flame intended, just my thoughts about ccxgui after using it a bit more.

1. i did read the readme.txt, but f2 doesnt work 4 me (sorry)
i click on the share, hit f2 and a dialog pops up with just the yes/no buttons. if i click yes the share is removed, if i click no then nothing happens. nowhere i can share the location

2. i would appreciate it if ccxgui didnt use the characters : and \ / in the names for locations as his doesnt work with xbmc yet.

suggestion: suppose the user drag&dropped the folder c:\mp3\music into ccxgui. now this get the location name
/cygdrive/c/mp3/music

could you just take the last part of the folder as a friendly name? so the location would be music in this case

3. pls read my 2 posts carefully. i think it will improve ccxgui!
i think that it would be much nicer if the root points to an empty dir automaticcly. no need for the user 2 fill it in

[[XC]D-Ice]

my bad about the f2 (rename) .... have f*cked up in the source...forgot to end the function for the delete function

correcting it in next release