Initial setup

Please read the installation instructions first

Once the installation is complete, use your web browser to browse to /xbmc-video-server on your web server (if you did the installation steps on your local machine the URL would be http://localhost/xbmc-video-server). You will be presented with a login form. Log in with username "admin" and password "admin" (you'll be able to change this later).

Once logged in, you will be asked to configure a backend. A backend is an instance of XBMC that the application connects to and displays library contents from. Here you should specify XBMC's hostname and port as well as the username and password for XBMC's web server.

If you generally put your XBMC computer to sleep you can enter its MAC address when configuring the backend. When a MAC address is present, XBMC Video Server will automatically wake the computer using Wake on LAN if it is deemed unconnectable. A loading screen is presented while this happens.

If you specify more than one backend, a "Change backend" menu item will appear which allows you to switch which backend is being used. This way you don't have to install this application once for every XBMC instance you have, or you can use it to connect to a friend's library (provided he has opened the relevant ports in his firewall).