Alright, I have tried this by myself for three nights now, and I am tapped out. I am running Ubuntu 7.04 on a machine that I am going to be hooking up to my entertainment center (to replace the media center computer that is full of endless blue-screens). At this point, the only thing holding this back is that I can't get mplayer (or VLC, totem, etc.) to play the video from the share (on a server 2k3 machine), they return an error that there is 'no input plugin to handle the location of this movie' - totally stumped. Here are the steps that I have tried so far.
(server side) Start -> All Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Domain Controller Security Policy, then went to Local Policies: Security Options, and changed:
* Microsoft Network Server: Digitally sign communications (always): DISABLED * Microsoft Network Server: Digitally sign communications (if client agrees): ENABLED * Microsoft Network Client: Digitally sign communications (always): DISABLED * Microsoft Network Client: Digitally sign communications (if server agrees): ENABLED * Domain Member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure data channel (always): DISABLED * Domain Member: Digitally encrypt secure data channel (when possible): ENABLED * Domain Member: Digitally sign secure data channel (when possible): ENABLED
I have set appropriate permissions on the shares and the ntfs folders
(client side) * Installed the codec packs from automatix * Installed smbfs & smbclient * Followed (or tried to) the directions at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280473&highlight=mounting+smb+s... s * Also mapped the drives through the 'Connect to Server' under Places
If I copy a file to the local drive, it plays fine, so I know that I have the correct codecs and permissions, all I need to figure out is how to fix this last minor issue...
Any help is appreciated Michael