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Super-easy question: How to access a file on home network?
Posted: 08 Nov 2005 17:12
by Xevin
How exactly would I access a file on my home network. This has got to be the easiest question of all time, however I've searched for over 2 hours for this to no avail. How can I not figure this out when it seems it is so easy?
I've tried the following:
http://darklyte/e/movie dump/season 4/23.avi
http://192.168.1.100/e/movie dump/season 4/23.avi
http://192.168.1.100:8080/e/movie dump/season 4/23.avi
and many more things that I forget now.
Posted: 08 Nov 2005 17:19
by SGtheArtist
Wouldn't you share the folder on the server and then from the client navigate to the file through network neighborhood (sp?) using VideoLAN?
If you are talking about streaming the I believe it is different & I dont know how streaming works.
Posted: 08 Nov 2005 17:43
by Xevin
Exactly, but umm hehe (I'm trying to do this through a Pocket PC). They don't have network neighborhood. I was asking how i would type in the location of the file to get around this.
Posted: 08 Nov 2005 22:16
by Xevin
Umm.... anyone out there? This should be something you could tell me without thinking about it!
/cry
Posted: 08 Nov 2005 22:32
by DOOM
if you really want to access the files via http you have to run an webserver like apache for example
Posted: 09 Nov 2005 00:07
by Xevin
Hmm. kk, but what about through a network? Like //darklyte/e/movie dump/season 4/23.avi?
Please, someone has got to have manually connected to a file through a network.
Posted: 09 Nov 2005 00:13
by DOOM
did you tried it like this?
"//darklyte/e/movie dump/season 4/23.avi"
cant test it here but i will check it at work tomorrow
Posted: 09 Nov 2005 00:37
by Guest
If you are on the same network (when you are at home), and the computer you want to access is at IP address 192.168.1.100. You can access the E: drive like this:
\\192.168.1.100\E$
So, if you have a 23.avi on your E drive in the \movie dump\season 4\ directory, then you can access it like
\\192.168.1.100\E$\movie dump\season 4\23.avi
Since you have spaces in the path/name, then to access it in DOS, you would need to do:
"\\192.168.1.100\E$\movie dump\season 4\23.avi"
If you want to use computer name, then you need to set up some kind of local DNS/name resolution.
Posted: 09 Nov 2005 03:52
by Xevin
There is no worky. I'm gonna test it on an actual computer to make sure though. Maybe the PPC version is different...
Posted: 09 Nov 2005 05:37
by Xevin
Ok got it workin... sorta. It seems that my Dell Axim X50v doesn't get enough bandwidth on its 802.11b wireless to stream video. It can however stream audio just fine. Also I test the PPC to make sure it wasn't just the sheer size and bitrate that stopped it from playing by testing on another actual PC thats hooked up to the wireless as well. The other PC ran the video just fine.
The syntax I got it workin with:
\\Darklyte\e\moviedump\season4\23.avi
Notice the reversed slashes and the fact that there are no spaces. The PPC version of VLC doesn't like spaces whatsoever.
Extreme thanks for the help guys. I hope that future board surfers will see this post and realize how to stream over a network without browsing to the file.
/bow