Is their a way that i can upload video i have to the mythbox. via ftp, of just "\\ip\" ? i have abunch of dvd rips and video file, most of them are avi(divx and xvids).


thanks
fernando

Sure. There's no FTP server installed by default though.
So either add one, or use SAMBA, or anything else you'd like.
If you're coming from a windows box, there are tips for sharing via SAMBA on the Wiki.
http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=UsingSambaHowTo

And NFS:
http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=NFSHowTo

OK Samba is installed on the by default right... i just got to start it in the box. and thanks for all your help

BTW, you can mount these things over the network.
For example, if you have a \videos file shared on a windows machine, you can mount it under \myth\video

ex:

root@mythtv:~# mount
//mywindowsbox/video on /myth/video/windowsboxvideos type smbfs (rw)

Here, I have my "video" share on the windows box mounted to an (otherwise) empty subdir under /myth/video

Likewise, I've done the same with pictures and music.
//s3/images on /myth/gallery/s3_images type smbfs (rw)
//s3/music on /myth/music type smbfs (rw)

Also, I've got other interesting mounts:
//soyobren/ipodfeed on /myth/ipodfeed type smbfs (rw)

This sends all of my Myth2Ipod stuff to my wife's HD. Now I don't have to worry about those ipod videos taking up my space. I also have a sub-dir under there, called backup, where I stick nightly backups. I figure backups are more helpful if they're not lost when the disk dies.

And I have these:
//vista1/sd on /myth/gallery/vista1/sd type smbfs (rw)
//vista1/cf on /myth/gallery/vista1/cf type smbfs (rw)

I can pop in a card on my PC, and they should (theoretically) show up in mythgallery.

I'm using fstab to automount this stuff, but am going to write a simple script to umount/mount on demand. Why? If something isn't available during boot-up, it won't mount. And if I try to access something previously mounted that isn't there (like if my PC is off), the front-end will hang.