music from pc to dbox

[big mick01]

hi guys ive had a look through all the tuts and pt1s helpfile..
but i cant find out how to stream music files from my pc harddrive to my dbox(commando12) mp3..ect
in the audioplayer settings there isnt an option to mount a share for music files..
if i try to use movieplayer ...play file using vlc. i can see the folders with my music in but when i select them the music files dont show up..
video streaming is working great..
so what do i neeed to do to stream music

cheers

mick

[big mick01]

ok ive trawled the net for an answer to my problem and it seems i must be blind or looking in the wrong places
in commando 12 there is no option to set up the audio player to receive a network share ..
as i said before i have movie player setup and working great..
i can even see my music folders in filebrowser but when i open them the dbox doesnt see the mp3 files inside..is the commando 12 image capable of streaming mp3s?
its got me stumped now guys ..
i really need a shove in the right direction please

cheers

mick

ps im using windows 7
and network sharing is turned on

[scruff1963]

On my dreambox running neutrino (it's ported from the dbox so should be the same.
menu
settings
mediaplayer
audioplayer
start directory

my mount is /var/mnt/cf/(films on my pc)
Om my computer I have films (shared) then a movies folder and a music folder in the shared directory)
so in the start directory line i
goto var
ok
the start directory line will say /var
then go in again and select mnt
so it says /var/mnt
etc etc.

Assuming it's the same on the dbox version

[big mick01]

hi m8 thanks for the reply..
but i fell at the first hurdle..
i dont have the same options in var as you..
when i go into var/. there is no mnt/

after 2 days of trawling the web for answers ive come to the conclusion im not going to get this working with c12

cheers

mick

[scruff1963]

mount it to /hdd if you have it, it's not important.
you can make /var/mnt.
you can even make a folder called mp3 and mount to that the naming isn't important so long as the mount is setup in the settings, network, network mounts area.
Once you have everything setup it is automatic

do you have network mounts already or are you using vlc ?

[big mick01]

hi m8
yes i have my pc harddrive mounted as F:/
and yes im using vlc to watch movies from the same hdd..
it just seems like the dbox doesnt see the mp3s/wav/ files in my music folder on F:/ drive

cheers

mick

[big mick01]

still cant get it working
i could do with someone using commando 12 who is streaming music to tell me exactly what their settings are...
i just dont understand how the dbox can see all the folders in my shared F:/ drive...example F:/movies it can see all the movie files..
but it cant see the mp3s in the music folders

cheers

mick

[scruff1963]

you don't use vlc to play mp3's you use the audioplayer once you have set the network mount up.
setting up the network is covered in pt-1's excellent faq and I have explained how to setup the audioplayer once you have the network mount setup.
I have found that have to have something as the network share username as I don't have passwords setup on my pc. I just put any letter in the username in the network shares setup on the box.