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Accessing Network Drives
The player allows to connect network drives via SMB and NFS protocols.
It is possible to connect any number of network drives. Each connected network drive is
represented in the Main screen (root folder of the file browser) as a folder, called "network
folder".
To create a new network folder (i.e. to connect a network drive to the player):
1. Enter the Main screen (root folder of the file browser).
2. Execute the "New Network Folder" action in the context menu.
3. In the appearing window, assign network folder parameters.
4. Set the "name" field to any name which you like. This name will be shown as a folder name
in the file browser.
5. Set the "type" field to SMB or NFS, depending on which protocol does your network drive
support.
● If you want to connect to a Windows PC and you are not familiar with the NFS protocol,
the easiest way would be using SMB — in this case you won’t need to install additional
software on a PC; the built-in Windows software would be enough (for Windows 2000,
XP and Vista).
● If you want to connect to a NAS (Network-Attached Storage), and your NAS supports
NFS, it is recommended to use the NFS protocol (for better performance).
● Windows typically does not have a built-in software which implements the NFS protocol.
If you want to use NFS for accessing files on a Windows PC, you may need to install and
configure some thirdparty NFS server software (such as HaneWin NFS Server).
Connecting via SMB Protocol
1. Set the "Server" field to the server IP address. E.g. "10.0.0.2".
● When connecting to a Windows PC, the required IP address can be found in the network
connection properties on a Windows PC.
2. Set the "Folder" field to the name of a shared folder (having proper access rights) on an
SMB server. E.g. "VIDEO".
● When connecting to a Windows PC, the name of the shared folder can be found in the
properties of a folder on a Windows PC.
● The name of a shared folder which is exposed to the network (so-called network name)
may differ from its name on a hard drive; you should use the network name. If the SMB
server requires user name and password, specify those values in respective fields (in
most cases those are not required).
Accessing Network Drives
Chapter 7