Windows Media Player Not Sharing Media

[DrGroovee]

Hey All,

New to the forum. Hi and thanks in advance for any help.

My problem is not as simple as the subject would make it seem. I've gone through everything I can find to solve this issue.

The problem: I have two laptops, both running Windows 7 64-bit. I have set both up to share media as recommended. I have checked media streaming settings, made sure my HomeGroup settings are all dialed in ad shared all my libraries and folders. Yet, one of the two laptops does not show up on the network under WMP. Further, I can't stream out from that computer. The other laptop? No problem. All works well. I can even see the problem computer on the Homegroup, navigate to the music folder, view all the files but try to play one and I'm told I don't have access.

I also have a DLNA compliant network speaker. I can stream to that speaker from the one laptop but not the other, which refuses to show up as a media center on the network.

Further, I can see all DLNA devices, including Android devices running DLNA clients. I just can't share media with them.

Hope to hear some novel ideas! Thanks again.

CD

 

[DrGroovee]

Thought I would bump this. Any ideas, guys?

Hey All,

New to the forum. Hi and thanks in advance for any help.

My problem is not as simple as the subject would make it seem. I've gone through everything I can find to solve this issue.

The problem: I have two laptops, both running Windows 7 64-bit. I have set both up to share media as recommended. I have checked media streaming settings, made sure my HomeGroup settings are all dialed in ad shared all my libraries and folders. Yet, one of the two laptops does not show up on the network under WMP. Further, I can't stream out from that computer. The other laptop? No problem. All works well. I can even see the problem computer on the Homegroup, navigate to the music folder, view all the files but try to play one and I'm told I don't have access.

I also have a DLNA compliant network speaker. I can stream to that speaker from the one laptop but not the other, which refuses to show up as a media center on the network.

Further, I can see all DLNA devices, including Android devices running DLNA clients. I just can't share media with them.

Hope to hear some novel ideas! Thanks again.

CD

 

[curtmcgirt]

2014 bump.

I have a win7 laptop that no dlna clients can see. I know they could see it at some point in the past. if I join this win7 laptop to the homegroup at my parents' house, their computers can see mine. but android, directv, xbox, ps3, and various bluray player dlna clients don't even see this laptop.

 

[JackMDS]

Try to configure Regular Work Group instead of Home Group, and make sure that the Firewalls do not block Internal Network connections.

Permission and Security issues with Vista/Win7, check the following settings.
All users that are allowed to share need to have account on all the computers that they are allowed to connect to.

Everyone is an account, it means a group of all of the users that already have an account and been established as users.
Using the Everyone feature saves the need of configuring permission to each of the established users, it does not mean Everyone that feel that they would like to login.
Users that do not have an account on the computer are Not part of the Everyone Group.

If security on the LAN is Not needed and users are Not established, then switching On the Guest account provides semi-open configuration.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Turn-the-guest-account-on-or-off
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Point to the a Folder that meant to to be share. Right click and choose properties.
In the properties
Click on the Security tab shown in the pic bellow to the right) and check that the users and their permission (shown in the pic bellow center and left) are correctly configured. Then do the same to the Permission tab.
This screen shot is from Win 7, Vista's menus are similar.

http://www.ezlan.net/Win7/Permission-Security.jpg

In both the Security panel, and the Permission panel you have to highlight each User/Group and examine that the Permission Controls are checked correctly.
When everything is OK, Reboot the Network (Router, and computer).

* Note . The Groups and Users shown in the screen-shoot are just an example. Your list will look the way your system is configured.

 

[smitbret]

2014 bump.

I have a win7 laptop that no dlna clients can see. I know they could see it at some point in the past. if I join this win7 laptop to the homegroup at my parents' house, their computers can see mine. but android, directv, xbox, ps3, and various bluray player dlna clients don't even see this laptop.

Is Network Discovery turned on in your Network and Sharing settings?