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

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?

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