I'm trying to get my PS3 to recognize my music collection with WMP11.(media
servers are enabled) When I follow the instructions for file sharing, I click
the check box "Share my media", then click "OK", the button goes gray for
about 20 seconds then re-appears. At no point do I get list of devices to
share with, nor does it let me configure sharing. Can someone help?

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 07:58:25 -0700, JoshH
<JoshH> wrote:

>I'm trying to get my PS3 to recognize my music collection with WMP11.(media
>servers are enabled) When I follow the instructions for file sharing, I click
>the check box "Share my media", then click "OK", the button goes gray for
>about 20 seconds then re-appears. At no point do I get list of devices to
>share with, nor does it let me configure sharing. Can someone help?


There's a fairly extensive FAQ on sharing with PS3 at this page :
http://boardsus.playstation.com/play...hread.id=47608

I know from these newsgroups that some people have had this working,
so I guess it's worth going through the steps there one by one, and
let us know which (if any) fail to work.

The main steps I'd make sure are that all the PC(s) and the PS3 are on
the same subnet, e.g they all have IP addresses in the range
192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.254 for example.

That's important to check because WMP must be able to "see" other
devices on the same network.

If you have a WIFI router, then it's possible to be configured so that
wired connections are on one subnet (like 192.168.1.x) and the
wireless on another (like 192.168.5.x) which is called "wireless
isolation" and helps to prevent ad-hoc devices getting to your wired
devices.

The main WMP sharing FAQ is at this page (but doesn't mention PS3) :
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...q/sharing.mspx

Specifically check the Network and Firewall requirements listed, which
is even more important if you're using a firewall other than windows
firewall (which should integrate with WMP) such as Zone Alarm or
Norton - either of those could be blocking the search for devices.

HTH
Cheers - Neil
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Ok i a problem with this aswell but i had all my media sharing and work
untill a few weeks ago when it just stop working on my PS3 and X Box 360 so i
have gone though the inter looking for ways to make it work again but with no
luck i have been though Microsoft's help pages and have done all it says and
its still not working, i click on monitor Folders and add the folders i wont
to share click apply but then when i go back into it the folder list is gone,
and when i click on Configure Sharing i get this error message
http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=errorbt4.jpg
i am running vista and have tried to reinstall media player but the
installer i have downloaded from microsoft is an older ver then what i am
running and i have now run out of ideas on what to do and i do not want to
have to reload vista onto this computer, i have just got it running as i need
it apart from this problem

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 08:26:06 -0700, William F <William
F> wrote:

>Ok i a problem with this aswell but i had all my media sharing and work
>untill a few weeks ago when it just stop working on my PS3 and X Box 360 so i
>have gone though the inter looking for ways to make it work again but with no
>luck i have been though Microsoft's help pages and have done all it says and
>its still not working, i click on monitor Folders and add the folders i wont
>to share click apply but then when i go back into it the folder list is gone,
>and when i click on Configure Sharing i get this error message
>[..]


I haven't seen that mesage before. What web page did you get or what
did it suggest when you clicked the "Web Help" button there ?

This page suggests the media library has become corrupt :(and how to
delete it) :
http://brh.numbera.com/blog/index.ph...t-has-changed/

Cheers - Neil
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

> This page suggests the media library has become corrupt :(and how to
> delete it) :
> [..]
>
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
> [..]
>

That done the trick and all is working well
Thank you