Studying a networking problem

[oshunluvr]

Is your username liamdale on the WDTV ? If not, add the username with the -U option with your username to the command, like this:

smbclient -L 192.168.0.107 -U username

[oshunluvr]

You could always try mounting it this way:


sudo mkdir /media/wdtv

Edit /etc/fstab and add this line:

//192.168.0.107/WDTVLiveHub /media/wdtv cifs username=guest,password=,nounix,rw,iocharset=utf8, file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

Mount the device:

sudo mount //192.168.1.107/WDTVLiveHub

[vinnywright]

To answer vinnywright and wizard10000, access to the media player's hard disk is only to add or remove content directly, without removing the hard disk from the device. I have two such devices. What is minidlna?

ya I do not know anything about SAMBA
so cant help their.

minidlna is a simpel light medea server you run on your computer , it will serve to any UPnP aware device/application from what I have just read about your WDTV thing their , it supports it ,,,,,,,,I do not have one so I will not try to tell you how to do it ,,,,,,but I think @wizard10000 dose ,,,so lets wait for him to tell about that.

I use it to stream music and video from a desktop box (for storage) to kodi media player on my laptop and music to my AVR ,,,which is DNLA complaint.

VINNY

[Liamdale]

sorry it doesn't work.

Line 15 contains the instructions //192.168.0.107/WDTV...

$ sudo mount //192.168.1.3
mount: /etc/fstab: parse error at line 15 -- ignored
mount: can't find //192.168.1.3 in /etc/fstab

I've check the WD media player's setup the IP is indeed 192.168.0.107 and the device name is WDTVLive

With this approach wouldn't I have to mount the WD device every time I wanted to access it? After it is turned off I can only assume it wouldn't remain mounted.
One additional question. The arp command did identiy the media player's IP but not the media itself - Why?

I just ran it again and the results are:
arp -a
? (192.168.0.100) at 00:90:a9:67:6a:f5 [ether] on enp0s31f6 --> this the media player #2
dlinkrouter (192.168.0.1) at c8:d3:a3:72:94:06 [ether] on enp0s31f6 --> router identified
? (192.168.0.107) at 00:90:a9:62:84:c8 [ether] on enp0s31f6 --> this the media player # 1
? (192.168.0.101) at 00:13:d4:93:60:05 [ether] on enp0s31f6 --> this my old computer using Ubuntu (I ran ifconfig on it to confirm th IP)

[Liamdale]

After vinny's post I researched it and confirmed it was DLNA/UPnP media server. The configuration example at ubuntu.com/community/MiniDLNA, clearly identifies the music and other folders. It is not apparent on how to identify devices with wireless connections to this computer.

[vinnywright]

//192.168.1.3 was a typo ,,,,,,,,, it should have been //192.168.0.107/WDTVLiveHub ,,,,,,
if you added the ,,,//192.168.0.107/WDTVLiveHub /media/wdtv cifs username=guest,password=,nounix,rw,iocharset=utf8, file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
to /etc/fstab
like @Oshunluvr sead ,,,,,,,,,,,

VINNY

[Liamdale]

Also I suspect that the samba share Workgroup display named wdtvlive was really the wireless Smart TV connection. When I configured the TV after purchase the wireless connection was done automatically. The only password to be entered was for the router.

[vinnywright]

dose the "smart TV" connect to the media server and play the media on it ?

VINNY

[Liamdale]

The media player is connected to the smart TV with a HDMI connection. When I want to use the media player I change the source to the second HDMI connection which is the media player. Then I use the media player's controls to play a video, look at photos or play music. The Smart TV is also connected directly to the Internet so I can also see Youtube videos, netflix etc...

[vinnywright]

The media player is connected to the smart TV with a HDMI connection. When I want to use the media player I change the source to the second HDMI connection which is the media player. Then I use the media player's controls to play a video, look at photos or play music. The Smart TV is also connected directly to the Internet so I can also see Youtube videos, netflix etc...

AAaaa that is one way ,,,,,the TV may have an app or whatever the TV is calling them to conect to a UPnP device ,,,,,,that would be the media sever ,,wireless.

do this ,,,on your computer befor you do the fstab edit ,,,,,,,

dpkg -l | grep cifs

did you get anything ,,,,,,,,,,,if not then install

sudo apt install cfis-utils

then try that /etc/fstab edit in post 17

do make the directory first

VINNY

[vinnywright]

I'v got to get to bead ,,,,,keep reading you media servers instruction manual you may glean more as you become more familiar with whats happening hear .

VINNY

[Liamdale]

Thanks, Installed cifs but the mount does not work
$ sudo mount //192.168.0.107
mount: /etc/fstab: parse error at line 14 -- ignored
mount: can't find //192.168.0.107 in /etc/fstab

The instructions: " //192.168.0.107/WDTVLiveHub /media/wdtv cifs username=guest,password=,nounix,rw,iocharset=utf8, file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0 " seem to have an error

[vinnywright]

Thanks, Installed cifs but the mount does not work
$ sudo mount //192.168.0.107
mount: /etc/fstab: parse error at line 14 -- ignored
mount: can't find //192.168.0.107 in /etc/fstab

The instructions: " //192.168.0.107/WDTVLiveHub /media/wdtv cifs username=guest,password=,nounix,rw,iocharset=utf8, file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0 " seem to have an error

I am sorry but you did not understand ,,,,,,,,,,the instructions were to

sudo mount //192.168.0.107/WDTVLiveHub

not ,,,,

 sudo mount //192.168.0.107

the line you added in fstab is in several parts

//192.168.0.107/WDTVLiveHub /media/wdtv cifs username=guest,password=,nounix,rw,iocharset=utf8, file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

the piece in red is what to mount.

the piece in blue is where to mount it

the section in green is how to mount it and with what options

if ,, it works this time ,,,,,,then you will have access to the drive in /media/wdtv

this is a test to see if it is using cifs as network file system .

+ since you discovered the devices name is "WDTVLive" if this dose not work then the next step would be to replace "WDTVLiveHub"with"WDTVLive" in the above examples

VINNY

[wizard10000]

...To answer vinnywright and wizard10000, access to the media player's hard disk is only to add or remove content directly, without removing the hard disk from the device. I have two such devices. What is minidlna?

Ah. You have a hard drive attached to the WDTV box. Vinny and I use media server software instead of a physical drive attached to the box. I have a physical server that serves up my multimedia; not sure how Vinny does it. minidlna is a lightweight DLNA server package that can serve up multimedia directly to the WDTV box.

[Liamdale]

Hi Wizard; I found a ubuntu site dealing with MiniDLNA but I can't see (or know how) to configure it to see my WDTVLive device. My network sees the IP of the media player but can't identify it. The sample configuration deals with on board folders:

#network_interface=eth0 # Self-discovers if commented (good with NetworkManager)
media_dir=A,/home/user/Music # Use A, P, and V to restrict media 'type' in directory
media_dir=P,/home/user/Pictures
media_dir=V,/home/user/Videos
friendly_name=Laptop # Optional
db_dir=/var/cache/minidlna # Needs to be un-commented
log_dir=/var/log # Needs to be un-commented
inotify=yes # 'no' for less resources, restart required for new media

Attempts to mount the media player to the media folder has not worked to date. I will continue to try.