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[fitzwaddle]

Trying to get my WD TV Live to connect to shared folders on Windows 7 PC - when I try to connect a Windows Share, the spinning "hourglass" (arrow chasing its tail) runs indefinitely until I cancel. I can connect via the Media Server connection method, but that plays back almost no file types (video) - no mkv, mt2s, etc. Any ideas? I've tried fiddling with networking settings on both ends, rebooting all devices, googling for hours, but haven't seen anyone mention this symptom.

[Alucardx23]

Check if this link helps.

[fitzwaddle]

Thanks for the reply, but I don't think that applies since I'm trying to connect to a Windows 7 machine, not Mac.

[miatared]

I have the same problem - it will not 'see' my Windows shares anymore, I have a few - 3- PC in the house, all running Win 7, all with shared folders with either music, videos, movies or  photos. And none of them show up... well I should say that they will pop up sometimes on the screen for a second or two - and boom they're gone again.

I have Netbios over TCP on, static IP on 1 PC, DHCP on others.

It worked for  a week or so, then I got a message that I had to reconned again, or simlar message.

I am thinking... could it be my router - I have a top of the line E4200 Cisco, runs great.

By the way my shares are visible to all and from all my other computers...

I did install the newest fimrware yesterday  1.07.15

Any ideas ?

[TonyPh12345]

Set your E4200's workgroup to something different than the rest of your computers.

I had the same types of issues with my E3000's and that did the trick for me a long time ago -- never had another issue.

This type of thing has been discussed on Cisco's various product forums for a long time; Cisco seems uninterested.

[miatared]

Sorry but it still no longer works - my shares keep disappearing again...

This is crazy. I did turn Homegroups and the 2 related services....

[AngryAtWD]

I'm ready to return mine. My WDTV has had this issue since I bought it, and none of the firmware revisions have fixed it. I can connect to my windows media server just fine, but connecting to a windows file share (Windows 7, homegroups turned off), only works for a little while, before the WDTV forgets about it, and can't sign in any longer. The WDTV is connected wired to my server, going through 2 ethernet hubs on the way. Rebooting the server doesn't help. I do have a Netgear router on the network, I'm not sure what it's workgroup is. I'm super annoyed. I'm about to get online and trash this piece of S to every forum I can unless I can get some help here. (whine)

[TonyPh12345]

Yeah, that's good..  I think you're better off returning it for something that's even simpler to set up.   Good luck with that...

[richUK]

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AngryAtWD wrote:

 I'm about to get online and trash this piece of S to every forum I can unless I can get some help here. (whine)

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Its no good coming on here with threats. This is a user to user forum and we really are not concerned what you write about the player plus of course you will not be the first! 

[maxmcg]

I get this problem as well, no idea why but what works for me is:

Go to network settings,

workgroup name - don't change anything, just click on submit, you get a message saying "network restarting"

Then my PC shows up on network share.

Using win7 btw.