Mp3's from network!

cpikey316_ · 03-23-2006, 01:23 PM

Not sure if this is a network problem or not, seemed like the right place to put it.

I'm new to linux, decided on SuSE 10, downloaded it, and have spent the last 2 weeks setting network up and making mp3s play! This was more complicated but the vast amount of information helped. However, when I try to play Mp3's from a network drive ( the D drive of my windows pc) Linux won't do it! Im using xmms, local files play fine (I copied one to test it out) but they refuse to play if i attempt to add them from the network drive.

Realplayer suggests that it might be SMB, but I have this on there, and it's clearly working, as I have a network, right?

my apologies for being a complete moron when it comes to all this, but i'd love to get the hang of linux to escape Bill Gates evil clutches! Any help would be appreciated!

nevelis · 03-23-2006, 05:00 PM

If you are using Gnome, you could try using VFS. To do this:

Click Places -> Connect to server

Fill out the pretty little form, and the folder will appear on your desktop. Try that, see if it works.

Another approach is to actually mount the network drive, like this:

Code:

mount -t smbfs //computer/share /mnt/mp3s

Cheers,
Aaron

cpikey316_ · 03-24-2006, 06:56 AM

Ok, Tried that, this i got it wrong, as it says the contents cannot be displayed. Can't delete it either, as it says to unmount it, but there is no unmount option, greyed out or not.

I appreciate your help, but wouldn't that just create an easy way to get to the music folder on my desktop. So i could just click on that to get a folder full of mp3s that wont play, instead of going through the computer icon.

nevelis · 03-24-2006, 01:08 PM

Try:

Code:

mount -t smbfs -o umask=0000 //something/mp3s /mnt/mp3

That'll mount it, and give everyone read/write access to the share. The mounted icon should appear on your desktop automatically.

Cheers,
Aaron

cpikey316_ · 03-25-2006, 08:35 AM

Didn't work, I got a huge list of options too large to post here.

But I reiterate, wouldn't that just create an easy way to get to the music folder on my desktop. So i could just click on that to get a folder full of mp3s that wont play, instead of going through the computer icon.

Can you tell me how to unmount one of these icons i've created?

nevelis · 03-25-2006, 11:56 AM

No, it wouldn't. Some applications will not read from the smb:// protocol, but if it's mounted as a folder it'll work fine. I've done it before for both music & video. It's done transparently at kernel level, as far as the application's concerned, it's getting it from a folder in your own filesystem, not on a network share.

To unmount a folder, type mount. It'll bring up a list of all of the current mounts, a-like so:

Code:

aaron@chibi:~$ mount
/dev/hda3 on / type reiserfs (rw,notail)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/hda2 on /shared type vfat (rw)     <-- lets say we want to unmount this
aaron@chibi:~$ su
Password:
root@chibi:/home/aaron# umount /dev/hda2

You have to do it as root, users can only mount/unmount folders specified in /etc/fstab with the 'user' option.

I tried gnome-vfs, and it doesn't work in xmms, but it works with Totem, which is gnome's default player. I assume you're using gnome?

Cheers,
Aaron