Access RARs on Xbox from XBMC for Linux

[tdw197]

Bit of an odd one, and not really sure if this is the place to put it, but seeing as I'm using XBMC for linux, thought I'd put it here.

I have an old xbox with a big HDD and XBMC (obviously), over time i've ftp'ed a fair few films over to it still compressed in RARs, no prob cos they play fine.

Now I have 3 more machines all on the same wireless network, 2 running XBMC for windows and one (which will be a dedicated HTPC - when i can f*in sort out ATI drivers) with XBMC for linux.

I've set the Xbox up as a UPnP server and can browse to it from the linux box - the prob is because the files are .rar i can't see them from my UPnP browse on the linux box.

So the Q is: Is there a way of getting rouind this using UPnP (I suspect not) or is there a better way (a la samba) to browse the old Xbox and stream the films in the RARs from there?

TIA, sorry for the long post.

[spiff]

no and no. you're getting bitten in yer ars* for having bad habits (storing stuff locally on the xbox).

you could try using ftp but i suspect it wont be pretty

[tdw197]

no and no. you're getting bitten in yer ars* for having bad habits (storing stuff locally on the xbox).

you could try using ftp but i suspect it wont be pretty

I thought so, and you are correct it is a bad habit - one i have since binned, but at the time my 120Gb hdd on the xbox seemed massive!

Tried ftp - but its a complete a*se to actually connect and unstable when streaming. Looks like I better start FTPing off the xbox, this may take some time......