Any easy workaround to access locally downloaded files via my WIRED ethernet home network with only the player's front panel display &amp; remote?
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You can select music on the display panel. It is much slower than using the applet. It requires a combination of turning the knob to scroll and then using the knob as a button to select what you want to play. The applet works great and can be installed on many different types of devices. I used the panel option on the hard drive version of this player, the CDR-1500. It is much slower to use the panel.
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I have connected my KDL-46XBR9 to the Internet via a wireless bridge. My network schema:TV ---- Zyxel P-330W - - - Linksys WRT54G2 --- InternetYou can play Internet video, download Yahoo! widgets and access local DLNA servers (Windows Media Center works - but not for all media types). Cannot surf the Internet though. See these videos to get a better idea:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z7QF-tRaac&feature;=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHndiAZtyyY
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As far as I can tell from reviews and Mfcr specs, the Ethernet connection is an input only hookup. If you're relying on something to feed your projector, I'd recommend looking elsewhere.
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Use another player that supports Samba,such as NPlayer. You can play almost any format. Just click on network options and choose SMB and connect the app to the media server. User ID is admin and password blank as default. Enjoy
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What *I* had to do was go into Homegroups, click on ALL NETWORKS, and THEN the player showed up (as "Unknown device) - I set it to ALLOW. After that, streaming worked. Once you do that, you should see another media server listed with your PC name that DOESN'T prompt you for a password. Let me know how it goes.
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Yes, however, it's limited. If you're looking to play locally stored videos and you have a newer PC, you'll want to look into Media Browser 3 or Plex (if you have a Mac, Plex is still an option). They will catalogue your media so you can scroll through it easily on the Roku and will re-encode the media to a Roku friendly format on-the-fly.
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The network is ok .. but I couldn't test the speed because there is no way to see/copy/files through network in this device and no way to browse for subtitle. I don't recommend this player for you dear .. look for other media player
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Dennis, assuming you have a DLNA/UPnP server on your network and you want to use the GS8 to play media from that server, just like you can with a PS3, then yes, use the Media House app; you will need to install an external media player like aVia. I think ES File Explorer will also work. If your DLNA server is Playon, then these apps do not work, but there is a specific Playon app in the Google Play store.
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There are a few ways to access the drive from outside your home. You can integrate with Dropbox, which appears simple though I have not tried yet OR you can use the UPnP port Mapping feature which will (with simple home firewalls) automap the server through your firewall so you can use an external IP address and get to any of your documents or media. I was able to stream movies from my server to an Roku at my second home 120 miles away from my server. Go into the UPnP Port Mapping page, it will take time to load, then turn on the WAN and set the ports. Once that is done it will process the request. If it works with your firewall (PnP) you will get a success message and it will show the external IP in the center of the page. All you have to do then is substitue that external IP for your internal IP in a browser and you can get at any of your published shares.
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I can access it through my wireless Blu ray DVD player since it is hooked up to my computer as an external hardrive and can view home movies that I have on there. Not sure if that answers your question, but that is the only way I have used it with wireless.
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The BDP-S370 (ethernet, but no WiFi capability) can "pull" .wtv files through the player menu via DLNA, but they can't be "pushed" to it (on computer, right clicking file and selecting "play to". Yet the BDP-S390 can receive the "pushed" .wtv files via the "play to" selection noted, but it can't "pull" them via the player menu. Ironic that the step-up model that has WiFi can't do something the lower model can. Sony support is completely useless in this regard.
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I haven't tried this but as long as your PC is setup for video sharing, it should work. I can see my home network when setting up the dongle.
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You can play MP3 files that are on your computer, but I haven't found a way to bypass radio-frontier to get to an internet source
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If you have a wireless router, pretty much any company sells a companion to it for problems just like yours. You can get either an ethernet one or a USB one. I don't know if Amazon allows links, but if you have a wireless router, this is something similar to what you would need to get:http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=383There are cheaper ones out there, but this is close to what you would need to get since there is only an ethernet connection on the player, no USB. I hope this helps!
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None. The all Rokus connect to your television and your home network. No computer required.
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The device itself has a UPnP DLNA Media Server. If the ROKU has a client for that then you're good to go.
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gojo Well, I can tell you that I talked to Panasonic and you will have to hard player to something in order for it to go online. You will need an ethernet adapter with LAN cable. This is what you would use to play games, so they are called internet wireless bridge, or adapter bridge. Just make sure you can use a LAN cable with it since there are no other options on player. Check out other threads concerning this too. They mention types of adapters to use. Val