FTP

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Template:XBMC faq toc Inline If you have media-files on a computer and you want to share them to an XBMC device, an FTP server is one option you can use.

1. To accomplish this your XBMC device and FTP server must be able to reach each other through your network (firewall!)
2. Install the FTP server.
   • On a Linux distribution you can install the preferred FTP server for that distribution.
   • On a Mac (OS 10.6 and below) go to system preferences, then sharing, and then click the check box next to file sharing, this will start local file sharing on your machine. Click the 'Options' Button to share files and folders using FTP/SMB/AFP, etc. Choose your folders and you are good to go.
   • On a Windows PC you can use a FTP server like e.g. FileZilla Server.
3. Than you define one or more userid's on the FTP-Server.
4. On the XBMC device use Add Source, select FTP, fill in the credentials and your XBMC device will be able to connect to that FTP server and play files more or less like if the files were local.

Keep in mind though, FTP is not made for streaming content, it will act a little different sometimes.