3 years ago
Movies are not showing up in library on XBOX via Media Center Using Windows 7 RC
I have a huge library of movies on an external HD.
I have Win 7 RC installed on my PC.
I set up Media Center correctly as it shows everything in my library on my computer.
When running Media Center on my XBOX 360 I navigate to Movies and it says None are found.. Windows is searching for movies in the background.
I just found one movie folder that I moved to a different location but when I navigate to it on the xbox it says There are no items in the library yet.
Do the movies/videos have to be in a specific format?
I have Win 7 RC installed on my PC.
I set up Media Center correctly as it shows everything in my library on my computer.
When running Media Center on my XBOX 360 I navigate to Movies and it says None are found.. Windows is searching for movies in the background.
I just found one movie folder that I moved to a different location but when I navigate to it on the xbox it says There are no items in the library yet.
Do the movies/videos have to be in a specific format?
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I have 2 Win7 and 3 xp computers and am able to access the media using home group settings, but I dont have xbox to try this.
But the following page has detailed guide for accessing Win7 media library from different clients.
" Xbox 360 has two ways to receive media streams from other Windows 7 PCs, which we refer to casually as “dashboard” mode and “extender” mode.
In dashboard mode, Xbox 360 functions in the role of a simple media player. While it’s not officially a DLNA-certified device, you can use Xbox 360 to browse the shared media libraries from Windows 7 PCs (there is also support for this in Windows Media Player 11) and pull content from those libraries for playback within the dashboard.
In extender mode, Xbox 360 (and other Extenders for Windows Media Center) is seen by Windows 7 PC’s on the network as both a Digital Media Player (DMP) and a Digital Media Renderer (DMR) device. Using the Extender for Windows Media Center on the Xbox 360, you can browse media libraries on other computers and pull that content for local playback, similar to the process of using Xbox 360 in dashboard mode. However, in extender mode Xbox 360 will also support “Play To” so that users of Windows 7 PC’s on the network can push content to it. All extenders, when associated with a Windows 7 PC, will be discovered in the “Play To” menu of other Windows 7 PCs."
Hope this helps.
But the following page has detailed guide for accessing Win7 media library from different clients.
" Xbox 360 has two ways to receive media streams from other Windows 7 PCs, which we refer to casually as “dashboard” mode and “extender” mode.
In dashboard mode, Xbox 360 functions in the role of a simple media player. While it’s not officially a DLNA-certified device, you can use Xbox 360 to browse the shared media libraries from Windows 7 PCs (there is also support for this in Windows Media Player 11) and pull content from those libraries for playback within the dashboard.
In extender mode, Xbox 360 (and other Extenders for Windows Media Center) is seen by Windows 7 PC’s on the network as both a Digital Media Player (DMP) and a Digital Media Renderer (DMR) device. Using the Extender for Windows Media Center on the Xbox 360, you can browse media libraries on other computers and pull that content for local playback, similar to the process of using Xbox 360 in dashboard mode. However, in extender mode Xbox 360 will also support “Play To” so that users of Windows 7 PC’s on the network can push content to it. All extenders, when associated with a Windows 7 PC, will be discovered in the “Play To” menu of other Windows 7 PCs."
Hope this helps.
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