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direct links to specific emulator ROMs from Programs.
• In order to create a shortcut, simply create an .xml file saved with a .cut extension in any location on the
XBox hard drive. Note that shortcuts can not be launched from a network location, such as a SMB share!
In order to use the shortcuts, simply create a source entry pointing to the folder containing the .cut files in
My Programs.
Generic Network Sources
Network sources reference remote shares of various types. XBMC supports windows file sharing, also known as
Samba (SMB), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and others. These generic network sources are supported in all
XBMC sections in XBMC: ("Music", "Videos", "Pictures", and "Filemanager"), with the exception of
"Programs" (where only local sources are supported).
How you configure these media servers will not be covered in this document, since it differs from system to
system.
Windows File Sharing (SMB/SAMBA/CIFS) Sources
SMB sharing is the most common and probably the best performing sharing solution for XBMC. It supports
domains and workgroups as well. (You define your Xbox's XBMC workgroup under Network settings).
For a direct link to a subfolder under a share on a server use the following syntax:
smb://ip_address:1901/share/path/
UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) Sources
UPnP (short for "Universal Plug and Play") media sharing is an extremely easy method of sharing your media
(pictures/video/audio) on your network as it features automatic-discovery and does not require any configuration.
The UPnP-client in XBMC supports direct links to the server/shares and auto-discovery of servers available on
the local network. UPnP AV Media Servers can be either be categorized as software-based or hardware-based.
Software-based Media Servers can be run on PC (personal-computer), mainly on Windows, Linux, BSD, Unix or
Mac platform. And, hardware-based Media Servers may run on any NAS (Network Attached Storage) or any
specific hardware for delivering media, like for example a PVR (Personal Video Recorder, such as TiVo) device.
For auto-discovery (default in XBMC) use the following syntax:
upnp://
For a direct link to a server use the following syntax:
upnp://ip_address:1901
For a direct link to a specific share on a server use the following syntax:
upnp://ip_address:1901/share/
For a direct link to a subfolder under a share on a server use the following syntax:
upnp://ip_address:1901/share/path/