This guide will walk you through all the steps to be able to stream Music, Videos & Pictures from your PC running Windows 7, to your XBOX 360.
I have been, unsuccessfully BTW, trying to do this for years. I have always become so frustrated trying to set up a Media Extender so the PC can stream content to my XBOX, that I would usually try for 20min or so, and then give up. This is the error I would always get using Windows Media Center on my PC....
Error: "Cannot find Extender"
Microsoft's answer
This usually means that the Extender can't be found on thesame network as your computer, or that a firewall on your computer is blockingUPnP communication. Try the following:
Make sure that your Extender and your computer are on thesame subnet. To learn how to do this, see Ensurethat your Extender and your computer are on the same subnet later inthis article.
My Main issue was explained in the article I FINALLY found below. My issue was when I went into the “services.msc”, "Media Center Extender Service: Started\Automatic" was set to "off" instead of "Started".
I wish I could take credit for writing this article, but this was written by @Kiesey78 back in June of 2011. It was posted on an XBOX forum found HERE.
How do I setup Streaming from my PC to my Xbox 360 console?
This guide outlines troubleshooting for Windows MediaConnect and Windows Media Center for Windows 7, Windows Vista And Windows XP.Windows Media Connect encompasses the libraries on your Xbox 360. They can befound under the My Xbox on your console when scrolling to the right, you willsee Video, Music and Picture libraries. Select one of these libraries; selectyour computer, and then your media to stream. Windows Media Center is a digitalvideo recorder and media player. Media Center allows users to view and recordlive television, organize & play music and videos. The application isincluded in various versions of Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows VisaHome Premium and Ultimate and all editions of Windows 7. The exception to thisis the starter and home basic versions.
Are there any differences between the various operatingsystems?
Yes there are, we will outline the various steps on how toset up media streaming between the various operating systems.
Great, I use Windows 7. How do I set up media streaming?
Fantastic! Windows 7 makes it extremely easy to startsharing media with Media Center! The steps below outline how to complete this:
One of the most important things when setting up MediaCenter or Media Connect is to make sure your network is set up properly. To dothis, you want navigate to the following path: Click Start > Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center. Under View your active networks, makesure your network is set to Home Network. You are then going to want to selectChoose homegroup and sharing options, then Change advance sharing settings. Youwant to make sure the following are set correctly:
- Network discovery is on.
- File and printer sharing is on.
- Public Folder Sharing is on.
- Media streaming is on.
- Password protected sharing is off.
- HomeGroup Connections: Allow Windows to managehomegroup connections.
If the above does not resolve your issues, the next thingyou will need to do is check your services. To do this, you want to either openyour run prompt (quickest way to open the run prompt is by hitting your Windowsbutton and R button at the same time) and type “services.msc” (without thequotes, then hitting enter), or by hitting the Windows key and typing “services.msc”.This will bring up a list of services. What you will need to do is locate theservices listed below ensure the service status and startup type are set asfollows:
- Internet Connection Sharing Service: Stopped\Disabled
- Media Center Extender Service: Started\Automatic
- Network List Service: Started\Automatic
- Quality Windows Audio Video Experience: Started\Automatic
- SSDP Discovery Service: Started\Automatic
- UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) Device Host:Started\Automatic
- Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service:Started\Automatic
- Zune Network Sharing Service: Started\Automatic
- If they are not set as above, simply double click on theservice to makes the appropriate changes.
To set up Windows Media Player 12. Within the “Stream” dropdown, check to see if you have the option to turn on Media Streaming. If thisoption is not there, it means it is already enabled and nothing more needs tobe done for now. If it does show, select this option. Once done, again withinthe “Stream” drop down, go to “More Streaming Options” and make sure the 360 isset to allowed and hit ok. You should now have “Automatically allowdevices to play my media” selected.
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