wd tv live network dont work with mac os x 10.7 lion

[macxlion]

new mac os x 10.7 lion has no samba (smb) no more. apple use his own smbx...

[bnz99]

You can maybe try to install samba3 via macports. 

[bnz99]

Just wanted to add that using the Samba3 from Macports indeed fixes the problem, but you need to know what you are doing. It is mostly straightforward if you have some experience on the command line and samba 3 (you need to adapt your own smb.conf). The only little thing you may need to know is that (besides disabling file sharing in the preferences), you need to make sure that /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.netbiosd.plist is not started by LaunchDaemon (I just moved it away) - otherwise launchd will block the port you'll need for starting nmbd.

[macxlion]

thanx for yor answer. i dont try it, because i DONT know what i do ;-) 

i dont have a notion about command lines and samba3. i use my usb stick and wait for a better and easier solution.

[macxlion]

i use the app "playback" with my wd tv life before to use the playlists in iTunes. now i tested it and it worx still wit my mac lion and wd tv live ;-)
start playback, share your folders with your movies etc., put in the ip from your wd live and thats it.
yazsoft.com/products/playback/

[jborko]

I would expect WD to release update to make the product compatible with Lion Samba version.

[parnott100]

OSX Lion does not include Samba. Apple replaced Samba with their own proprietary implementation of CIFS filesharing which they call SMBX. SMBX is not compatible with many embedded Linux devices that run Samba, one instance being the WDTV Live devices.

You can find out how to install the true Samba on OSX Lion here-http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=38629

With some tweaking this should restore the functionality that OSX previously had.

[jborko]

The point is not me to tweak things for which I have properly paid for.

WD will have to go with the stream and make the necessary firmware update to support newer protocols.

[bnz99]

I don't think it is Western Digital to blame, but rather Apple. Samba (which is also used on the WD TV Live) has been working fine for many years.

[RoofingGuy]

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jborko wrote:

The point is not me to tweak things for which I have properly paid for.

WD will have to go with the stream and make the necessary firmware update to support newer protocols.

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Why does WD "have" to?

The device works with Windows sharing, as it is advertised to.

It's Apple's implementation that no longer works... and no longer works with any Linux shares, not just WD's.  WD tweaked nothing.

So, WD is supposed to drop their use of Samba, which is industry standard, and write a whole new transfer protocol, that works with both Windows CIFS and Apple's botched protocol?

Even if WD did say yes to this ludicrous plan, they'd be forever trying to write and test their new protocol.