Total Commander

I have tried the new version of the LAN plugin. The result is the same - video streaming does not work.
Interestingly, if I make a user account on the computer with a password (I use password "1"), the TC can't get access to the computer: it tries to connect, connection failed, then it prompts for a password, I enter it, it tries to connect again and so on. I Can send log, but there's nothing really interesting in it.

Does it work when you store user name and password in the plugin?

No, it doesn't work. It still tries to request a password.

You mean it requests a password when you try to stream?

No, I mean that if I assign a password, I can't even log on to the network folder where the video files are situated.

You probably have the option "master password" checked. Then TC will ask for that password to unlock the stored passwords.

I beg your pardon. I checked the connection with the computer using the ES File Explorer - this program also can not connect to my computer if non-anonymous connection is used. Perhaps the problem is that my PC with Windows XP uses simple file sharing mode. So at now I can verify access TC to network resources only with anonymous connection.
Some notice: ES File Explorer is still streaming files correctly. If I use MX Player to play video, it shows full file name at caption and the typical file name is "smb/dvk/E/NP/_DM/123" where "dvk" is server name, "E/NP/_DM/123" is network path to the file (actually, file name is "123.3gp"); "smb" I don't know what does is mean.
May be this information will help you.

Perhaps the problem is that my PC with Windows XP uses simple file sharing mode.

That could indeed be the problem! On Wikipedia, I found this;

Windows XP implements "simple file sharing" (also known as "ForceGuest"), a feature that can be enabled on computers that are not part of a Windows domain.[6] When enabled, it authenticates all incoming access requests to network shares as "Guest", a user account with very limited access rights in Windows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_share

That's exactly the problem here - troubles with streaming from guest accounts.

Well, I'll try to set another method of sharing files in Windows. But I want to remind that there is a program (ES File Explorer), which normally streams video files in this mode. Maybe it is possible to make TC work in this mode too?

Yes, it would indeed be nice, but I couldn't find out yet why it doesn't work.

Dmitro25, use login Guest and blank password to stream media files from PC with Windows XP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXi5zjHqaXU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Great thanks to you. You solution really works for me!

Strange, I already suggested it here:
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=278103#278103

But you replied that it didn't work...

Sorry, Mr. Ghisler. In that case, I used the "Guest" account in my native language (Russian), because I looked in the control panel of the computer that there is only a user named "Guest" (in Russian) present, a user named "Guest" (in English) was absent. So I didn't try with "Guest" (in English).

Ah, thanks for the clarification!