ushare

[Superman3332001]

IHi everyone. I heard that there is a limit on the file sharing capability I was wondering what it was on ushare.

Thanks

superman3332001

[cdnLilWolf]

In the *nix world, only your hardware would limit the number of practical users. I'm sure the people at Ushare are aware of this.

[Superman3332001]

In the *nix world, only your hardware would limit the number of practical users. I'm sure the people at Ushare are aware of this.

Thanks for getting back to me on this. What piece hardware would determine this.

[cdnLilWolf]

Thanks for getting back to me on this. What piece hardware would determine this.

I think you misunderstand what I was eluding to. In theory, you could have thousands (or considerably more) of users on a network. The limitations are things like the number of servers, available bandwidth and so on.

The point is that I'm sure that in your scenario (read; a home based server) it would not be an issue. Unless of course it is me who does not understand what you are asking. Your question is a bit vague since Unix/Linux was built from the ground up as a system that shares files (ala networking) with multiple users.

Exactly what is it you want to do?

[Superman3332001]

I think you misunderstand what I was eluding to. In theory, you could have thousands (or considerably more) of users on a network. The limitations are things like the number of servers, available bandwidth and so on.

The point is that I'm sure that in your scenario (read; a home based server) it would not be an issue. Unless of course it is me who does not understand what you are asking. Your question is a bit vague since Unix/Linux was built from the ground up as a system that shares files (ala networking) with multiple users.

Exactly what is it you want to do?

Sorry if I was a little vague in my question. What I am trying to do is share my music files from my computer (running Ubuntu) to my xbox360. The problem that I am running into is that not all the music files are showing up. Plus some the songs are cutting out and skipping to the next song. The file format I have them in is FLAC

[cdnLilWolf]

What network protocol are you using in Ubuntu? I would expect Samba. If not, you probably should be.

One of the more common causes for files not appearing is a permissions problems. Try using "sudo chmod -R 777 /home/user/directory" to change it recursively. The cause of this is using "root" to move files around.

Edit: Actually I should have said use "chown" if the cause is from using root to move files.

[Superman3332001]

What network protocol are you using in Ubuntu? I would expect Samba. If not, you probably should be.

One of the more common causes for files not appearing is a permissions problems. Try using "sudo chmod -R 777 /home/user/directory" to change it recursively. The cause of this is using "root" to move files around.

Edit: Actually I should have said use "chown" if the cause is from using root to move files.

okay the only ones install are samba-common and smbclient. Then I take it that samba is not installed. (I presume) If I install samba will it conflict with ushare.

[cdnLilWolf]

You should be able to find the balance of Samba (the server side) in the Ubuntu repositories. It may even work as it stands (won't hurt to try). The documentation is very good and can be downloaded from samba.org.

You should note that I know next to nothing about Ushare, so I have no idea whether it would suit you better or not. What I can tell you is that Samba is quite likely better suited to share files across platforms (specifically Linux/Windows). It also exacts as much (or as little) user control as you need it to.

I have never tried to hook up an Xbox to anything, so I'm in the dark in that regard. I'm simply getting the impression that it can be networked. If it can be connected to a Windows PC using smb then it can be connected to a Linux PC using smb via Samba ( I would assume).

If someone knows differently, I'd be glad to be corrected.

Oh yes, Ushare "should not" conflict with Samba. I would also assume that you have in fact checked permissions of directories and files as per my previous message.

[Superman3332001]

You should be able to find the balance of Samba (the server side) in the Ubuntu repositories. It may even work as it stands (won't hurt to try). The documentation is very good and can be downloaded from samba.org.

You should note that I know next to nothing about Ushare, so I have no idea whether it would suit you better or not. What I can tell you is that Samba is quite likely better suited to share files across platforms (specifically Linux/Windows). It also exacts as much (or as little) user control as you need it to.

I have never tried to hook up an Xbox to anything, so I'm in the dark in that regard. I'm simply getting the impression that it can be networked. If it can be connected to a Windows PC using smb then it can be connected to a Linux PC using smb via Samba ( I would assume).

If someone knows differently, I'd be glad to be corrected.

Oh yes, Ushare "should not" conflict with Samba. I would also assume that you have in fact checked permissions of directories and files as per my previous message.

I know when I set it ushare up it had something specifically for xbox360 in its config. Is there a similar thing in samba's config file. I am installing samba right at this moment. I did change the file permissions on that directory as well

[cdnLilWolf]

I know when I set it ushare up it had something specifically for xbox360 in its config. Is there a similar thing in samba's config file.

Samba does nothing specific for Xbox. That said, if it uses Server Message Block (SMB) protocol then there is no reason (that I can think of) why Samba would not work. Just configure the Ubuntu directory in question as a share with the appropriate read/write access.

I confess at this writing I have not checked what Xbox does have in terms of networking protocols, I'll check the web at some point as we don't own one here (we do have a Wii).

[cdnLilWolf]

Found this on the community site.

http://ubuntuforums.org/search.php?searchid=51779596

[Superman3332001]

Samba does nothing specific for Xbox. That said, if it uses Server Message Block (SMB) protocol then there is no reason (that I can think of) why Samba would not work. Just configure the Ubuntu directory in question as a share with the appropriate read/write access.

I confess at this writing I have not checked what Xbox does have in terms of networking protocols, I'll check the web at some point as we don't own one here (we do have a Wii).

when I start ushare with ushare -x this is what comes up.

Interface eth0 is down.
Recheck uShare's configuration and try again !
uShare (version 1.1a), a lightweight UPnP A/V and DLNA Media Server.
Benjamin Zores (C) 2005-2007, for GeeXboX Team.
See http://ushare.geexbox.org/ for updates.
Listening on telnet port 1337
Initializing UPnP subsystem ...
Starting in XboX 360 compliant profile ...
UPnP MediaServer listening on 192.168.0.101:49200
Sending UPnP advertisement for device ...
Listening for control point connections ...
Building Metadata List ...
Looking for files in content directory : /home/bassplayer/Music
Looking for files in content directory : /home/bassplayer/Videos
Found 219 files and subdirectories.


this is what is in my ushare config file.

# /etc/ushare.conf
# Edit this file with 'dpkg-reconfigure ushare'
# Configuration file for uShare

# uShare UPnP Friendly Name (default is 'uShare').
USHARE_NAME=uShare

# Interface to listen to (default is eth0).
# Ex : USHARE_IFACE=eth1
USHARE_IFACE=eth0

# Port to listen to (default is random from IANA Dynamic Ports range)
# Ex : USHARE_PORT=49200
USHARE_PORT=49200

# Port to listen for Telnet connections
# Ex : USHARE_TELNET_PORT=1337
USHARE_TELNET_PORT=

# Directories to be shared (space or CSV list).
# Ex: USHARE_DIR=/dir1,/dir2
USHARE_DIR=/home/bassplayer/Music,/home/bassplayer/Videos

# Use to override what happens when iconv fails to parse a file name.
# The default uShare behaviour is to not add the entry in the media list
# This option overrides that behaviour and adds the non-iconv'ed string into
# the media list, with the assumption that the renderer will be able to
# handle it. Devices like Noxon 2 have no problem with strings being passed
# as is. (Umlauts for all!)
#
# Options are TRUE/YES/1 for override and anything else for default behaviour
USHARE_OVERRIDE_ICONV_ERR=yes

# Enable Web interface (yes/no)
ENABLE_WEB=yes

# Enable Telnet control interface (yes/no)
ENABLE_TELNET=no

# Use XboX 360 compatibility mode (yes/no)
ENABLE_XBOX=yes

# Use DLNA profile (yes/no)
# This is needed for PlayStation3 to work (among other devices)
ENABLE_DLNA=no

[cdnLilWolf]

Do you have a Gateway/Router/Firewall? Is traffic on port 49200 enabled?