QUOTE(few @ Nov 27 2005, 08:11 PM)
What I'm seeing is the Xbox360 can't see shortcuts inside of shared folders, only actual shared folders.
Maybe if the mapped drives are also shared at the root (use at your own risk).
Anyway, I agree the file sysem for the Xbox360 blows Kong. "Here's all your folders at the root". How useful.
Stupid Windows.
I've trieed sharing at the root and still no dice
QUOTE(panabax @ Nov 23 2005, 08:57 AM)
It worked for me. I am running a Small Business Server 2003 and an XP Pro machine. The content is on the server and I have mapped drives for pictures and music on the XP machine as well as Media Connect. The music works fine, but the pictures suck (work but suck). It shows all directories and sub directories together, so no directory browsing. This means all my picture directors are in the "root" folder and many have the same name. I use the directory structures for logical organization, which is gone.
All in all, it looks like MS did a pretty poor job of copying XBox Media Center. Looks like my original version 1 XBox will have to hold the line for media purposes, because this box just doesn't get the job done.
If MS would implament something with the functionality of XBMC on the 360, I'd put one in every room. Since they haven't, I will just buy one. However, since they are loosing $126 per unit, maybe that's what they want. Maybe I will go buy three or four more (after the feeding frenzy is over) just to spite Bill Gates.
PanaBax
BTW, is your XP machine logging into the SBS2003 and using roaming profiles? Just wondering if that is making a difference since "My Documents" (and its subfolders) would then really exist on the SBS when you log into the domain/ADS
Came here to see if others were having the same issue. It appears that MS deliberately wrote the Media Connect software to not work from network drives.
QUOTE
WMC will not play from networked resources. <snip>
Hope that helps,
--
Alan Ludwig
Software Design Engineer
Windows Media Devices Group
MS Corp.
The full thread is right here.
Re-Re Edit: fixed url, try this: http://groups.google.com/group/micro$...33b/533f3cf4d30
0f691
(replace $ with s as the board won't permit tinyurl or the word "micro$oft" to be posted)
So, has anyone found any projects that have been built using their protocol, or anyone have any docs on the protocol? Obviously this should be useful primarily for non-windows users (FreeBSD, Linux, etc) as people with Windows shares could simply install that software on their server.
--falz
This post has been edited by falz: Dec 18 2005, 08:50 PM