We've now covered how to set up shares in Windows, OS X, and Linux, what makes a computer ideal for remote streaming, and when remote streaming is ideal. We also clarified how to add shares as sources in XBMC.

In the next chapter, we'll take sources one step further by delving into Library mode, which will let us scrape data such as episode descriptions and fan artwork from the Web. We'll also look at sharing this library between multiple XBMC installations by using a central database.