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[aidan]

Those of your having trouble with the xbms server on osx. I can't speak to each individual problem, but in my experience, I was stuck where XBMP wouldn't do anything when I tried to connect to the mac. No error, mind you; it would just think about it for a second then stop.

Then it dawned on me: OPEN THE 1400 PORT IN YOUR OS X FIREWALL!

Viola!

[shaftastic]

you can use the xbmp toolkit for mac os x, check the tools page. It will stream right from your mac.

[supergplus]

let me know if you get it going, i havent tried it extensively but i couldnt get it going... on an unrelated note, has anyone made cue/bin images of playstation games for use with the playstation emulator in os x? if so how is it done?

[shaftastic]

Yhea it took me some thining to. If you read the readme it syas soemthing about a configure sever button, but there isn't one to be found anywhere. All you have to do is create the log files manualy insted.

1. open xbmp toolkit.
2. look at the file path for the log and pid file, it is in your users/you/library/logs
3. go to that location find any log file, must end in .log
4. duplicate any log file and rename it xbms.log
5. do the same and name it xbms.pid
6. quit xmbp toolkit and then open it again.
7. make sure your user name is in the user field and in the file path for the log file and pid file
8. chose the location you keep your media with the locate button.
9. click save changes, it will ask for your password type it in. (for some reason this really dosen't save any changes, if you quit the program you will have to enter the data again, I just leave it run and hide it it takes verry little memor and processer power)
10. make sure you media player config.xml on your xbox has the coreect tag to look for the
stream
11. click start xbms
12. enjoy your streamed media

[shaftastic]

QUOTE (supergplus @ Jun 17 2003, 12:35 AM)

on an unrelated note, has anyone made cue/bin images of playstation games for use with the playstation emulator in os x? if so how is it done?

Yeha I would also like to know how to make bin/cue images of ps games.

[shaftastic]

I'm in the process of creating a tutorial of everything to do with the xbox and mac os x. I'll post it when I'm done. might not be for awhile, I'm pretty lazy.

[shaftastic]

yeha, just send me a messge if you have any problems.

[shaftastic]

I forgot to say that it may also be posible to share with smb right from mac os x. Just turn it on in theh system preffs and change your config.xml file. I never tired it but I don't know why it wouldn't work.

[shaftastic]

I never did anything about the xbms.conf I searched my computer and I don't have one. Dave shouldn't cause a problem at all the xbmp toolkit uses one of the unix dameon. Do you have a firewall on, that would cuase a problem. In the xbmp toolkit where it shows the file path for the log and pid did you make sure it says your username insted of "you" and that your username is in the user field? Are you able to start the server and just not see on your xbox or can you not even do that?

[shaftastic]

here is apicture of how I have mine setup it is helpfull:  
http://www.public.ia.../xbmpsetup.html

[Cardiff Giant]

Yep, I was right, I had to add /Volumes/ before the rest of the path in order to get the XBMS daemon to run. Now it's running so I just have to double check my XBMP config.xml file and then give it a go.
Edit-Hmm. When I go into XBMP and select the source "Mac Stream" nothing happens. the tag in my config.xml file for the stream is this
 <visible>true</visible>
     <share>
   <name>mac stream</name>
   <url>/@192.168.1.2</url>
      <cachesize>256</cachesize>
</share>
The IP address is correct so perhaps my formatting is wrong? Everything else seems to be configured properly atleast at a quick glance

[shaftastic]

In order to get mmine to work I had to put
<share>
      <name>mac stream</name>
      <url>/@192.168.1.2</url>
               <cachesize>256</cachesize>
</share>

in the config file 3 times, once in the video section, once in the pictures section, and once in the audio section. It's kind of anoying that way, if your in the video section and want to play music you have to go back to the music section and then chose mac stream again, but it works. make sure your firewall is off to. If it still doesn't work use the apple network utility (aplications/utilities) and port scan yourself to see that there is something runing on whatever port it says in the xmbp toolkit

[shaftastic]

I don't know for suer, but it sounds that may be the problem. I had a problem wiht my media being on a external drive, the drive would go to sleep, and chosing mac stream from the media player wouldn't wake it up. Also I allways have the streaming server on before I turn the xbox on.   Also this might not have a whole lot to do with it, but what version of dash/bios/xbmp are you running, I'm using evox 3.752, X24977 and xbmp 2.4

[shaftastic]

I would say try xbmp 2.4 if your not sure you have or not otherwise I'm out of ideas.

[belboz]

Not sure on the topic on here, but if you do a search on posts by me you will see how to make a couple changes to ccxstream's source to get it to compile for OS X.

I use a Linux box mainly for my streaming since my iBook is always on the go with me, but a couple of friends who are full time mac users said ccxstream worked better for them than xbms (which is what XBMP uses).

I also found a little problem with xbms which can cause it to not start under OS X.  When using the XBMP gui wrapper you don't see this problem until you try to stop xbms and you get the PID errors.  I believe I posted on here how to fix that also.

If you (or anyone) don't have the development tools loaded, PM me and I will get the compiled binaries of either ccxstream or xbms.