How do I know what the CIFS sign is

Anonymous
2010-07-31T18:54:03+00:00

Greetings! I just bought one of those networkable blu ray players... I have access to my portable network drive and thus are able to watch downloaded movies... Could you define  how to log in to my  network ... the bluray player asks for a "cifs sign in" in order to stream from my laptop... In lamen terms... I dont know what would the CIFS siign in name would be... How do I know what it is? I cant figure out what or where it will be...

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Anonymous
2010-08-01T11:49:53+00:00

Hi,

·         Who is the manufacturer of the Blu-ray device?

Common Internet File System (CIFS), a protocol that defines a standard for remote file access using millions of computers at a time. With CIFS, users with different platforms and computers can share files without having to install new software.

I would suggest you to contact the manufacturer of the device for CIFS sign in details, also look for the CIFS information from the user manual.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-09-10T22:24:28+00:00

    Hi, thank you for your advice. It's much better than using nero mediahome4.

     

    I just figured it out. All you need to do are the following steps:

    1- create a user on your computer (from the control panel, user management). For example: username: guest , password: whatever

    2- share the drive that has the media you would like to play and give the user guest access to it.

    3- Go to your Blue Ray player, when it asks for CIFS login enter the guest user information.

    Voila! It should show the folder under your servername and you can play files.

    I hope this helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-08-26T08:04:19+00:00

    If you are like me - I'm unable to share my files with my LG cinema system - When I select the link to my PC I get the CIFS sign and no matter what name and password I try, it reports it as incorrect. The culprit seems to be Windows Live Sign-in assistant – Remove that and the problem goes away. The Windows Live Sign-in Assistant was installed on my W7 machine as part of Windows Essential. I had to remove all of Windows Essential and re-install the only part that I use Windows Live Photo Gallery – I did have to install an older version of WLPG as I could not work out how to install the 2011 version without the Sign-in Assistant.

    I hope this helps – This problem drove me mad (well nearly!)

    Doctor Keo

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-08-23T13:38:32+00:00

    after many hours trawling through all these answers, Hank1950 came up with the simplest and easiest answer of them all, and it works a  treat THANK YOU!

    if i never have to see the letters CIFS again I'll be a happy man!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-08-12T17:45:40+00:00

    This was the solution for me, thanks !!!!

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