You can learn more about NAS servers from my complete guide to install a network attached storage. Type the “Username” and “Password” for the folder on your NAS.Set the “Shared folder” on your NAS e.g.Set the NAS server’s IP address as the “Server Name” e.g.Set the “Protocol” as Windows Network (SMB).Just follow these steps to add your NAS as source: If you are using a network attached storage, it is even easier to get all the media files visible in the OpenELEC. Now, you are ready to transfer the media files to your computer. The default username is root and the password is openelec. Secondly, you will need to know the username and password to connect to the OpenELEC. You can find this out by selecting System > Hardware > Network and use the IP address (e.g. If you are not using an external network attached hard drive, you will need to copy your media files to the HTPC using a FTP software such as Filezilla.īefore connecting to your home theater PC, you’ll need to know its IP address. Transfer media files to XBMC with Filezilla Last but not least, you should change the settings for the weather channel (System > Weather > General > Settings). If you are using optical output or HDMI for sound (analog is selected by default), you can change the audio output within the same menu (System > System > Audio output). The Aeon skin does not support mouse, so you should disable the mouse (System > System > Input devices > Enable mouse) to avoid any annoying error messages. In order to install Aeon Skin, go to System > Appearance > Skin > Get More… and then install the Aeon Nox skin. The default Confluence skin is quite nice to begin with, but if you want to have a truly beautiful media center, you should install a more advanced skin such as an Aeon Nox skin. Next, let’s continue to customize the media center. Your second hard drive can be found from the folder /var/media/NEWDRIVE. Now you can reboot your OpenELEC HTPC and the new drive will mount automatically. Run a filesystem check, which will automount the new partition by typing “fsck.ext4 /dev/sda1”.Add the ext4 filesystem and label the drive as NEWDRIVE (or any drive name that you wish to use) by typing “mkfs.ext4 -L NEWDRIVE /dev/sda1”.
Add an ext4 partition from 1MB to -1MB from the end of the drive by typing “parted -a optimal /dev/sda mkpart - primary ext4 1 -1”.
Create a new GPT partition structure on /dev/sda by typing “parted -a optimal /dev/sda mklabel gpt”.
in my case the 2TB hard drive was /dev/sda.