Media Sharing

GeForce · 19 Dec 2007 at 19:33

I've got an XP Home SP2 system with WMP11 and my media library. I'd like to share this library with my Vista Ultimate laptop.

I've enabled sharing media on the XP machine and it's found the laptop as a target device.

I've set up the laptop to look out for media being shared on the network.

The XP machine is a desktop and hard wired into the router, a Voyager 2500V. The laptop is connected wirelessly. The media files themselves are MP3s which are located in the shared documents of the XP machine. I can access the files over the network through explorer fine.

The problem is that the media library on the laptop isn't actually showing any of the shared files. All I see there is the local content on the laptop.

Anyone see where I'm going wrong here?

Thanks,
Jon

bledd · 19 Dec 2007 at 19:37

on the vista machine..

in explorer or a run box type..

\\xpMachine'sName

GeForce · 19 Dec 2007 at 19:49

Comes up with all the shared folders and the two shared printers.

What should I be looking for?

Jon

GeForce · 20 Dec 2007 at 10:48

Nobody?

--Mike-- · 20 Dec 2007 at 13:04

I've got Media Player 10 installed here at work, but if you go to Tools, Options and the Library tab, there is a button that says monitor folders. Have you got the path to the XP's library in the list?

GeForce · 20 Dec 2007 at 13:07

--Mike-- said:
I've got Media Player 10 installed here at work, but if you go to Tools, Options and the Library tab, there is a button that says monitor folders. Have you got the path to the XP's library in the list?

When you say "XP's library", do you mean the actual folder with all the music in?

Or is there someway of monitoring the library itself?

Jon

Skeeter · 20 Dec 2007 at 13:47

I know what your looking for, its the media sharing thingy in Vista that means you don't have to know where the files are or anything, it just picks up the library form the source machine, then steams the files to the PC your on. I have tried and failed to get this working numerous times, and just resorted to sharing my music folder and then using the other machines to build their own library on the machine. I get all srts of Media source things come up in network places on Vista, and other stuff, but nver got it to work.