PS3 is unable to read files on Windows Vista Media Server
I am facing a bit issue on Windows Vista. I had upgraded to Windows Media Player 11. I also have PS3. I had shared all the content on the network but still PS3 is unable to find those files. Just for testing I had added a laptop on the network. It is able to read the files. The notebook has Vista premium. But somehow PS3 is not able to access anything. I checked my settings in media sharing. By default all things look well, but still PS3 has nothing to play. What should I do.
re: PS3 is unable to read files on Windows Vista Media Server
This is one of the oddest issues I ever ran into. Long story short, I had been receiving issues similar to what was posted above. No other PC's\Devices could see my Win XP machine sharing media. The system event viewer, whenever I attempted to share media through Media Player, would show error messages no attempting to start the sharing service. I somehow fixed this issue, and I think it was a combination of giving the sharing service access to log on as the local system account. The second action was to uninstall Windows Media Player 11 (which actually rolls it back to version 10), and then I re-installed version 11. Here's where things are fuzzy, it didn't immediately work for me. I eventually shut down my PC, and the next day I restarted it. At that time, I started up a second PC on my local network, started media sharing on the second PC, and noticed that my Pc with actual stuff to share was finding network devices and requesting that i share media. From here I checked the event viewer again, and sure enough I wasn't receiving any error's. Sorry I cant be more specific, but I am hoping this helps piece this problem together for anyone else having issues, I know this is pretty darn frustrating..
re: PS3 is unable to read files on Windows Vista Media Server
THIS IS THE ANSWER TO MANY CONNECTIVITY ISSUES: If you cannot see the "unknown device" listed or when you click on "turn on media streaming" and nothing happens, DO THIS:
1. Navigate to: C:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player
2. Delete all of the *.wmdb files
3. Try again.
4. Smile and give praise to the Skoonch