Boxee doesnt find my iMac

[TDSzevz]

Hi

Im having trouble connecting too my iMac over wifi.

It doesnt find it trough the add networks sources part, alltough boxee finds other computers.

I know my iMac is connected too the LAN because i can VNC too it from my laptop. I have tripple checked that file sharing is checked under system settings.

Any ideas on what to try?

[iBog]

I had a similar issue. My wireless router is from D-Link and I had to go into it's network settings and enable some network discovery broadcasts (not SSID broadcasts).

Once I did this, I found it fine.

Otherwise, you can add it manually by specifying the IP address.

[TDSzevz]

Ive tried adding the ip manually, i get the no files where found error.

Ive got an airport extreme, it doesnt seem to have the discover broadcasts function :-/

[imksn]

Try following directions from this post. Describes XBMC method which has differences in menus, but still similar.

http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?p=7383#post7383

[TDSzevz]

Thanks, that helped.

The problem was: im a n00b and hadnt turned on Samba sharing, just AFP.

[iBog]

Check out this video tutorial I created:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai8lGU-mX1U

This shows you how to share files from your Mac. I'm almost finished my next tutorial which will be to create a network media source in Boxee and connect to the share you just created.

I might recreate the first one and include a check for software firewall settings (though Mac OS X 10.5.5 automatically allows file sharing through the firewall).