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WD TV Live can't access shares
I must be missing the obvious. I can access my NV+ shares for read and write with my Linux, Win XP, and Win7 pc's but for the life of me I can't access the shares with my media player "WD TV Live". WD...
hooper wrote: You have to type the share name into the username field of the WD TV Live. No password.
This seems to prevent you from being able to access more than one share on the NAS. Am I wrong?
webspider wrote: I also found a solution. If you setup user shares it works as it should.
Can you clarify what you mean by this? When is a share on the NAS not a user share?
StephenB wrote: WDTV live uses CIFS. If you configure "everyone" access to read (or read/write) on the NV+ you should be able to access your files.
This is how my NAS is configured. Can you clarify if this works for you, of if you're just stating that it "should" work.
rolf wrote: I had the same problem. Thanks for your posts, that didn't solve mine, but I found it out. In the ReadyNas menu, you have to enable ReadyDLNA under Services>Streaming Services
Configuring the streaming service might be a work around, but it's not a solution to the problem with accessing shares.
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