ive been on here for hours tryin to get it connected and downloaded various things including windows media player 11 and media connect.. every time i go to media sharing i get the little dialog box with a check box sayin share my media.. so i check that and press ok.. it hangs for a while then the ok button comes up again to click.. but nothing happens.. any ideas??

Cheers

using media player 11,if you goto library and bring down the tab underneath, then click media sharing and it should bring up the devices available for sharing, including your 360.if you right click on your 360 and click allow you should be ok to view your files on your pc through your 360

see i click the tab for media sharing under the libary tab but like i said it comes up with the little box sayin share my media.. but i dont get no devices.. and i have my xbox wired up to it.. :(

how have you got it wired up? i got my premium and elite just simple wird into a router and it found them straight away

well see ive got it connected to the ethernet port in my pc as my stupid broadband provider gave me a usb modem and that doesnt have no ethernet port on it :(

so is it not gonna be possible to connect it?

i think if u are going to connect it straight to your pc you have to use a crossover cable instead of a ethernet cable,Your xbox requires it to be conected to a dhcp network for it be able to obtain an IP. Not sure if you can set your pc to be a dhcp server.

oh it is a crossover cable.. come thru this morning :)

but had to connect it to my ethernet port on pc. which is a realtek modem or something..

would i be better off gettin a router then?

i think getting a router would be the easiest and les hassle way to connect you 360......so yes

well ive managed to network it together as such.. now passes the ip address part.. now gettin stuck on selected pc :| lol. so now tryin zune to see if it helps (you never know!)

ill keep post updated and cheers ngh802001 for your help!

Originally posted by Doyle2727:

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ive been on here for hours tryin to get it connected and downloaded various things including windows media player 11 and media connect.. every time i go to media sharing i get the little dialog box with a check box sayin share my media.. so i check that and press ok.. it hangs for a while then the ok button comes up again to click.. but nothing happens.. any ideas??

Cheers

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This should fix you up.

Go to Control Panel => Administratve Tools => Services
Start SSDP Discovery Service
Start Universal Plug and Play Device Host Service

(To start up a service just double-click on it, set Startup Type to Automatic, and click on the Startup Button)

You should then find that WMP11 Media Sharing will turn on and discover your Xbox. Let us know how it goes.

Originally posted by buechler:

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Originally posted by Doyle2727:

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ive been on here for hours tryin to get it connected and downloaded various things including windows media player 11 and media connect.. every time i go to media sharing i get the little dialog box with a check box sayin share my media.. so i check that and press ok.. it hangs for a while then the ok button comes up again to click.. but nothing happens.. any ideas??

Cheers

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This should fix you up.

Go to Control Panel => Administratve Tools => Services
Start SSDP Discovery Service
Start Universal Plug and Play Device Host Service

(To start up a service just double-click on it, set Startup Type to Automatic, and click on the Startup Button)

You should then find that WMP11 Media Sharing will turn on and discover your Xbox. Let us know how it goes.

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Thanks for the help. I got the pc to read the xbox and vice versa. I can see my shared folders on my C:Drive an 1 of my USB External Drives but I cannot see the 2 other External HDs. Originally I was able to see them but once I restarted my pc. I could no longer see them. I did notice that everytime I restart the PC my two USB externals switch drive letters. for example. I have my G:TV Juke Box and I have my O:Video Juke Box and when I restart the computer they sometimes switch where my TV Juke Box becomes my O: Drvie and vice versa. Could this be why the xbox doesn't read these two drives shared drives because they keep switching? How do I stop that? Both External drives are USB External Maxtors drives formatted to HFS+. This is so frustrating. I really need help getting these device to be seen. Any help or suggestions would be greately appreciated. I am running XP SP2 under the video blade. No media connect, media center, or media connect is being used. I am using straight sharing through WMP 11.

i've got the same problem and i did what you said and i cannot get my 360 to connect to my pc please email me at notallowed@here.com

You are a LEGEND buechler.. everything works fine now cheers. sorry it took me so long to post a reply but been busy with halo 3 on xbox live lol!

Thanks again!

@loynorrix
No emails allowed so posted edited and removed

I've posted my dillema on several forums. I think I have stopmed the computer geniuses of the world becuase no one can figure out why the USB mapping on my external Hard drives keep mapping to a different letter drive every time I reboot my computer.....HMMM I guess I have to search for a different solution to share media off a centralized pc because so far, WMP11, orb, and tversity all have failed to deliver......