Boxee Video Tutorial: Creating a network media source

**iBog** · November 6th, 2008, 11:30 PM

A new Boxee Video Tutorial is available on YouTube. This new video follows our previous tutorial (How to enable file sharing on Mac).

Once you have created a network share, please watch this video for steps on creating a media source in Boxee and building your library.

Boxee Video Tutorial: Creating a network media source in Boxee

**marcel** · November 7th, 2008, 01:44 AM

another piece of genius...

**agentlame** · November 7th, 2008, 07:52 AM

very nice stuff.

too bad i couldn't watch it in boxee...

**daveo78** · November 7th, 2008, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by agentlame

very nice stuff.

too bad i couldn't watch it in boxee...

lol I was thinking the same thing. Maybe boxee should make a boxee channel and put all this stuff there, under TV Shows or something.

**mattman** · November 7th, 2008, 08:17 PM

Well done, and very helpful.

Thanks!

**BRiLL** · November 10th, 2008, 01:43 PM

Thanks for the video, I have followed both parts, however when I goto my network sources I get the error : Error 2 : Share not available ?

Cant work out why it is saying this ?

I also cant seem to get boxee to index any of the music or photos that is currently on my atv hardrive ?

Thanks

Mark.

**marcel** · November 10th, 2008, 02:05 PM

try this thread http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=679

**Northness** · December 11th, 2008, 09:41 PM

I have two network storage devices:

(i) A FreeAgent drive connected thru USB port on Airport Extreme
(ii) A Buffalo Terastation 1TB NAS

I see both of these in Boxee.

However, when I go to the FreeAgent drive it gives me msg "No files found at source" .... and on Terastation I get "Error 2: Share not available". Both have multiple AVI files on them.

I am not sure if this is because I have not installed (eg NitoTV ?) to read AVI files, an NAS issue (for Terastation) or ???

**brianhardyman** · December 12th, 2008, 10:29 AM

I'm still a bit confused...
I have an Airport Extreme as my WiFi point. On the network is a G5 (10.5.5) and a MacBook (10.5.5) along with my aTV (2.3 Boxee 0.9.5.4497 Patchstick 0.8).

I followed both videos. Everything was set the same. However, when I get back into Boxee > Video > Browse > Add Source > Network Source: Boxee couldn't see any networked computers last night. I confirmed that all Macs were on WORKGROUP.

This morning when I finally made it to the forum i get Error 2: share not available. I did not see this error yesterday.

Update: A reboot of all systems at once ended up solving the issue. Everything can see everything now.

**VWBeamer** · January 10th, 2009, 06:09 PM

How is this supposed to be easier than just watching videos with my computer?

By the time I set up all those files and figure out how to watch them in boxee, I'll be tired.and sleepy. too tired and too sleepy to watch family guy.

Especially when I can just go to HuLu.com and point and click.