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

I am having a great amount of difficulty in trying to network my Xbox 360
with my PC. I know for a fact that the 360 is connected to the network as I
can use the Xbox Live service with no problems, but I can't stream media as
the Xbox says "Can't find any computers running media sharing software".

I have Windows Media Player 11 installed with Media Sharing turned on and I
have selected the Xbox 360 as an allowed device. This is weird as my PC can
see that the Xbox is there, but the Xbox is returning the above displayed
error message.

I have tried opening up and port forwarding all the necessary ports on both
my router and Norton firewall.

I am thinking that the problem may be that the Xbox 360 is on a different
workgroup/network ID to my PC. This sounds logical as the Xbox 360 is able to
"communicate" with the Internet, but not my computer. If this is the case
then how do I change the workgroup name on the 360 to match that of my PC?

The modem I am using is a Billion BiPAC 7404VGO (wireless modem/router/VoIP)

Any information would be greatly appreciated. My base computer specs are
listed below if you need them for any reason:

Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2) Ver2002
Pentium 4 CPU 2.8GHz
1GB RAM

Was there some sort of WMP11 update recently? I'm experiencing the same
problem, however I haven't altered any settings and things were working fine
until I noticed the problem today. I'm running Media Player 11 on my Vista
PC, however my Xbox 360 will detect my older computer running Windows Media
Connect instantly. Any help would be greatly appreciated, especially since
Windows Media Center is pointless for my needs.

I guess I'll go back to trying to get Winamp Remote to work
with my Xbox 360...

Same problem here. I think its a problem with the workgroup. My PC sees my
xbox but xbox does not see it or any PC on y network.

Using Tversity my xbox will see it. But not WMP

I've got one of those, and I know it works fine, so I suspect the
issue is elsewhere. Did you read through the media sharing FAQ ?
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...q/sharing.mspx

I have a similar issue. My Xbox 360 and my PC shared media fine for months,
then one day it just stopped working. I've been trying to resolve this issue
for over a month now. My PC detects my Xbox 360 just fine, but my 360 can't
seem to find my PC. I'm running Vista Home Premium and I'm using an Xbox 360
that has the latest updates. I've checked my router and there is no problem
there. I've also opened ports on my firewall and disabled my firewall, both
attempts were useless. Everytime I try to get my Xbox 360 to detect my PC my
event viewer logs the following error message:

A new media server was not initialized because RegisterRunningDevice()
encountered error '0x80070005'. Restart your computer, and then restart the
WMPNetworkSvc service.

I too am using a work laptop (XP SP2) and logged on under a different
domain, rather than the generic 'workgroup'

Both PC and Xbox are on the same subnet. IP setting Xbox:192.168.1.5, PC IP setting: 192.168.1.2

I've just found that I have the same problem. In the past had no problem
playing any media off of my pc but now my 360 won't recognize my pc. have
played with sharing and firwall settings to no avail. Microsoft please help,
I just want to watch my vids and listen to my music..

I am now really sure its a WMP 11 issue. I have the same router and same
issue as everyone above. Although, My xbox sees my computer but
says "Can't Connect, Make sure this console is activated on your computer"
The error doesn't make sense because if it can't connect how did it see the
name of my computer and share.

I know its an WMP 11 issue because the Zune Sharing works fine and my xbox
can see it the share and read and use the files.

I didn't mind that much before but with yesterday's xbox 360 fall update
WMP11 can stream mp4/avis to xbox so I would really like to use WMP11
instead of Zune. Microsoft really needs to fix this issue cause I think alot
of people have it.

As far as the domain issue, I do have a my own workgroup that I use for all
the computers in the network so I can share files...How does this affect the
xbox, if it does how can I add the 360 to the workgroup.

Ok, I finally got mine to work. I took a look at my workgroup settings...and
basically changed it to default WORKGROUP and restarted my computer at that
point it the xbox was able to see it.

I wasn't satisfied cause I wanted my home workgroup, so I changed it back to
my custom home Workgroup name and it still works. So my advice would be to
make sure you are not on a domain (with your Business, maybe if connect to
your work from home). Reset it to default and try that it. I have a Vista
Ultimate 32bit PC btw.

Its really useful now cause I don't have to transcode AVI files to watch on
XBOX just use this WMP sharing.

you need to reset your drm here:-
http://drmlicense.one.microsoft.com/...en/indivit.asp

if the upgrade button is greyed out then you need to run this first

then restart your computer then go back to the site at the top and you
should now be able to press the upgrade button

your xbox should now see your pc

this should fix your problem

I'm not sure what disabled DRM or changed it, but resetting it and then "upgrading" it makes it all better after you restart/refresh everything.

I'm not sure if this fix works in xp, but in vista, go to start -> network -> right click xbox 360 -> media sharing. Select the xbox 360 icon, and click allow. that fixed it for me.

i didnt even have to reboot, just did the drm exe, upgrade, then i unshared everything in media center, then i reshared everything, and then my pc showed up in the shared list of devices on the pc itself and the xbox.

[Karma Slave]

(I'm running Windows XP Pro)

I have the COMODO Firewall Pro (a free firewall, the last of many I've tried and the only firewall that has worked most painlessly for me), and when I disabled it, the xbox 360 could suddently find my computer running Windows Media Player 11. As I activated the firewall again, it could not be found. So, I went looking in the activity logs of the firewall, and noticed that the system process "svchost.exe" (here is a link to microsoft's technical mumbo-jumbo definition of the file) had gotten incoming connection attempts from an IP in my local network, but the firewall had blocked those attempts.

Simply allowing svchost.exe temporary full access to the network, without disabling the firewall otherwise, made my xbox happy again. So, for me, except for of course allowing the WMP-server software from accessing the net, it was solved by letting svchost.exe access to the network.

Exactly how you tell your firewall to allow a certain application access to the network is up to you and your friend google, I'm afraid - I'm no expert and every firewall works a little differently, I guess.

(This file is located in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 directory in Win XP, and it is apparently an application that can be used by various DLLs.)

I did, however, create a rule that svchost.exe should only allow incoming connections from my local network, just in case and to avoid being attacked by nasty outsiders, so to speak.

I can't guarantee it will work for you, of course, but I wish you all best of luck! I would myself have used TVersity instead (it's fast and nice) but my mate is running a server on his computer and it seems the xbox can only handle one such server on a single network. That's why I needed WMP11 to work really bad. I have tried Orb (aka Winamp Remote, I don't really understand why they have different sites when they seem to be the same application more or less) but it had such nasty buffering times.

[drogba12]

going to try this. having the same problem with my ps3. Will let you know what happens.

Was able to do the preset but now the media sharing keeps disabling itself. I might just reinstall windows and start again.

Was having this same problem.If you're using a Linksys BEFSR41 router, you'll need to enable Multicast in the router's security setttings. Otherwise that will block the Windows Media Connect / Network Sharing Service from working.

I have the same problem, but I am running windows vista, my PC can find the xbox, but the xbox still doesn't see the pc???

Restarting the UpnP service worked for me also. Thanks a lot. Im back in business.

I've recently installed Linksys WRVS4400Nv2 and haven't been able to get the 360 to pick up on my shared files. My computer sees the 360, and my 360 at times can see my computer, but not always. It does recognize my Azureus program at all times though, so it seems like a WMP issue. Before the new router, I had no trouble in sharing. I've opened the necessary ports, but still no luck. I've also tried the multicast option mentioned above, but that doesn't seem to work either.
Anyone else have suggestions?

[nclined]

I just had my Xbox replaced (3 rings for X-mas) so i had to do the set up again. I am running W-Vista and the new version of Xbox (NXE?)...

Vista still had my old xbox logged in the Network and Sharing settings... this caused some kind of conflict and would disconnect my new xbox from my pc after a reboot.

Try going to...

Control Panel>Network and Internet>Network and Sharing Center...

Click on Media Sharing then Change... when the pop up box comes up check to see if your xbox icon has a ! next to it. If 2 xboxes are present this is your problem. Right click on the device and check the serial number with the device you own (either on the back of the device or in the menu under settings/device info i think)

From that point remove the duplicate (right click, remove device from list) Then left click the one that is left with the correct serial and choose Allow.

I am so close to getting this thing worked out. I just can not run any of the files I can see.

I am running Windows XP Service Pack 3 and my Xbox 360 has the latest updates.

I have done all of the following

1. Updating my DRM didn't help.
2. I went into services.msc and set all of these services as Started "Universal Plug n Play", "Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service" and "SSDP Discovery Service" this helped Windows Media Player 11 see my Xbox 360 and allowed me to share but my Xbox 360 still can not see my PC
3. I turned off my Firewall and Anti-Virus
4. Opened the ports that were listed
5. Restarted a bunch of times
6. Have shared, unshared and shared again. This made my Xbox 360 able to see me when I test my connection to my PC but it fails when it tries to connect

Now when I go into Video/Music or pictures it can look at all the files on my computer but can not play them. When I go to play a video I get this message

"The Connection to your computer was lost. Make sure your computer is turned on, connected to your network, and running media sharing software.

Status Code: 53-C00DF238"

It does this with every video I try to play.

Just now as I was typing this the Xbox 360 can no longer see any of the files on my PC but it can still connect to my PC when I run the test

I'll see more to this later right now gonna play 1 vs 100

ok so I'm back but now my Xbox 360 can't read my pc at all

OK well it was just hell of a lot easier to just download ZUNE and convert my files to WMV

Yeah my xbox has all the recent updates. I've got it working fine now. I gave up on Windows Media player and tried out the ZUNE player. It works fine. All I have to do is convert the videos though since ZUNE doesn't play AVI. The files that I wanted to play worked perfectly in Windows Media player. Since you said it would disconnect my Xbox that could have been the problem all along. Anyways, ZUNE works and I'm going to stick with that.

What I think that caused the error in the first place was that my computer was connected only for a second and I got in to see my files then it disconnected when I was browsing the files and tried to play the video.

#1 solution I would recommend for this problem is to give up on WMP and switch to ZUNE and convert any files if you have to.

OK so this seems to be a *very* common error code :
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=C00DF238 which is
mentioned at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948719

I've read several of the postings and one thing which seemed to keep
recurring was that the video type trying to be played wasn't natively
something XBox supported for playback.

First off, is your X360 completely up to date with online patches /
software like the dashboard updates ? Several iterations have added
more and more native media type playback to the XBox.

Secondly, if the media type isn't supported (for example some DivX
videos didn't used to be) then WMP will need to convert it (transcode
it) on the fly for the XBox.

If WMP doesn't already know how to play that, in all likelihood it'll
barf, and disconnect the XBox, probably resulting in the error you've
seen.

So I guess - do the videos play OK in media player, and if so, what
does it show when you go to play the video then choose File ->
Properties ?

One user mentioned that they'd managed to uninstall Haali media
splitter, which is used for playback of Matroska .mkv and other file
types...

[Dudleymeister]

I have the same problem! I have tried countless different ways to get my 360 to talk to my pc but it just will not play nice! I see the xbox 360 from my network and sharing centre but I cannot connect from the xbox. Neither can I connect to xbox live. The router a Netgear DGN2000 has no trouble finding the xbox and assigns 192.168.0.2 as an IP. Before you all ask I have reset my router I have swapped ethernet cables I've switched my entire system off and rebooted in as many different ways as I can think of. Nothing seems to work for me! However I stumbled on this great forum and found a suggestion I have yet to try. Just one problem! the button is greyed out! you say I need to run this first then restart my pc! When you say "you need to run this first" Run what first?? how do I reset DRM? Help me please!

Windows Vista sp2 had similar problem
360 can see 1 pc Vista and not the other.
First is to share media in WMP tools>options>library>configure sharing.
2 main services need to be running and set to start automatically
go to run type Services.msc press ok
go to
UPnP and Windows media player network sharing service

what worked was I right clicked on UPnP service and restarted.(was running)
bingo.

Other things if you run firewall try disabling, if it works than you know there is is setting to change in firewall

very annoying, I have the same issue, except if i dissable my firewall everything works again. I've tried opening the ports, and alowing the xbox's router IP through and still no soap.
I'm running CA security suite/CA Firewall

Ive read and tryed Almost everything on this forum and nothing has worked. Ive Noticed that my xbox can Detect Windows Media Center but not my pc??? Wth is going on, My xbox has been like this for over a year its just now now i feel like i should really try to fix it but I CANT. nothing i do works!! CURSE YOU COMPUTER GODS!!

[Briantheresearcher]

The Problem

I fought this forever, tried everything that was posted here and elsewhere, to no avail. I just could not get the XBOX to see the PC. I finally figured out what was going on after firing up wireshark (a network protocol analyzer) and staring at the packets going back and forth on the network card.

The problem is that Windows Media Player uses Windows uPNP, which broadcasts device availability from the first IP address it finds. So, suppose you have two network adapters - a wireless adapter and a wired adapter. If the wireless adapter is "unconnected" (not associated with an access point, or associated with an access point on a different network) then uPNP will use that IP address to broadcast device availability and the XBOX will never see it. You'll be able to connect to XBOX LIVE from the XBOX and the PC will be able to see the XBOX and ping the XBOX, but the XBOX will never see any of the uPNP device broadcasts from the PC.

So, to figure out if this is what's going on for you, if you have multiple adapters in your system, make sure that EVERY adapter is connected to the network (subnet) that the XBOX is on. In the wireless case, make sure that the XBOX network has a wireless access point and associate the wireless adapter on the laptop with that access point.

Solution

hey, i was having this same problem and couldnt find anything that could help me out but i think i may have found a solution!!! i really really hope this works cos i know how bad it sucks not being able to hear your music through your xbox. alright so this is what i did, ( i have windows Vista)

Start / Run... type: services.msc then OK

i looked up UPNP and then i right clicked to Properties. I made sure it was Automatic and then i restarted that setting. As soon as it finished restarting the icon for my xbox popped up. hope this works for you guys !! =)

After following the standard networking directions repeatedly to the T - I found that my hard wired xbox was not seeing my Vista pc, even though the pc could see the xbox as they were on the same network. I also, tried opened ports and spent hours trying to get this connection to work and it occasionally would - which is explained quite well above. Before downloading any software, I tried 'heyisforrhios' suggestion. AND IT WORKED! The only confusing thing for me was the start / run thing - at first I thought he was reffering to the DOS prompt was like old school command jargon, but on my Vista I did Start / and in the search typed in services.msc - now the quirky thing was it there were no visible results, so hit enter anyway. Sure enough the list pops up, I scrolled down to UPNP and was a little concerned cause it appeared to be working, however I went ahead and right clicked - it gives you the option to restart, click it. Boom - there is my pc on the xbox. Thanks and I hope this is helpful for others as well. Spread the word there is a way.

[chof]

my head was wrecked over this for a long time till i found a video response on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryWdKh1NBYs

i dont know why it works but it did. i'm using vista. i tried everything to do with firewall, adding ports disabling ect. the computer could recognise the xbox but not the other way round. my old laptop with xp never had any issues...

from network and sharing centre i opened view full map (of the network), then right click on main computer, in this case my laptop and chose manage.

then open services and applications, serivces and scroll down to find Upnp device host, right click it and select RESTART!!!

that simple, the xbox recognised straight away.

[pugetsound420]

thank you guys so much I've spent a lot of effort on figuring this out and restarting the Upnp in the services window worked!

[sdonepudi]

I have found solution to this issue. I have tried for ever to find what the issue is. In my windows 7 machine "Media Center Extender Service" (service name Mcx2Svc) was disabled. I have enabled the service and set startup type to automatic and my xbox found windows 7 machine and every thing started working fine. I hope this will help solving your issue. Only god knows why media center extender service is disabled.

[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

[Akusaa]

I LOVE YOU!!
Thank you, now we just have to be able to play something becouse my xbox can't read my files. But that shouldn't be a problem. You made me a happy girl ;)