Postby gray » 01 Jul 2021 08:19
I have been having the same problem on and off for a while on my Apple TV 4K using VLC ver. 3.0.12 (414). It seemed to keep changing behavior for a while, but for the last couple of weeks I have not been able to login at all, getting the 'SMB authentication required' message and the advice that I need to use the 'DOMAIN;username/password' combo to login. However, my domain;username/password combo do not work. I am trying to connect to my Mac Mini which has a Drobo 5D direct attached storage unit with all my media files. I can access that Mac Mini and the Drobo from any other device with apps other than VLC. I have tried it from my iPhone 12 mini running iOS 14.6 and VLC ver. 3.0.12 and from my MacBook Pro running Mac OS 11.4 (Big Sur) and VLC ver. 3.0.16 Vetanari without success.
On the MacBook, VLC sees the Mac Mini via Bonjour and lists files on the internal drive, but not any of the external drives - 1 USB drive and 1 Thunderbolt attached Drobo 5D.
So, VLC is useless to me now and I have spent hours trying to find ways of logging in to my media storage unit.