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My system: PC with Windows 11, NAS Synology DS 218 j, TV with amazon Fire Stick(2022)

All corresponding apps on the Amazon Fire Stick can easily find the shared folders on the Synology, e.g. the Synology Video Station. VLC finds NOTHING. When you press the "local network" icon, the message "no media files found" appears.

Manually entering the path of the Synology folder (in countless variations according to advice on the web) always produces the message: Path .... not found.

SMB is activated on the NAS and in Windows (also explicitly version 1 there).

I have no clue what to do. For help, I would be grateful.

Reason for installation: the DS Video Station player does not play various formats (e.g. mkv).

In Settings > Advanced, could you please try activating the "Force SMB1" parameter?

In Settings > Advanced, could you please try activating the "Force SMB1" parameter?

You shouldn't be encouraging the use of the obsolete SMB1. It will work but is a security risk and a vulnerability. The nightly beta builds use SMB2 and 3, so this should be the standard and the Android app updated.

I meant "uncheck", my bad as it's activated by default.

The nightly beta builds use SMB2 and 3, so this should be the standard and the Android app updated.

We tried some times ago and had 10 times the amount of complaints that we have now.

Thanks for Your responses. I have de- and reinstalled VCL, and SMB1 was and is activated. But now, the program finds the local network. But: The NAS is shown 3 times, I tried each version: The browser of VLC finds several files, but I have my video files in a subdirectory of the User Directory ( /Gugu/Dreamboxfilme ). The browser of VLC says the directory "Gugu" is empty ( in fact it has several subdirectories). When I add a new server and enter all access information, the program says " Directory 192.168.123.7/Gugu/Dreamboxfile cannot be opened, check the error log - where can I find this error log for further information ??