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Connecting to LG Blu-ray Network DVD Player

I recently purchased an LG blu-ray disc player, model BD670, and it comes with a disc with a program called "Nero-home media" for streaming movies/music/photos off my computer and onto my TV. The only problem is that the program is WINDOWS only (according the the unhelpful pass-the-buck-to-Mac tech support guy). Is there a download I can put on my laptop that will allow it to connect to my DVD Network player? The built-in installation guide says I can use CIFS instead of Nero, but honestly I don't know what the heck that is or how to configure my computer to connect to the player using CIFS.

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 25, 2011 4:04 PM

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Jul 25, 2011 9:08 PM in response to jpfrancoeur

As long as you are not using Lion, you should be able to see your Macbook from the LG "Homelink" screen if you enable "SMB" in preferences>sharing>options. You also have to turn on "File Sharing" in the same preference panel and select the volumes you want to share. When you do all that, your Macbook will show up as a server in the Homelink screen on your DVD player. When you click on it you'll get a "CIFS Login Screen". . . .then you enter your user name and password and you should be able to see the folders/drives you enabled in the File sharing option in the "Sharing" control panel in mac preferences.

Jul 26, 2011 1:07 PM in response to Kippen

I can't see "SMB"... When I go to preferences>sharing there is not "options" option. I can show you a screen shot if you need. I'm using Mac OS X ver 10.6.8.


I do see my computer in the home link, but I don't know what CIFS is, so how am I supposed to know which username/pw combo I need to enter? I searched CIFS on my finder and it directs me to sharing, but I don't see it anywhere on the sharing page. Is it the username and pw of my network perchance?


Thanks for your helpful info.

Jul 26, 2011 4:57 PM in response to jpfrancoeur

First go to your System Preferences>Users and Groups anhd create a new user. If you are using the remote control's up and down arrows to enter text on your external device (blu-ray player, then create a user with a name like A or B.. And a password like Z or X. Create a folder on your HD and make it shared. Assign your new user to this folder and give hppim read and write privileges.


Now go to the external device and select Home Link, you should see your Mac. Click on it an your new shared folder will be seen. Click on it you will be challenged with CIFS ID anhd PWD. Enter them.. You will be there. If you get an network error message, see my message and Pondini's reply below!

Jul 27, 2011 3:54 AM in response to jpfrancoeur

OK.. You may have an earlier version of the MacOS. On MacOS X 10.5.8, at the office I also don't have users and groups but only the Users icon. I don't know if it stems from the OS difference, or because the "user privileges" your account has. I myself is only 10-month-old Mac User (Ask me anything on Windows!).


Click on the Users; and click on the padlock icon on the lower left corner.


And create the the new User A or B.

Oct 10, 2011 10:51 AM in response to Pondini

HI everyone..same problem here with LG blu ray player. I've done all the steps above, found the folders I want to share, even found the list of movies in the folder (that's housed on an external hard drive from our G5 tower). Here's the problem. I select a movie to play and it just loads....and loads...and loads. Then finally the Blu ray player turns off. Any hints?


The folder I'm sharing is the itunes folder that houses our music and movies, FYI

Nov 13, 2011 2:46 PM in response to lgreen407

I gave up. I used Handbrake to convert all the video I really wanted into the Apple format. You can find a batch processor that will let you drag and drop any number of videos into it, then it uses handbrake to convert them to Apple format. Then I just added them to itunes and watch them using appletv.


Sorry I couldn't help.

Connecting to LG Blu-ray Network DVD Player

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