I use the built in Media Server to share my USB storage to my smart TV. With my old Asus RT-AC3200 I could specify which folder on the storage to share but with my XR500 it allways shares the whole drive.
How can I specify a certain folder so that I don't have do browse so may folders before I reach my media?
I followed the steps and created a shared folder for my media but when I browse my drive with my smart TV I now have both the folders from my usb drive AND the folders from the specific media folder, all mixed in root.
I miss the option to specify which folder to share in media server settings.
Sorry, I'm a bit confused, I thought that was what you wanted to achieve? Are you saying you want only the TV to have access to a specific folder but when accessing from a PC you have the whole drive available? If so the only way I could think of that is to change the read/write access as admin so you can input that when on PC and ignore it on the TV.
My goal is to share a media folder over DLNA to my smart TV and still have full access to my drive from my computer.
I followed your tip and I guess it works, now my TV only see my media folder.
Although these settings also affect which folders i share over FTP, it only show my media folder. I had to add my complete drive with admin access (to not show up on my smart TV) but it also restrict me from downloading files over FTP. But that is another issue I already talked about in another thread.
Even when using the login you still have that restriction? If so it may be worth contacting Netgear directly and see if they have any ideas: http://support.netgear.com/
I mean, I would have thought that because you have to access using login details that FTP would still work. It's Netgears' feature so they've likely come across this before, if you make a ticket with them hopefully they can get it resolved.
