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I’ve also tried inputting the remote drives in several ways, eg: Then I thought maybe the user name I need to enter is the one on my remote computer, since that’s where these problematic drives and folders reside, but it wouldn’t accept that user name at all. I’ve checked and unchecked “allow service to interact with desktop” and that has made no difference. So I have to revert back to local system account. It will take the name (I’ve found that if I input a name that doesn’t exist or is somehow wrong, I’ll immediately get an error and be unable to apply), but once I restart serviio with that new username, I get error: 1069. I found that suggested here: … o-library/

I’ve tried changing serviio’s logon from local system to “this account”, in which I enter my username here on the laptop.

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Also, I had no trouble setting up these folders with the PS3 Media Server I used to use…but I really prefer Serviio, and would hate to go back. In addition, I’ve always had these folders mapped to the laptop so there has never been any issue accessing them. I’ve double and triple checked my sharing and security settings on the remote computer and all seems fine there. Is there some other way I should input the path? And I’m adding the path the same either way, eg, I’m using “add local” for local folders, and “add path” for the mapped/shared folders.

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I haven’t been able to find instructions on how to resolve this problem. I have a desktop computer with multiple external hdds attached, and access these through my laptop with mapped folders. They show up in the Serviio browser list on the S790, but are empty. All the folders shared and were populated successfully on the Sony, except for all of my mapped drives.

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“I’m using serviio to stream my pc files to my new Sony BDP-S790. Maybe you’ll see something that can help me out… I’ve tried adding the folders in question 4 different ways in Serviio, as follows, with a generic folder name as an example…Īnd since I believe your article comes closest to matching my issues, let me share what I’ve posted to two forums, without response yet. In other words, if you have the shares mounted as mapped drives, don’t use the mapped drive letters.” “when you add the folders to Serviio make sure to add them via the “network”. How can I check this and what sort of specific credentials do you mean? That user may not have access to your shares, especially if you have the shares mounted using specific user credentials.” “This is because Serviio is running as a service on your computer and it’s probably being started by the default “System” user. I’m having what seems to be precisely this issue, but am wondering if you can elaborate.

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You should now be able to access the files from your media device (PS3, Xbox360, and other).Īuthor Randy Posted on JanuJanuCategories Cool Videos, Networking, Operating Systems, technology Tags serviio, serviio windows share After it stops, right click again and choose “Start”.

Hit OK and stop/start the service by right clicking on it and choosing “Stop”. Right click on it and choose “Properties”:Ĭlick on the “Log On” tab and set the credentials for the user which has access to the Windows Share: Here’s the step-by-step:įirst open control panel and open Administrative Tools:

Secondly, you’ll want to configure the service to run under your user account. I experienced some issues when doing it that way. In other words, if you have the shares mounted as mapped drives, don’t use the mapped drive letters. There’s two things I can show you to fix this issue.įirst, when you add the folders to Serviio make sure to add them via the “network”. That user may not have access to your shares, especially if you have the shares mounted using specific user credentials. This is because Serviio is running as a service on your computer and it’s probably being started by the default “System” user. You may find that the share locations show up on your media device but your actual files do not. Let’s say you are running Serviio as a media server on your Windows machine and you want add share folders to the library.