Mac Beta Cannot See Network Share (SMB)

[cmendill]

Hello,

I configured my mac media server as instructed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai8lGU-mX1U
And the boxee media client as instructed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXJWRZUiFSQ


I'm running boxee on a macbook that is connected to the same network. However, this share does not appear in Boxee under the network sources menu. If i try to add it manually, I hit enter after filling out the form and it goes back to the network sources list without adding my new source.

[icep]

I have also experienced that issues. I'm sorry to say that I did not find a way to make it work, for some reason the share kept on disconnecting. After doing a complete clean install the share did show up but it was gone by the next restart.

[judgeschambers]

There are a few posts covering this topic in Boxee Beta Issues thread. ;)

Moving thread.

[cmendill]

Thanks for reading and moving the post, but we can't keep posting all Beta issues here. Pretty soon everyone will be using the Beta, when will we go back to using the normal forum structure?

[NomadDNA]

Thanks for reading and moving the post, but we can't keep posting all Beta issues here. Pretty soon everyone will be using the Beta, when will we go back to using the normal forum structure?

You're right... It's getting a bit convoluted on the forums.

But in just a few weeks, beta will be officially released and the original forum format ought to work out.

[cmendill]

Tried deleting my user data folder and reinstalling. Still no luck. Are workgroup names case sensitive? I noticed that in the tutorial video, he uses "workgroup" on his server and Boxee defaults to "WORKGROUP".

I've tried both and my network source still does not appear.

[krill328]

I am having the same exact problem as you guys are. I also had the same results as someone posted earlier, where when I reinstalled boxee beta, the share from my other MAC showed up but after a restart they were gone again. I tried doing a complete uninstall and re-install after with different results. This time they did not show up at all. :-(

I'm guessing this is a bug in beta, but I really wish it would get fixed sooner then later as this was a feature I truely use a lot.

[NomadDNA]

Are all your macs are set up for file sharing?
System Pref > Sharing > file sharing


Can you see your networked shared HD on your desktop?
Click on desktop > Press apple+comma > Click "connected servers" in the finder preferences

[jpga13]

Finding them usually isn't the problem. The problem is they just randomly disconnect. And when you try and share on two different machines it's usually one or the other will stay connected.

[NomadDNA]

Finding them usually isn't the problem. The problem is they just randomly disconnect. And when you try and share on two different machines it's usually one or the other will stay connected.

This should be solved in the next boxee release... The dev team has made some improvements in SMB connectivity.

http://jira.boxee.tv/browse/BOXEE-4118

[jpga13]

It's not all that bad. You can always go to Files and pull up the media that way and it will work. What's odd is my macbook pro has only shown up on Samba Share one time but my mac mini always shows up. I can connect by adding it manually though.

[jabohn]

Same issue here, with it installed on my AppleTV connecting to the SMB share on my mac. I can view files manually but the share is not being scanned and nothing gets added to TV Shows and Movies etc. The share is always listed as being disconnected.

[darcilicious]

I don't know enough about the Apple side of things but the work around for the other platforms is to map the share drives via the OS so they "look" like local drives and then point Boxee to them via Local Sources instead of via Network Sources.

[jpga13]

I'm trying some various experiments right now. My Mac Mini shows up in SMB but not my MBP. The ATV and Mac Mini are hardwired and MBP is wireless so maybe that's a reason.

Now that I added the 1.0 recovery the drive I have connected to my ATV shows as a local drive on my MBP and works like a champ. It seems like your solution might work for mac as well. I will give it a test and see what happens.

Another problem was the ATV would only stay connected to one network drive or another but not both for any length of time.

[jabohn]

FYI: I have the 10708 beta that was just more widely released today. Still having those SMB issues.

[darcilicious]

Correct. SMB issues have not been resolved though I know the boxee team is working hard on this one. See: http://jira.boxee.tv/browse/BOXEE-4118

[jabohn]

I downloaded the beta again, just in case the widely released one was slightly different from the release last week. Installed it, still said my shares were not connected. So I removed the shares and re-added and now they say connected and I will leave it running to see if it actually scans this time...

UPDATE: it appears to have scanned my movies now, but one of them is the wrong movie... it's the correct name but a different movie of the same name. How do you change it in Boxee? A work around was to rename the file on my share with the year in brackets but Boxee was still pointing to the old name. Even rescanning didn't do it until I exited and restarted Boxee. There should be a way to re-pick a movie, like in the Alpha where you could choose "Wrong One".

[cmendill]

Yep, manual resolve is one of the most requested features. It is in the pipeline.

[cmendill]

Running Mac - 0.9.20.10708

I can connect to my SMB shares ok.
They are disks served up by a powermac over wifi.
They don't show up automatically, but manually entering the IP works.
I can play the videos thru the Files menu, but they won't index. At least they won't index on timescales comparable to mounting the disks with afp and treating them as local. That takes about 10 min, but smb has been sitting for an hour and nothing is showing up.