SMB shares "disconnected"... but not really

[xfortis]

I have followed and read numerous threads about configuring SMB to be compatible with the Boxee Box, and have done everything like setting up share permissions, uninstalling Windows live assistant thing, and a couple of other more complex setting changes.

Boxee won't find my computer in its scan. SO I manually entered my computer's hostname, browsed the resulting folders, and added them as sources.

Problem: All the folders that I added as shares show up as "disconnected" and Boxee won't/can't scan them for content.

Complication: I can access and play all the content on my supposedly "disconnected" shared folders by selecting the files themselves through Files/Local Media Folders, where the shares do show up and are 100% accessible. So while my files are accessible from the Box, they won't scan and so I don't have a nice looking library like I had hoped, only another file tree.

[dconti]

hey,

sorry you are having issues with this. Just to verify, if you go to the main menu, go over to files, go to network, your PC does not show up ever?

do you have your boxee box and your PC hooked up to the same router?

manually adding will let you add IP addresses or hosts we can't automatically find, and when that happens it tends to show as disconnected

[fellcross]

I have this exact same problem. I am using a Fedora 13 server with multiple Samba shares and have the exact same issues mentioned by the OP. All my drives are disconnected, but all files are playable through the Files section without a problem. I try to re-scan and it goes back to disconnected immediately with no real scan.

I've tried a reboot of both the server and boxee, have opened the Samba shares to public access, full read-write privileges, etc... with no change in the functionality of the Boxee Box.

I have Boxee on my Win7 PC and all the shares connect and scan normally.

[dconti]

I have this exact same problem. I am using a Fedora 13 server with multiple Samba shares and have this exact same issues. All my drives are disconnected, but all files are playable through the Files section without a problem. I try to re-scan and it goes back to disconnected immediately with no real scan.

I've tried a reboot of both the server and boxee, have opened the Samba shares to public access, full read-write privileges, etc... with no change in the functionality of the Boxee Box.

I have Boxee on my Win7 PC and all the shares connect and scan normally.

and you added your shares through the file browser (not the manual UI)?

[xfortis]

hey,

sorry you are having issues with this. Just to verify, if you go to the main menu, go over to files, go to network, your PC does not show up ever?

do you have your boxee box and your PC hooked up to the same router?

manually adding will let you add IP addresses or hosts we can't automatically find, and when that happens it tends to show as disconnected

Right. When I scan the network for other computers, my PC does not show up. I can still point the Box to my smb folders, I just have to enter the hostname of my computer manually. But even with all the smb folders added manually, they won't scan. They are fully accessible through the Files section of the main menu, I just have to sort through the file tree.

[fellcross]

and you added your shares through the file browser (not the manual UI)?

No my Samba (Fedora 13) server is not browseable, I use the Manual UI.

[dconti]

No my Samba (Fedora 13) server is not browseable, I use the Manual UI.

do you add by nbt name or by IP address?

when you say not browseable, does this mean you have netbios (nmbd) disabled? we do need netbios to be running to use smb shares.

[dconti]

Right. When I scan the network for other computers, my PC does not show up. I can still point the Box to my smb folders, I just have to enter the hostname of my computer manually. But even with all the smb folders added manually, they won't scan. They are fully accessible through the Files section of the main menu, I just have to sort through the file tree.

if we can't find it through the file browser, and it's on the local network, things are not good for the manual add as we will have trouble resolving the host.

same router for the box and your PC?
is the network type set to home?
is file sharing enabled?
do you have another PC you can verify the shares are set up correctly with?

[fellcross]

do you add by nbt name or by IP address?

when you say not browseable, does this mean you have netbios (nmbd) disabled? we do need netbios to be running to use smb shares.

I add it by IP address. And like I said, I can add the shares just fine by IP address and can even play movies from the Files section, it just won't scan them and says that it's disconnected when you view sources, but it's really not cause I can play them, I can even manually scrap them on IMDB, it just won't add them to my Local Content for Movies cause it doesn't scan it.

[Sadres]

I add it by IP address. And like I said, I can add the shares just fine by IP address and can even play movies from the Files section, it just won't scan them and says that it's disconnected when you view sources, but it's really not cause I can play them, I can even manually scrap them on IMDB, it just won't add them to my Local Content for Movies cause it doesn't scan it.

Having this exact same problem. I can see my shares, manually select and play files, but they remain permanently "disconnected" and refuse to scan.