Thursday, September 8, 2011

Copy Files to XBMC Live with sFTP and FileZilla

Here is a quick guide to connecting to XBMC Live via sFTP using FileZilla.  This will enable you to copy files to and from your XBMC Live installation.  By default XBMC Live installs an SSH server so you don't need to do any configuration on the actual XBMC box.

First you need to install FileZilla, if you are on Ubuntu just search for it in the Software Center or if you are using OSX or Windows you can download it here.

Next you need the IP address of your XBMC box, you can find this out by going to Settings->System Info->Summary



Now you have the IP address of your XBMC box open FileZilla and enter the following settings:

Host: your XBMC box IP address
Username: the username you chose during XBMC installation
Password: the password you chose during XBMC installation
Port: 22



*NOTE: if you did not do a HDD install of XBMC Live and are running it off a memory stick use the default XBMC Live credentials.
Username: xbmc
Password: xbmc

You can now easily copy files to and from you XBMC Live box.

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