XBOX360 doesn't find files on external network drive

I downloaded the Xbox Live Fall Update and WMP 11. My Xbox 360 and PC can
see/connect to each other fine. However, my media files (songs, pics,
videos) are in an external network drive connected to the router. I can play
those files from my PC and are part of the "monitored folders" list, but the
360 cannot find those files. I looked hi and lo and all the instructions I
found are instructions on how to share with a remote PC/server, but nothing
about a stand-alone network drive per se. Please help. Thanks!

So it's on a different computer entirely? In that case, look up
"EnableRemoteContentSharing". Remote drives have all sorts of fun/nasty
permissions/security issues, so WMP generally walks away from those
headaches. However, via the ERCS you can set that up yourself.

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"l00pctjuice" <l00pctjuice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I downloaded the Xbox Live Fall Update and WMP 11. My Xbox 360 and PC can
> see/connect to each other fine. However, my media files (songs, pics,
> videos) are in an external network drive connected to the router. I can
> play
> those files from my PC and are part of the "monitored folders" list, but
> the
> 360 cannot find those files. I looked hi and lo and all the instructions
> I
> found are instructions on how to share with a remote PC/server, but
> nothing
> about a stand-alone network drive per se. Please help. Thanks!
>

No it's not on a different computer per se, the files are on a Network
Attached Storage (NAS).

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> So it's on a different computer entirely? In that case, look up
> "EnableRemoteContentSharing". Remote drives have all sorts of fun/nasty
> permissions/security issues, so WMP generally walks away from those
> headaches. However, via the ERCS you can set that up yourself.
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
> "l00pctjuice" <l00pctjuice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C6C9EE21-F0DA-4B85-9449-845D9E6459CC@microsoft.com...
> >I downloaded the Xbox Live Fall Update and WMP 11. My Xbox 360 and PC can
> > see/connect to each other fine. However, my media files (songs, pics,
> > videos) are in an external network drive connected to the router. I can
> > play
> > those files from my PC and are part of the "monitored folders" list, but
> > the
> > 360 cannot find those files. I looked hi and lo and all the instructions
> > I
> > found are instructions on how to share with a remote PC/server, but
> > nothing
> > about a stand-alone network drive per se. Please help. Thanks!
> >
>
>
>

Right, then EnableRemoteContentSharing is probably what you want then. I
believe a quick search should find the references/information.

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"l00pctjuice" <l00pctjuice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:283A39FE-5860-4C2E-8369-7ED26D3F8BE9@microsoft.com...
> No it's not on a different computer per se, the files are on a Network
> Attached Storage (NAS).
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> So it's on a different computer entirely? In that case, look up
>> "EnableRemoteContentSharing". Remote drives have all sorts of fun/nasty
>> permissions/security issues, so WMP generally walks away from those
>> headaches. However, via the ERCS you can set that up yourself.
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>> "l00pctjuice" <l00pctjuice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C6C9EE21-F0DA-4B85-9449-845D9E6459CC@microsoft.com...
>> >I downloaded the Xbox Live Fall Update and WMP 11. My Xbox 360 and PC
>> >can
>> > see/connect to each other fine. However, my media files (songs, pics,
>> > videos) are in an external network drive connected to the router. I
>> > can
>> > play
>> > those files from my PC and are part of the "monitored folders" list,
>> > but
>> > the
>> > 360 cannot find those files. I looked hi and lo and all the
>> > instructions
>> > I
>> > found are instructions on how to share with a remote PC/server, but
>> > nothing
>> > about a stand-alone network drive per se. Please help. Thanks!
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Finally had a chance to try this, and it worked for me! Thanks zachd.

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> Right, then EnableRemoteContentSharing is probably what you want then. I
> believe a quick search should find the references/information.
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "l00pctjuice" <l00pctjuice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:283A39FE-5860-4C2E-8369-7ED26D3F8BE9@microsoft.com...
> > No it's not on a different computer per se, the files are on a Network
> > Attached Storage (NAS).
> >
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> So it's on a different computer entirely? In that case, look up
> >> "EnableRemoteContentSharing". Remote drives have all sorts of fun/nasty
> >> permissions/security issues, so WMP generally walks away from those
> >> headaches. However, via the ERCS you can set that up yourself.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Speaking for myself only.
> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> --
> >> "l00pctjuice" <l00pctjuice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:C6C9EE21-F0DA-4B85-9449-845D9E6459CC@microsoft.com...
> >> >I downloaded the Xbox Live Fall Update and WMP 11. My Xbox 360 and PC
> >> >can
> >> > see/connect to each other fine. However, my media files (songs, pics,
> >> > videos) are in an external network drive connected to the router. I
> >> > can
> >> > play
> >> > those files from my PC and are part of the "monitored folders" list,
> >> > but
> >> > the
> >> > 360 cannot find those files. I looked hi and lo and all the
> >> > instructions
> >> > I
> >> > found are instructions on how to share with a remote PC/server, but
> >> > nothing
> >> > about a stand-alone network drive per se. Please help. Thanks!
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>