HOW TO: Access network shares from the PlayBook
- I just put together a quick article on how you can very easily access network shares with the PlayBook OS2 using the 'Ghost Commander' app.
When I say 'access' I mean:
- Delete
- Download to PlayBook storage
- View (no streaming... yet!)
- Move
- Edit
- Rename
The application specified Windows shares so no idea if this will work on a Mac or Linux machine.
See the article @ http://emtunc.org/blog/02/2012/brows...-the-playbook/02-22-12 06:05 PMLike 12 - Wait!!! Can it be that simple? I did have trouble figuring out what I was looking at on the Left side until I navigated high enough to actually see my c: drive. I am in the process of copying an entire folder of photos.... We shall see.
Hmm, I don't see any of the stuff I thought that I have moved to the pb. Weird. In Ghost I see the folder and the pictures and it even shows me the pictures. But using Wifi sharing, the photo app and usb, I don't see the folder. Where is it lurking????
I'm still lost. The folder shows up in the various file managers I have on the pb (files&folders, air browser, etc) but it appears to be empty. But it is not showing up at all when I look at my pb using wifi-sharing or usb cord. No folder at all. Even reboot the pb. The folder still shows up as empty in regular pb apps and in ghost it shows with the pictures. So Ghost has created a ghostly folder with ghostly contents.
Okay, more odd - Ghost shows the exact number of files that should be in it. And the total size of all the files.
I guess I should erase it if I cannot use it. But maybe I will hold off until someone has a suggestion or two. Again, I did restart the pb (Battery Icon, restart)
Adding more: Well, Ghost shows the pictures in its native viewer. But if I try using the pb's picture viewer (from within ghost), it only opens the picture app but does not display the picture.
They have to be somewhere (oh, and I did navigate down the Misc folder on the pb to all those mirrored folders. No in there either.
Adding more. Just copied two "photos" from wherever back to another folder on my computer. They are HERE.
Finally, I used Ghost to MOVE the entire folder back to a folder on my desktop. It is gone from the pb but I never knew where! All ideas welcome.Last edited by F2; 02-22-12 at 10:45 PM.
02-22-12 09:40 PMLike 0 - My thoughts exactly, this should have been on the original popular file apps long ago. It always baffled me how after 10 months we're just now starting to be able to access a PC in this way from the PB UI. This is a great find02-22-12 10:58 PMLike 0
- I have sucessfully accessed my video folders on my network share. I understand I cannot view (stream), however when I click copy, the default address is the sdcard which is probably not right, and the folders on the right only show the Android folders. Do I not have access to PlayBook regular folders?02-22-12 11:30 PMLike 0
- I have sucessfully accessed my video folders on my network share. I understand I cannot view (stream), however when I click copy, the default address is the sdcard which is probably not right, and the folders on the right only show the Android folders. Do I not have access to PlayBook regular folders?
All the way UP. Tap Local Storage. Then upward again. Scroll up. Find accounts/
Click into it. Then 1000/, then shared/, You are now looking at pb folders.
BE CAREFUL. There is a warning or two. Do not fool around in any of the "nether" regions or you might erased some critical.02-23-12 12:04 AMLike 0 - after i successfully log in, i can now see folders in the left side, but there is no way for me to navigate it because the app is asking for password again, then i input password and enter, then nothing happens it just promt again to input my password, how can i solve this issue guys, need help, am i the only one have this problem?02-23-12 12:14 AMLike 0
- I guess do you have the right password - this is a WINDOWS password, I THINK. And who are YOU on the Windows computer is your id????02-23-12 12:31 AMLike 0
- AT FIRST LOG IN, the app accepts my password, then i see folders in left side, when i tried to navigate it, a window pop ups to input password just like the first log in window. i use user id of my pc and my pc password02-23-12 12:49 AMLike 0
- Wait!!! Can it be that simple? I did have trouble figuring out what I was looking at on the Left side until I navigated high enough to actually see my c: drive. I am in the process of copying an entire folder of photos.... We shall see.
Hmm, I don't see any of the stuff I thought that I have moved to the pb. Weird. In Ghost I see the folder and the pictures and it even shows me the pictures. But using Wifi sharing, the photo app and usb, I don't see the folder. Where is it lurking????
What folder are you in on the right hand side of the app? (the left side is your PC and the right is your local storage).
I am able to successfully view photos if I copy them over to /sdcard/DCIM/Camera - see if you can copy to the same folder too.
You can also click the 'go up a folder' icon at the top and locate the following directory... this is the same as above except I believe the above acts as some sort of logical pointer to the real location which is:
/accounts/1000/shared/*
where * is the folder you want to put your content in... in this case, it would be 'camera'.
edit: Weird... the native pictures app did not recognise the photos when I put them in the /accounts/1000/shares/camera folder BUT it did work in the /sdcard/DCIM/Camera folder.02-23-12 02:13 AMLike 0 -
Go on your PC, right click the folder you want to access, click Properties, 'Sharing' and the 'Security' tab.
Make sure your user name is listed and has 'Full Control' permissions.Bob Dunn likes this.02-23-12 02:15 AMLike 1 -
- Don't know about the same,the app itself is a little slow due to heavy graphics BUT it works better than anything else I've tried
Bonus is it comes with a media player that will stream your media properly
If by the same youre asking if it can connect to samba/windows shares, than yup..no issues with seeking through streams
Edit: es file explorer uses the android player for videos. But it does have its own music playerLast edited by nah.uhh; 02-23-12 at 03:49 AM.
02-23-12 03:37 AMLike 0 - Don't know about the same,the app itself is a little slow due to heavy graphics BUT it works better than anything else I've tried
Bonus is it comes with a media player that will stream your media properly
If by the same youre asking if it can connect to samba/windows shares, than yup
Edit: es file explorer uses the android player for videos. But it does have its own music player02-23-12 03:48 AMLike 0 - Np
Try out dual file manager xt in app world for what Imo is the best file manager (straight forward & fast lightweight interface) for accessing your bridge/smartphone & copying to and from it.
To go "up" a folder in dual file manager (so that you can get to the blackberry folder) you hit the back button.Last edited by nah.uhh; 02-23-12 at 03:57 AM.
02-23-12 03:54 AMLike 0 - If you keep receiving prompts it is because you have not set the correct permissions for the user account you are trying to access the shares with.
Go on your PC, right click the folder you want to access, click Properties, 'Sharing' and the 'Security' tab.
Make sure your user name is listed and has 'Full Control' permissions.
my problem still the same,02-23-12 06:25 AMLike 0 - Hey F2, where are you copying the pictures too?
What folder are you in on the right hand side of the app? (the left side is your PC and the right is your local storage).
I am able to successfully view photos if I copy them over to /sdcard/DCIM/Camera - see if you can copy to the same folder too.
You can also click the 'go up a folder' icon at the top and locate the following directory... this is the same as above except I believe the above acts as some sort of logical pointer to the real location which is:
/accounts/1000/shared/*
where * is the folder you want to put your content in... in this case, it would be 'camera'.
edit: Weird... the native pictures app did not recognise the photos when I put them in the /accounts/1000/shares/camera folder BUT it did work in the /sdcard/DCIM/Camera folder.
Ah, another success/discovery. I moved a folder from pics from computer to /sdcard/Pictures and that placed this new copied folder into the correct place on the pb. So "folders" are identified slightly differently. Pictures=Photos (on the pb). The native app shows them, too.
Just moved the folder I had trouble with last night. to the /sdcard/Pictures folder (on the right pane) and they are showing properly. So the structure is not exactly the same. Ghost treats the PB's storage/folder structure and even names slightly differently and it looks as if the /sdcard is the MAIN PB folder and "stuff" has different names. For instance, Movies/ seems to be the pb's video folder.Last edited by F2; 02-23-12 at 09:39 AM.
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