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Cannot play videos from my pc over the network..
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:38 pm
by panjabimc
Pls Buzz help me out bro ... everything used to work perfectly ...then suddenly XBMC stared asking for username/password for smb shares ...got around it on Jan's new built ...videos were working perfectly last night...now today ..when I click on the files...nothing happens ..here's the log ..
http://pastebin.com/nGmQHprV
thanx in advance....really appreciate the work u guys r doin for us ...cheers...
Re: Cannot play videos from my pc over the network..
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:10 am
by kitana
panjabimc wrote:Pls Buzz help me out bro ... everything used to work perfectly ...then suddenly XBMC stared asking for username/password for smb shares ...got around it on Jan's new built ...videos were working perfectly last night...now today ..when I click on the files...nothing happens ..here's the log ..
http://pastebin.com/nGmQHprV
thanx in advance....really appreciate the work u guys r doin for us ...cheers...
This may have to do with your Microsoft W7/8 smb shares. Try the solutions offered in the below thread
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=124049
Re: Cannot play videos from my pc over the network..
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:00 am
by ltdanno360
@ Panjabimc
Once in A wile i get an Error When i click on WORKGROUP in Jans Build --When that Happens i reboot the pc and Its Back to working/streaming fine Also useing Wndows 7 its worth a try
Re: Cannot play videos from my pc over the network..
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:39 pm
by panjabimc
Sorry I forgot to add ..I am running Windows XP home edition ...
Re: Cannot play videos from my pc over the network..
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:21 pm
by kitana
panjabimc wrote:Sorry I forgot to add ..I am running Windows XP home edition ...
If you have not set a password for your XP system, then you may consider doing so. I never have issues with SMB shares on XP
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?ti ... #pid852476