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.

**iBog** · December 12th, 2008, 02:00 PM

I have heard of others with this same error and symptoms. I wish I could recreate. One person had a Time Capsule and it suddenly started doing this. The next day, it seemed to work.

Is the media share on your Macbook or G5? Before browsing from the ATV, make sure you can browse the network between the Macbook and G5.