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External Player receiving stream instead of passing file


jasonwilliams

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jasonwilliams

Hello,

I just setup PowerDVD as an external player and it launches, but doesn't play the file.  I switched to VLC and see that it is passing a stream instead of the actual file.  I can launch from the command line without passing credentials (the computer running ET has read permission on the share).  I also checked the library and I have populated the Optional Shared Folder.  All of my media is stored on a Synology NAS.  Does anybody have this working that can point me in the right direction?

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jasonwilliams

Something I just noticed:  the drive is mapped on the ET computer and if I place that in the Shared Folder instead of the URL, it does work!  This is not ideal though since not all of my clients have that folder mapped.

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Right it depends on whether or not the app has direct access to the file path. If it does, then that's what it will pass.

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