SMB Lite is a lightweight entry in the SMB app series. Although its functionality is limited, it may be enough for some users. It also provides a convenient test of system compatibility for SMB series apps.

SMB Lite is an application for accessing and playing media files on network file servers that support the SMB protocol. SMB (also called CIFS) is the native network file sharing protocol of Microsoft Windows. Mac OS X 10.1 and later and most Linux distributions support it. SMB is also supported on a variety of other systems, including many network file storage appliances.

SMB Lite can play many MPEG, MPEG4 and Quicktime audio and video files. SMB Lite supports a maximum file size of 5 MB.

Key features:
Supports one network file server
Network status detection and auto-recovery
Netbios and DNS name resolution
Name resolution bypass
Informative status messages
Configurable file extension filtering
Automatic directory indexing
File information display

SMB Lite includes a full set of instructions and basic server setup information.

Important notes:
SMB Lite requires a WiFi connection. Carrier connections (WWAN) are not supported.
SMB Lite does not create permanent copies of files, so device storage capacity is not affected.
SMB Lite does not write to the file server, minimizing the risk of file modification or virus introduction.
SMB Lite supports Microsoft Windows 2000 and newer systems. Windows 98 and earlier systems are not supported. SMB Lite supports Samba (2.0 and newer) on Linux and other Unix systems and Mac OS X 10.1 and newer with built-in SMB support.