mart360

Well ive followed MS's instruction,s downloaded wmp11 followed the instructions, highlighted my 360 and ... diddly squat. ive opened udp & tcp ports and nada nothing ZIP!!!!


Ive downloaded Zune and done the same. still sod all,

now is it me, or do they really get a perverse kick from telling you crap?


Zune....
Asks for media library name? WTF what is that? is it the directory where i store my MP3's? if so why not ask for that? i,m not a lemming who cant think to create my own directory where i want to store tunes, a library is where you go to get books ffs

Asks me to "log on with your primary account" ok, now is that my windows pc account, in which case its admin, is it my hotmail account, which is an email address, or is it my xbox live account? FFS why dont they say exactly what they want .... GRR they're always banging on about security and passwords, now they cant even clearly identify which bl**dy data i need to provide.

then i have to potentially specify TCP & UDP ports.

MS WTF are you doing!!!!!! its your bl**dy OS & your console, so why is it so Feckin difficult to link the two together ???


WMP11

"Share media as?" as mp3,s you stupid programme, what do i want to share them as?, bottle tops? FFS

and whats the purpose of the bl**dy i.d number i had to write down????

the programme never asked for it once...


anyone else had this trouble linking the two together?


if you didnt .,...... how the fckuk did you do it?



Mart

chrisowe

When you goto WMP11/more options/configure sharing is your 360 listed and is 'allowed' ?

mart360

yes its there as a generic 360

although i,m again confused as to what should be in the "share media as" box on the settings page

Zune on the other hand lists my xbox with its serial no


which one should i use, or morevover which one works?


Mart

mart360

Its stupid, all refer to primary and secondary accounts, NSS acounts and user accounts WTF are they on about.

I thought it was meant to be plug and play,


how many fking accounts, passwords permissions and users do i have to create to stream music FFS

seriously getting the hump with this bloody system


Mart

chrisowe

How many user accounts have you got on your computer? I've only got the one. Is there a green tick next to the Xbox?

mart360

Depends what you mean by accounts....

i have my main pc login for my admin rights.

my wife has an acc but never uses it

i then have my hotmail account,

i have my xbox live account


and yes there was a an xbox with a tick next to it, and it did sod all the xbox still claims it couldn't find the pc, strange when it uses the router to link to live!!

i had similar in zune, but it showed the xbox with a serial no as well


ive deleted WMP11 & zune and started again.

now i just get white boxes where the xbox should be.


Ferk i hate so called simple stuff

mart

StickyMicky

try and find ms "media connect"

its much easier to use (ms stopped offering it on the webpage but others still mirror it)


i got nowhere fast with zune

mart360

Got it, installed it.......



and nada it still cant see the sodding xbox360

wtf is going on.... how can it be connected and accessing live via the router yet the main pc in the house cant find it, and it cant find the computer

Mart

bob269

I've not connected mine so this is only a suggestion, but did you set things up on the 360 end.

In the 360 media blade, select media center and follow instructions.

mart360

Media blade has to be a joke

Quote" use this code you will need it when you install the software" unquote


still waiting after 5 or six installs to be asked for the code HAHA

and it does nothing ...... how can i see whats going onscreen, when i,m installing software in the other part of the house?


and the media centre bit dosent work, and the detect computers bit on the other part of the media blade does sod all also


Mart

davecweed

I use media centre to link up the pc and 360, but you have to make sure you have the media share box ticked in the settings on mp11, make sure your firewall isnt stoping the join.

Mogsi

^^ As above, what firewall are you running on the PC ?

DJ Dunk

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I'm guessing that you're using wireless . . . good luck I gave up with that after having similar problems.

I hardwired mine in the end, drilled out of the wall ran a cable outside and into upstairs where the PC/router is. Works flawlessly now Once it works media centre is great

StickyMicky

what router are you using??


mine simply would not work with the bt home hub
used an old bt speedtouch and it worked fine afterwards!

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

There are instructions online to set up the Home Hub. All pretty easy.

I have mine linked via Wifi using my DG834G router. works great via direct link or using orb. streams fine.

StickyMicky

yup i tried them but the instructions made no difference to my hub, it also set my "nat" to strict after 2/3 days

all hubs should be sent to hell IMO

currently got one to sort out at the parents house, where it randomly stops allowing the laptops to connect, just because it feels like it

RB5-Black

sorry to hear your having so much bother with this

I must be one of the few that got both my 360's to work with my XP machine and my Vista one straight out of the box.

I'm using a Netgear router and set it up via the info on portforward.com. PC's see the xbox on the network then I check the box to allow access and that was it !

mart360

Its a netgear dg84 whatever router.

netgear ethernet bridge/ wireless on the 360

comodo firewall

portforwarding? dont make me laugh.... its a myth by netgear

tried it either it dosent work, or the runes/ planets/ days of the weeks arnt in line

the ports identified are scant to sya the least, are they single ports? ranges of ports?

the portforwarding site 's instructions for portforwarding dont match the router, and i,m not paying £40 notes for abit of SW to do it for me

anyone got an idiots guide

for infor i have a wireless lappy and a pc on the router, pc is hardwired

i want to ad the 360 as another wirless conection.

if connects to live ok

Mart

chrisowe

What version of Windows?

RB5-Black

My setup:

XP SP2 machine with WMP11. My Netgear DG834 router had the Xbox live ports open for my Xbox ( created a static route IP for the 360)


in the sharing menu when I started the xbox on the network withthe PC on and attempted to connect to windows based PC it popped up in the allow/disallow list and I checked the box. Sorry I can't be of more help but that's all I did.

bob269

I assume you have these updates installed

Xbox.com | Xbox 360 Media Download Center

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

My guess is your problems lie with the games bridge. using the MS one makes it a doddle. sorry that's all I can help with

mart360

Nope not the games bridge i would appear my poxy pc cant see the xbox even when connected vie ethernet.

hmmmm


any ideas folks


Mart

mart360

Update,

managed to get zune to find the xbox but had to hardwire an ethernet cable in to the box.

it still wont find anything via the ethernet bridge, yet strangely enough it will connect to live ok ? go figure!!!

For all window so called simplistic p&p approach, it fails miserably with networks...


what could be so difficult, two wireless components, and a hard wired pc

i have reflashed the EB back to standard, and given it a static address of 192.168.0.9 but the xbox is now having a paddy and wont allow me to link to live, it says the ip address is nok


i,l put it back to dynamic tommorow and start again.


then i,ll have to sort out the lappy as thats had a hissy fit over the wireless..

why they cant print the mac codes visibly on the lappy, it would make identifying the wireless stuff a lot better.

are there any utilities out there for setting up a network, that take all the aggro out of working out if the SW programmer has got out of bed the wrong side, and made trying to access any of his so called setup ultilitys futile


Mart

InvisibleMan

tried this lastnight without success. So all you need is a pc connected to router which is connected to xbox. Have a media folder shared on pc then go on xbox and connect to pc?
I opened wmp11 clicked on media sharing then ok on the popup box, doesnt look like it worked but how would i know...then im supposed to go onto xbox and search for pcs, which im guessing is supposed to find that shared folder...

STi wanna Subaru

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Yeah pretty much that.

mart360

Well i had another go tonight, nothing nada zip


so i went back to basics, and found that the ethernet bridge is kaput, it wouldnt even talk to my pc when plugged in directly for setup purposes (despite being reset several times)


So i had a bit of therapy, and smashed the fcker to bits with a hammer

oh well i suppose i will have to get the MS one now


MArt

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