Media Center extender installed and connected, cannot see mapped drives on PC where the ...

XBOX 360, Win 8.1 Media Center

I installed the media center extender and it connects flawlessly to the XBOX 360. I verified on the Win 8.1 system that both the local drives and network drives were included in the media libraries (Videos & Pictures). I can see/play videos, audio & pictures
on the Win 8.1 system. On the XBOX, the only folders shown are the "C Drive" local folders and not the network drives. I store the content on the network for broader access in the home.

How do I get the XBOX to see the mapped drive content?

THX

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Playing A Video

Media Center is for when you're using the Xbox as a Media Center Extender, when connected to a PC running Windows Media Center.

 

Media Center and XBOX wont work - windows 7

My PC is Windows 7 Home Edition, My Xbox and PC are both on a wireless connection, I managed to connect the Media Center just fine, The way I did this is following the step by step instructions on connecting them together. Please double check these instructions
and see if you missed a step or maybe by mistake did something wrong.



First to be on the safe side do this.

•Click Start, Windows Media Center.

•Select Task, Settings.

•Select Extender.

•Select your Xbox 360 Media Center Extender.

•Select Uninstall.

If you cant find the Xbox 360 Media Center Extender then you may not have it installed yet. After checking this step please try the following.



Gather Setup Key from Xbox 360

•Press the Media Center Start button on the remote or go to My Xbox, then select Windows Media Center.

•Advance through the on-screen instructions to obtain the 8-digit Media Center Setup Key. Write this key down.



Add Extender

•At the Windows Vista or Windows 7 Media Center PC, launch Windows Media Center. Select Start, Windows Media Center.

•Select Tasks, Add Extender.

•When prompted, provide the 8-digit setup key you received from your Xbox 360.

•Complete the Extender setup.



This is the exact way that I have installed the media center using a Wireless connection to both systems and having Windows 7. I am however not sure if network discovery has anything to do with this on your PC.

 

though this is xbox, i use ps3media Server instead.

Setup once and works for all devices that are capable of recieving Streaming (neither xbox one nor ps4 do unfortunatly)

 

Thanks, I have downloaded the .EXE Are there any install/operating instructions that I can review?

Also, I wish to play the mapped drive video on the XBOX. Will this server do that?

 

you can either add single Folders or complete drives, depending on your selection this Shows up on your xbox

will be back home later and could give more detailled Information then, if you still Need help

 

Here is my question, I load software on a win 8.1 system and add folders that are mapped to a Server 2102R2 file server. The XBOX can see them how? Do I add an app to the XBOX? Should I install on the 2012R2 server box instead since that is where the folders
reside?

Thanks for your help

 

you actually dont Need to install any app on your xbox or Change Setup.

use the System videoplayer, it should list there

 

That worked. However, When I start the app I get from Symantec Endpoint; denial of service detected. Are there ports I need to open in the firewall?

Also, I setup the folders to just the video folders I wanted. On the XBOX, it shows all drives on the PC host. I can navigate but wonder why my selection did not take.

 

it does ask for a single port, Default is 5001 if i remember correctly, but it can be freely changed.

if your complete pc is shown you might have shared "c:/" possibly? dunno, havent seen that myself