Xbox One Media Player

xXSNUFFERXx · Nov 25, 2014

Went to use the media player function on the Xbox one tonight (25/11/14) and was presented with an error saying please insert disk, obviously something wrong there to start with, so I thought the best way to sort this would be to delete the App and then
reinstall only problem is the App seems to have disappeared from the Application store altogether, any clues or help appreciated

:)

Shakey4 · Nov 25, 2014

NEWS: Dolby Atmos coming to Xbox One & Windows 10

Does anyone know if this will be applied to the media player?
Would love a simple kodi like solution on the xbox one.

ncollins · Nov 25, 2014

xbox one hopeless media player

I use a Synology DS214Play with Plex and the XBox One and it plays pretty much everything, the media player on the Xbox is fine with the Plex Library too.

J.R.G. · Nov 25, 2014

I had a similar problem with the app seeming to disappear after uninstalling it. The solution was to pop a C.D. into the drive which triggered it to update. Hope this works for you.

Peace, J.R.

xXSNUFFERXx · Nov 25, 2014

After doing a complete power down and cleared the cache, Media player App has reappeared have installed and it seems to be working fine again, Just one of those weird Xbox foibles

KiLLaDeZo · Oct 31, 2018

My xbox one doesn't recognise my external hard drive when it worked perfectly fine on my 360.... doing my head in! Does any one know how to resolve this??

XBF Ezra G

Hey Michael,

Thanks for your response! If your NAS supports DLNA, the Xbox One will be able to play media using the

"Media Player" application. Simply open Media Player, allow it to detect the server on your network, browse your media, and play!

I hope this information helps, thanks again!

Whyamihomeless

I am having the exact same issue. Uninstalled Media Player and now it's unavailable... Very frustrating. Why does Xbox One Media Player feel like a huge step back from Xbox 360 Media Player?

Echo4Ent

Check your files to see if they were encoded with a format not listed here:
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/console/media-player-faq

For example, h.265 encoded .mkv files will not play, or be properly recognized by the Xbox One media player.

NonSportsGirl

Windows Media Player already installed in Windows 7 (or a free download if you have the N version). Xbox One Media Player to play that content. You can control all playback functions with Kinect.

Alternatively purchase NAS with built in media server. Use Xbox One's Media Player to playback content. Use Kinect to control playback.

Buy a media remote if you don't have Kinect.

You seem to be adding needlessly complex steps to your media playback.

Malacath

So do i and streaming works fine.

I had to allow streaming to xbox one in windows media player then leave windows media player and the media player app on x1 running for a few minutes before it started working.

Xbox One Media Player