Amarok/Manual/Organization/Collection/RemoteCollections/Samba

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    Samba

    Samba is a free implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol which is used to share files and printers in a network. Most modern file managers like Dolphin and Nautilus support this protocol.

    Client

    You need to mount the share to use it in Amarok. To do this, you need to install the package smbfs. Use the command sudo mount -t cifs //host/share /mount-point/ to mount the share. After that you can use it like a local folder and add it to your local collection.

    Server

    The easiest way is to use your file manager. On Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu you can install a Dolphin extension to manage shares using sudo apt-get install kdenetwork-filesharing. Open the properties of a folder in Dolphin and switch to the Share tab.



    After clicking at Configure File Sharing... the configuration dialogs is opened.



    Change the settings to Advanced Sharing and the Allowed Users to Allow all users to share folders.



    Then you can add the folder to the shares. Click at Add... and share the desired folder with Samba.