Have to reconnect my MacBook Pro every time under Infuse 4.1

Streaming & Network
#1

Hi guys,
I’ve been using Infuse on different platforms for a long time. However, since I bought the Apple TV 4 I have problems with accessing shared folders on my MacBook Pro via SMB. I have to manually add the share every time. After a while, I can not access it anymore and have to remove it an add it again. I also noticed the smb:// address keeps changing on my macbook pro.

I’m running Infuse 4.1 on the Apple TV and Os X 10.11.4 on my MacBook Pro. Wake on LAN is active. I set up fixed IPs for Apple TV and the MacBook pro instead of DHCP, but that did not help. Any Ideas?

Thanks a lot!
Tim

#2

Instead of using a fixed IP address, you may want to try entering a DNS name (E.G. My-Mac.local) into Infuse (if Infuse isn’t detecting it automatically for you).

This DNS name shouldn’t ever really change, unlike IPs which can change all the time.

#3

Thanks for your reply.
There already was an auto-detected DNS name (Macbook.local) in Infuse’s “add share” dialog. I noticed that when I am not able to connect, restarting the Apple TV helped a couple of times. (No changes were made on the Macbook side). Is there more I could try?
Thanks a lot for your help,
cheers
Tim

#4

Can you check to see if your MacBook still has that same name? This can be found in the System Preferences > Sharing section on your Mac.

#5

Hi James,
yes, the Macbook’s name is still the same and has been ever since.
Any more ideas?
Cheers
Tim

#6

Hmm, probably best to open a support ticket so we can look into this.
https://firecore.com/contact