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Connect xbox to Laptop.

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  • 02-11-2014 1:50pm
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    Seaniemac
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭


    Hi. I`m not sure wheather I`m on the right forum here but here goes. I bought a Dell Inspiron 17, 5000 Series laptop last week. All along I was able, on my older Samsung Laptop, to view photos and any downloaded material that was on my laptop through the Xbox System Music Player or Picture Viewer, Wirelessly, but now I cannot. The Xbox recognizes the Laptop but tells me that the Movie, Music and Photo folders are empty. The laptop is running Windows 8.1 and it`s an Xbox 360, 2 years old. Is there any thing that I can do to rectify this. Any help would be appreciated.


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    Polar Ice
    Registered Users Posts: 857 ✭✭✭Polar Ice


    Have you recently changed your network sharing settings on the laptop?


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Control Panel>Network and Sharing Center>Change advanced sharing settings. Make sure that your computer content is discoverable in there under the options

    Nick

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    Seaniemac
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭Seaniemac


    yoyo wrote: »
    Control Panel>Network and Sharing Center>Change advanced sharing settings. Make sure that your computer content is discoverable in there under the options

    Nick

    According to the Network and Sharing Center the Xbox has access to the Folders but not the files but I`m wondering does the fact that on this new laptop I don`t have Windows Media Center. It`s a paid add-on.


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    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Install something like Plex, MediaBrowser or Serviio, it'll allow you to share media content (Music/Videos/Pictures) on your network. All 3 options are free and use DLNA/UPnP which the XBOX360 supports.


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