Cant Connect To Xbox Party On Windows Computer But Can on Xbox And Phone.

so you have an external harddrive connected to your router and you want to connect to that to stream music?

i dont think it will work, the xbox's networking tools are pretty much limited to computers, plus it needs that 3rd party software.

i mean you cant even plug an external HD straight into the xbox, it just doesnt work (for me anyway)

if you can connect to it on a computer with windows media center and then share it with the xbox like that then i guess that could work.

actually it could work. but there needs to be something that enables it to come up as a source on the xbox...

good luck, i hope you find something, itd be pretty awesome

And for clarification, are you having this issue on Xbox One? And you just tested the headset on computer, or are you having issues via Xbox App party or plugged into a controller connected to a Windows PC?

I have made some research and found that this issue is related to the 32 bit Χbox App. I have clean installed Windows 10 32 bit on 2 machines and the Xbox Console Companion will fail to connect to parties (especially partys containing PCs and mobile phones
- I managed to connect to a party chat with 1 other friend playing on Xbox). Installing 64 bit Windows on both, same machines resolves the error and I can connect to parties normally. Returning to 32 bit brings the error back. I have submitted this feedback
through the app on Windows. You should take a look at this.

Have you tried to undo the sharing method on your computer and reconfigure ICS or Bridge?

ICS or Bridge Connection using a Windows computer

Internet sharing using a Mac computer

Do you have a third-party firewall installed on your computer?

Try use a different Ethernet cable.

Keep us posted!

thanks for reaching out!

If your gaming on your PC, you can connect to an xbox live party via your phone or computer but the controller when inactive will turn off to save power.

You cannot turn this feature off.

hope this helps