"Play To" Function For Streaming Media Only Results In Errors
Feb 15, 2013
I'm trying to stream music and video files from my desktop computer to my home cinema receiver. Let's say I choose an mp3 file to play. I go to the folder and right-click on the file, then choose Play To. Both my TV ([TV]UE55ES6805) and my receiver (DENON:[AVR-3312]) are networked with a CAT6 cable to my router appear in the options. I click to play the file on my receiver. It then says "Please wait...contacting network device". The name of my receiver appears for a split second and then it immediately says "Device is not responding" and the file will not play. The same goes for the TV. If I go to my receiver and manually choose the mp3 file the networked devices menu (media server), it will play. The same with my TV. If I open Samsung AllShare on my desktop, all files will stream to either the TV or receiver. It is only this "Play To" function that won't work. The Network Map under Network and Sharing Center shows both devices on the network.
The funny thing is, I have a laptop also running Windows 7 and this same function on that works FLAWLESSLY. So I am going to assume it is not a problem with my HI-FI equipment, my router (Netgear R6300), Windows Firewall or my Avast! Antivirus software that is running on both computers. The function doesn't work when I disable both Windows Firewall and the antivirus on the desktop computer. I really need to figure this out and make it work from my desktop computer as all the media I want to stream is there, but I cannot figure it out after reading other posts about it on the internet or troubleshooting using the directions for a similar problem over at Microsoft support. I can use AllShare, but I find the interface cumbersome and it doesn't recognise track numbers so all the songs in an album get sorted alphabetically rather than by track.
I want to stream to my files to my PS3. My problem lies in that clicking the 'Turn on media streaming' button does not do anything. I've tried clearing the .wmdb files in the "%userprofile%Local SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftMedia Player" folder, but it appears that WMP is not able to populate any of my files in its "Library" (I don't actually use WMP, I use Winamp).I had it working in the past but don't know what I have changed. Also, I am using HomeGroup as there are other units in the house on Win7.
What I would like to do is to be able to access all of my music and videos from my computer and external hard drive, on my Xbox, through my router. I am using the Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus and firewall, and no third party antivirus/antispyware or firewall programs.I have an Xbox 360 Elite, not one of the new wireless versions. I went into HomeGroup on my computer and checked 'share media with devices' and also checked music, pictures, and videos. So far I can play music on the Xbox by going to the music app and choosing my PC. The problem is, I can only play songs that are directly in the Music folder on my computer. And only certain songs at that, I'm not sure why. I have a subfolder within Music called Full Albums and I cannot play ANYthing in that subfolder. What am I missing?Also, is it possible to access music and videos on my external hard drive? Provided my external hard drive is connected to my computer of course.Lastly, I can't access anything unless I disable Windows Firewall. How do I set up an exception for the Xbox so that I don't have to disable the firewall every time I want to do this?
I have a home network setup and am running Windows 7 Pro on my main computer. I am trying to stream my media from this computer to other devices on the network and have successfully many times on this network, mainly to a Sony tv in the living room. I don't know when or what happened, but one day I tried to watch a video on my TV, and the Windows Media Server was unavailable.-Network is setup as a "Home" Network-I have Windows firewall turned off-Am running Norton 360 firewall instead of Windows firewall-Have reset Norton firewall to all the default settings (which I believe allows media sharing by default)-Have my libraries shared-But, here's the problem I believe- when I go to Windows Media Player to ensure Media streaming is enabled, a button says "Turn media streaming on", but when I press it, it grays out for a few seconds, like it is turing it on, but then dosen't change to "Turn media streaming off", nor do I get the button at the bottom to "Save" settings.I recently converted to a SSD drive for OS and seperate data drive in RAID0, so changed a regristry key to move the user files to another drive location (all programs and files open the way they should on the computer right now, and I believe media streamiing has worked since then.
I�ve been trying to stream media from my computer to the PS3. So far my guess is that the reason it isn�t working is because when I go to,Control PanelAll Control Panel ItemsNetwork and Sharing CenterMedia streaming options,the pull down menu �Show devices on:� is on �Local network� and only shows only my PC. Whenever I change it to �All networks� I see the �Unknown Device� (I think this is the PS3). When I click �OK� it doesn�t seem to keep the changes. When I reopen �Choose media streaming options�� it�s back on �Local network�.We recently got a new router (Linksys E2500) and this issue seemed to start about then. It could have something to do with the router but I�m wondering why these setting won�t save for me. If I recall correctly, these settings saved when we used our old router. Just some other info that may be useful, my computer has a wired connection to the router and the PS3 is connecting wirelessly.
I have few computers at home and i created one computer as home theater pc and second pc as file sharing and nas
PC 1: Home theater pc PC 2: Home files and NAS server and more
PC 1: AMD 3 Tri core 4GB ram Graphic card , TV Tuner with remote and ssd drive
PC 2: AMD Atlon Quad Core AM3 , 16 GB ram , Gforce 210 graphic card , ausu sat 3.0 control and all AM 3+ features 970 chip set and 1 160 GB Hard drive for OS windows 7 enterprise and 5 ( 2TB Hard drives ) and 1 1TB Hard drive all between 32 MB and 64 MB ... NO SSD
Network: Asus Routor 1GB all across CAT 6 and CAT 7 eithernet cables 1GB Switch 1GB nics on all computers Docs 3.0 Cable Modem
Issue: when i try to stream media files ... WMV , DVI , DVIX , MKV H264 , and other format files all in HD 1080p and 720P and HD Sound ... i get hicups or latency in playback or windows media player will not respond ... i have k-lit codecs 32bit and 64bit installed and supporting Blu-ray i have power dvd and win DVD 11 and Windows media center properly setup with tv tuner and remote control all pc are wired connected , firewall off on all pc , windows files and printer shirring is on and Home Network is setup so i am able to see all my pc and devices and able to transfer files between computers with no problems sometime i am able to transfer files at 85 MB/s to 120 MB/s but still media streaming is not working properly ... i tried for test to use media player classic and other software like VLC same results I have tried this setup before but it failed because i did not have proper setup but now i have all networking gears , Hardware , and software and nice home setup Meida streaming on the routor is on ... and firewall is off on the routor for local connection GUP Power need to be in Media center pc has been fix with brad new DDr5 1GB 775 chip graphic card with HDMI connections and sound is via HDMI to Samsung 120 hrz HDTV LCD and for extra gpu i added gforce 210 on files server but results are all negitive on Media streaming and watching movies from one center place like my PC 2 which has 11TB + 160 GB 32MB Hard drive ..Both computer are supper fast and have Windows 7 ultmate and enterprise and my other pc are file server and second media center pc which i am building for my bed room?
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