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PM5K

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Can You Steam From An External Hard Drive Via Network?
« on: April 18, 2008, 11:40:00 PM »
I guess nobody knows, seems specific to Windows Vista because the same setup works fine in Windows XP Media Center 2005...
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TheFreak212

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Can You Steam From An External Hard Drive Via Network?
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2008, 09:20:00 AM »
Yes u can....I have a 320 gig Seagate HD connected to my home pc through windows media player....make sure the HD is shared to just ur home network and u should see a new file on ur xbox when u want to view movies or music.


if you have any questions look for me on xbox live.....TheFreak212
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cwspen

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Can You Steam From An External Hard Drive Via Network?
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2008, 12:30:00 PM »
Yes, you should be.

Although I've been hit or miss.

Using WMP11 sometimes I can share my USB Drive from my PC, and sometimes I cannot.

Very frustrating.
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