Can't stream movies to my bluray player?

So i just got the AXn and i have my external hd hooked up to it. All the computers in the house can get the movies on the hard drive, wirelessly and hardwired, but I can't seem to find anything on the bluray player. Its a sony, so the interface is just like ps3. Sorry if this is a repeat. i searched for a while and there were alot that were similar but couldn't find one that answered my question. i did a network check on the bluray player and an update so it definitely has internet. I'm just finding it hard to believe that this won't work. any help is appreciated.

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Jun 1, 2010 5:45 PM

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Jun 3, 2010 2:31 PM in response to tyb9d9

Hello tyb9d9. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!

Whether you are trying to connect your Sony Blu-ray player by wire or wireless, I would suggest that you first check the user guide and/or Sony's support site on how to connect it to a network.

The AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn), as you already know, provides both wired and wireless clients with network/Internet access as its primary function is a router.

I can't quite make out from your statements if you are having trouble figuring out how to configure the network settings on the player or that you can but are unable to connect to the AEBSn? If it is the latter, does the player get network access if connected to the AEBSn by Ethernet?

Jun 3, 2010 2:42 PM in response to tyb9d9

tyb9d9 wrote:
So i just got the AXn and i have my external hd hooked up to it. All the computers in the house can get the movies on the hard drive, wirelessly and hardwired, but I can't seem to find anything on the bluray player.


Generally networked BluRay players, gaming consoles, TVs, etc don't look for "files" on hard drives. They rely on computers been configured as media servers to "server" the media files to the players so you can watch them.

You can't configure your AXn to stream video from the hard drive.

iFelix

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