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by Rickers123
06 Oct 2020 10:48
Forum: VLC for iOS, iPadOS and Apple TV
Topic: SMB authentication when no user/pass exists
Replies: 4
Views: 15607

Re: SMB authentication when no user/pass exists

FIgured this out with my shares. First, the current version of tvOS I have (the latest as of this post), has an Anonymous Login button which is working for me. On iOS (iPhone and iPad), 3.2.12 does not have that button, but, go to Browse, tap Connect, tap SMB, fill in ONLY the server name and nothin...
by Rickers123
06 Oct 2020 10:43
Forum: VLC for Android and Chrome OS
Topic: [SOLVED] VLC 3.3.0 - Anonymous SMB connections no longer work
Replies: 2
Views: 322

Re: VLC 3.3.0 - Anonymous SMB connections no longer work

Thanks for the suggestions, but using SMB shares on macOS. I figured out the problem, though. I connected two Macs on my network with a Thunderbolt cable (which I do for large backups). This created a bridge with 169.254.*.* addresses. When I did this, the server's *.local DNS name was repointed to ...
by Rickers123
06 Oct 2020 01:15
Forum: VLC for iOS, iPadOS and Apple TV
Topic: TV App often stuck for a long time before playing content
Replies: 3
Views: 675

Re: TV App often stuck for a long time before playing content

I see this on tvOS and iOS. It happens when there are 100s and 100s (don't have an exact figure) of items in the list. It's almost as if it walks the entire list before playing the selection. FIltering is broken on tvOS but, if you filter it down to a handful of files using search on iOS, the clip w...
by Rickers123
06 Oct 2020 01:10
Forum: VLC for Android and Chrome OS
Topic: [SOLVED] VLC 3.3.0 - Anonymous SMB connections no longer work
Replies: 2
Views: 322

[SOLVED] VLC 3.3.0 - Anonymous SMB connections no longer work

Hi,
I like the UI updates to 3.3.0. One issue is that anonymous (public?) SMB connections no longer work (or maybe there is a trick to getting them to work). I keep getting prompted for credentials. Any ideas?
Regards, Rick

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