My Xbox 360 won't see my PC, but my PC can see my Xbox 360

[ant]

hi everyone, ive just managed to get my xbox to recognise my pc but now when i go to the videos it says 'no videos found'. the videos are in the correct older on my pc and are in the correc format.

not too sure whats wrong?

[Bull50]

Did you installed any Antivirus program into the system of yours. If so then do let me know which Antivirus you are running. This kind of problem seen when the Antivirus program does not allow the connection. I will advise you to disable the Antivirus program from your computer and if possible then Firewall Program also and then check whether this is working for you or not.

[mrbillr]

Mat, Thank you! Thank you! After working 2 days getting connected, this was the key getting me going. Thanks for sharing.
MrBill

Originally Posted by humanature

I've spent that last 2 weeks trying to get my xbox to recognize my computer, based on EVERYTHING this site says from before, and I've finally solved it thanks to a helpful dude @ xbox. My computer saw the xbox, but not the reverse. Network settings were fine but something was still wrong.

(Windows XP, using Media Player)

Turns out when the computer sees the xbox and the xbox can't see the computer, it tends to be a CORRUPT library file.
Looking back, when I was adding my 1400+ video files it would stall out and took 3 or 4 go's at it to add them all. Should have been a hint.

So the previously mentioned stuff about DRM folder deletion worked temporarily, but I have found a PERMANENT fix (for my situation and possibly everybody elses who CANNOT find anything else that will work)




Solution:
(this is from xbox help)

Click the Start Menu button and RUN..
Type in services.msc and hit OK

Make sure the following are set for AUTOMATIC and are STARTED:
-SSDP Discovery services
-Fast User Switching Compatibility
-DHCP Client
-HTTP SSL

While you're at it, STOP the service called Media Player Network Sharing Service
Leave this window open, as you will need it to restart this service in a sec

-Go to explorer's top menu >> Tools/Folder Options/View/
CHECK "Show hidden files/folders"
UNCHECK "Hide Protected operating system files"

Go to..
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player
Delete EVERY file. Leave the folders (Art Cache and Transcoded Files Cache should be the only 2)

Then go to
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
and DELETE the folder called DRM

NOW! Go to the Microsoft DRM Licensing site found here
http://drmlicense.one.microsoft.com/...en/indivit.asp (in internet explorer only)
and click UPGRADE

Go back to the Services window and restart Windows Media Player Network Sharing and make sure it's also set to Automatic.

Re-add media library, restart computer, restart xBox and I hope this helps.
If not, call Microsoft

-Mat

[rod9622]

Mat, you are a star, I spent ages trying to get this to work until I found your response.

One slight anomoly though is in the insturction below,

Go to explorer's top menu >> Tools/Folder Options/View/
CHECK "Show hidden files/folders"
UNCHECK "Hide Protected operating system files"

This should read

go to My computer and on the top menu bar there
>> Tools/Folder Options/View/
CHECK "Show hidden files/folders"
UNCHECK "Hide Protected operating system files"

I'm not a computer tech minded person so it took me a moment to find where this was.

Otherwisse, brilliant thanks very much.

Rod.

[ScouseNeil]

I was having same problems untill I tried something. If your pc/laptop is wireless try using a ethernet cable from your pc/laptop to your modem.

My xbox is wireless and so is my pc and tried using the ethernet cable rather then wireless and it worked straight away and then tried again wireless and it wouldnt worked. Your xbox doesnt need the ethernet cable to the modem but it does from your pc to your modem. It worked for me anyways, dont really understand it but it worked lol

[kevjpark]

You can use the following steps to check if this solution will help you with your issue.

1.Restart your computer before beginning.
2.Left click on "Start"
3.Left click on "Control Panel"
4.Left click on "Administrative Tools"
5.Left click on "Event Viewer"
6.In the left side of the menu, left click on "System"
7.In the right pane look for red "X's". If you see one with "WMPNetworkService" then there's a good chance this applies to you.
I see the red "X"s!
Alright, use the next steps to try to fix the issue. Please read all the steps first so you know what to expect. Again, if you are not confident in using these options or the command line prompt, please ask for help!

1.Left click on "Start"
2.Left click on "Run"
3.Type in "regedit" to open the Registry Editor. BE CAREFUL IN THE REGISTRY! We are not going to change anything, just look.
4.In the left pane navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DRM.
5.In the right pane left double-click on "DataPath"
6.The value you will see in the right column is the location of your DRM database. Typically its something like "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM". Remember this value.
7.Close the Registry Editor.
a.Due to some complications it is best to do the next part in the DOS Shell
8.Left click on "Start"
9.Left click on "Run"
10.Type in "cmd" to open the DOS Shell
11.Type is "cd thevalueofthedatapathfromstep6abovewithouttheDRMpiece"....or using the value listed in step 6 as an example "cd C:\Documents and Settings\All Users"
12.Type "rmdir /S DRM"
13.Type "mkdir DRM"
14.Type "Exit" to close the DOS Shell
a.Do the next steps in Internet Explorer because an ActiveX control will be used that only IE can handle. This will not work with Mozilla, etc....
15.Navigate to the website "http://drmlicense.one.microsoft.com/Indivsite/en/indivit.asp"
16.Install the ActiveX control when prompted
17.An active "Upgrade" button should appear in the middle of the screen. Left click on it.
18.Follow the process to install.
19.Once complete, reboot the PC.
20.Once the PC is completely booted your XBOX 360 should now be able to see your PC.

[mojo755]

Domination, Matt. Thanks dude. I've been slogging through forums and posts for two days. I used your fix on a Win 7 32bit. It was a little rough going, cause Xp and Win 7 use a slightly different file structure. But thank you worked great. Not only did my PC immediately show up on the 360 but that problem whatever the hell it was disabled my PC to PC networks in the house. I kind of figured it worked when I rebooted and all my other PC's were right where they should be :-) And from all the research I did trying to fix it, this is a big problem. Good old Microsoft, don't post a thread anywhere that says, " here this will take 10 freekin' minutes and all your shits fixed". No they'd rather have us trying 25 different fixes that don't do a damn thing, and hope you get lucky and run across your post. Sorry rambling :-) Well thanks again brother good job.

[nav2004]

I can now get my Xbox to see the files on my computer, but AVI files (extracted from Camcorder tape using Windows Movie maker) that play fine on the Vista PC from Windows Media Player and in Windows Media Center refuse to be played on Xbox due to a Codec error

"Can't play this content because it may not be supported"
Status code: 69-C00D36BE

Any help is appreciated ?

Tversity plays them, but running Tversity on PC uses up CPU 100%.

[wmubtyler]

Anyone have any success doing this with the xbox 360 s?

[Ninja-X]

Originally Posted by wmubtyler

Anyone have any success doing this with the xbox 360 s?

Have you tried entering it's subnet mask and ip address also. You can obtain that from the xbox menu system. Then type it under the IP address on the PC and connect it accordingly.

[wmubtyler]

Originally Posted by ninja-x

Have you tried entering it's subnet mask and ip address also. You can obtain that from the xbox menu system. Then type it under the IP address on the PC and connect it accordingly.

I have not tried that. I lost my last xbox due to the rings of death which connected to my computer just fine. Instead of fixing an old, loud, sketchy xbox I figured buying a new one was the way to go. Figuring it would connect right away which hasn't been the case. Now I have one dead xbox and one I want to make dead. I love Microsoft.

[sfarkas]

Originally Posted by nav2004

I can now get my Xbox to see the files on my computer, but AVI files (extracted from Camcorder tape using Windows Movie maker) that play fine on the Vista PC from Windows Media Player and in Windows Media Center refuse to be played on Xbox due to a Codec error

"Can't play this content because it may not be supported"
Status code: 69-C00D36BE

Any help is appreciated ?

Tversity plays them, but running Tversity on PC uses up CPU 100%.

i had this issue and was struggling for ages as I had installed the codec pack and it wasn't happening to all files, only some. I then realised that there was a pattern with the files that wouldn't play, and it was ones with long filenames. I shortened a few of the known problematic files and the xbox played them fine from my D Link NAS device. Ive since updated my entire library and have had no issues since. May be worth a try