Zidoo Home Threater adding SMB shares

So I did a little experimenting with the new app just for testing purposes and though its seems promising, it seems a bit tedious adding shares.

The inputbox is a little small, while the screenspace is enough. Adding something like //192.168.1.10/G/Movies/New keeps getting me errors, while //192.168.1.10/G/ does not.

Why not have the app BROWSE a shared device like the Explorer app does and add a share that way?

 

Hi DragonFly,

This is not a bug or fault with the X6pro, it is the way that SMB networking works.
The client (your X6pro) can only attach to the "point" that is "shared", which is why it can connect to the machine at 192.168.1.10 and then attach to the resource being shared as "G".

Another way you could do what you want, would be to share "G:\Movies\New" as "NewMovies", then you could attach to //192/168.1.10/NewMovies

Cheers

 

For share must have "/" at the end.

 

I think you misunderstood.

It's the way the user has to manually input a share in a rather small inputbox. The share or mountpoint itself (when entered and found) is just an text entry in .db in the \data dir of the app.

This can be made easier like the explorer app does. This app also adds SMB shares. Have the user browse his LAN, find the appropriate attached devices and subsequently add the needed share. The app would then be responsible for adding the entry in its database. This way the user can forget all about syntaxs and have the app do the dirty work

 

Dragonfly, I full agree with you.

 

So what syntax should I use to enter it in the Zidoo app:
//<IP SERVER>/<SHARE> is not working.

Never mind, made some typo's. It's hard to enter in such small window.