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Re: [Gnump3d-users] setting up GNUMP3d with music on a seperate Windows
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Steve Kemp |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnump3d-users] setting up GNUMP3d with music on a seperate Windows computer |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:27:09 +0100 |
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mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Debian) |
On Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 11:14:01 -0400, Brian Shepard wrote:
> I recently inherited an old laptop that I have Ubuntu Server 7.04 running
> on. I installed GNUMP3d; everything works and I can get to GNUMP3d from
> my other computers. The problem is I don't know how to set the music
> directory (root=) to the directory on my Windows XP computer that contains
> my music. The music is in K:\music, the Windows computer's name on the
> network is HTPC and it has a static IP of 192.168.1.3. I installed Samba,
> but don't know if I need to use it or configure it to get to that Windows
> directory. Is is possible to set root=//HTPC/K:/music or some such
> nonsense? BTW, Ubuntu Server is CLI and I'm a noob.
YOu will need to mount the Windows share locally for the
software to work.
smbfs will do for you, or ciffs, here is a simple article
which might help you in the right direction:
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/165
Steve
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