B3 and Mediatomb

[Wildboy]

Hey!

I've searched this forum and read the manual but can't get this right. I'm very new to network "stuff" and just bought my B3 so please be patient since I'm a beginner!

When I browse to Mediatomb by typing this http://b3:49152 I do find all directories etc. But the files I've put in home/storage/video don't show up in Mediatomb? Other videofiles show up in these directories:
home/storage/music/Movies
home/storage/pictures

Doesn't Mediatomb "see" the home/storage/video folder?

Also my PS3 couldn't find the files stored in home/storage/video since I connected PS3 through Mediatomb but it found the videos in the other folders mentioned above.

Another question, I just upgraded to version 2.2 and now my PS3 can't find the Bubba mediaserver. I guess it is "indexing"/updating something right? Hopefully my PS3 will find it later.

Cheers,
Peter

[philgaskin]

Peter,
I'm kind of new to it all as well but I did reload my B3 for the third time yesterday (a long story). Anyway, I hadn't used mediatomb and couldn't get in from a browser using port 49152, so I looked in the mediatomb log file (from B3 Admin>Settings>Logs>mediatomb.log) and discovered the following errors:

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ERROR: The connection to the MySQL database has failed: mysql_error (1045): "Access denied for user 'mediatomb'@'localhost' (using password: YES)"

I hadn't done anything with mysql, so all passwords were default and I decided to try and log in to mysql as the mediatomb user. You can find the configuration file in /etc/mediatomb/config.xml (it includes the mediatomb user names and passwords for both linux and mysql). As I expected, mysql wouldn't accept the password that was in the config.xml file, so I changed the mysql mediatomb user password to match the config.xml file as below:

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su
mysql
SET PASSWORD FOR 'mediatomb'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('rDI5IDNOSnoQ');
quit

You will need to enter the root password following the su command (default is excito)
The rDI5IDNOSnoQ is the password in my /etc/mediatomb/config.xml file. I imagine it is the same for all B3s. but I would check first.

Anyway it worked for me and now everything is OK although I am still not sure why the password didn't work following the reload.

Phil.

[Wildboy]

Hey Phil!

Thanks a lot! You sure doesn't look like a beginner to me!!! I really don't have any experiense of programming but I will look into this and see what I can find. I guess I will have to find the files you mention first and take it from there. I have a friend that's really good with this stuff but he's not home until beginning of December.

Once again, thanks and I'll try to follow your guide!

Cheers,
Peter

[Wildboy]

Noticed another strange thing, at least to me. I have my old PC connected with a network cable to the B3 and my MacBook is in contact through wireless with the B3. I can copy files from my Mac to all folders on the B3 including the public/storage/video folder. I can copy files from my PC to all folders except the public/storage/video folder?

Let's say I try to copy an mpg video file from my PC to the video folder of the B3 I just get the error message that the file is either write protected or the destination disc is full. When I try to copy the very same file to any other folder on the B3 (music, photos...) it works! Anyone have a clue?

Phil,
I can not find the /etc/mediatomb/config.xml in Mediatomb. I guess I should find it under the Filesystem folder structure? /etc/mediatomb folder is empty.

Sorry for asking these questions, but I'm a total beginner...

Cheers,
Peter

[philgaskin]

Peter,
First of all I would check to see if you have the same error in the mediatomb log (from the B3 admin pages choose Settings>Logs and then select Mediatomb.log and click show). If you don't see any Access Denied errors then I don't think you have the same problem as me.
However if you do, you will need to use an SSH access tool such as Putty (which I use). Take a look at http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/T ... er_via_SSH
You will need to understand some basic UNIX commands to use it (ls, cd etc.).
Phil.