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MEDIA SHARE, ALMOST THERE, I THINK BUT....
I FOUND THIS LINK ON THE INTERNET WHICH HELPED ME AT LEAST SEE THE MEDIA SHARE PICTURE AND MUSIC LINK ON MY DIRECT TV: BUT WHAT IS NOW HAPPINING IS WHEN I CLICK ON SHARE PICTURES OR SHARE MUSIC ON MY DIRECT TV I AM GETTING A RESPONSE "UNABLE TO GRAB CONTENT", OR CHECK YOUR NETWORK.
THE WIERD THING IS SOMETIMES I AM ABLE TO ACCESS MY SHARED MUSIC FILE OR SHARED PICTURE FILE. BUT NINE OUT OF 10 TIMES I AM UNABLE TO ACCESS THE FILES. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH MY NETWORK, THE WAY I AM SHARING FILES. CAN ANYBODY HELP
1. nsure that you network layout is correct by plugging in a computer to the cat5 cable you will put into the Directv DVR
2. Attach network cable to Directv DVR
3. Reboot Directv DVR (red button next to card)
4. Enable and test network using Setup->Network->Connect Now and also Setup->Network->Test
5. Turn on the media server PC and install Windows Media Player 11
6. Open My Computer and share your My Music folder by clicking “Share this Folder” on the left side
7. Turn off Windows firewall
8. IMPORTANT! Open My Network Places and click “Show icons for networked UPnP devices” on the left hand side
9. Reboot Directv DVR again
10. Open Windows Media Player 11 and click the menu under Library called Media Sharing
11. Check the share checkbox and the new devices checkbox
12. You should also see “Unknown Device” in the list and click on that
13. Hit okay and you should now see the Music and Videos option on the Directv DVR menu
Read more here: http://brian.pontarelli.com/2008/01/26/directv-media-sharing/
THE WIERD THING IS SOMETIMES I AM ABLE TO ACCESS MY SHARED MUSIC FILE OR SHARED PICTURE FILE. BUT NINE OUT OF 10 TIMES I AM UNABLE TO ACCESS THE FILES. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH MY NETWORK, THE WAY I AM SHARING FILES. CAN ANYBODY HELP
1. nsure that you network layout is correct by plugging in a computer to the cat5 cable you will put into the Directv DVR
2. Attach network cable to Directv DVR
3. Reboot Directv DVR (red button next to card)
4. Enable and test network using Setup->Network->Connect Now and also Setup->Network->Test
5. Turn on the media server PC and install Windows Media Player 11
6. Open My Computer and share your My Music folder by clicking “Share this Folder” on the left side
7. Turn off Windows firewall
8. IMPORTANT! Open My Network Places and click “Show icons for networked UPnP devices” on the left hand side
9. Reboot Directv DVR again
10. Open Windows Media Player 11 and click the menu under Library called Media Sharing
11. Check the share checkbox and the new devices checkbox
12. You should also see “Unknown Device” in the list and click on that
13. Hit okay and you should now see the Music and Videos option on the Directv DVR menu
Read more here: http://brian.pontarelli.com/2008/01/26/directv-media-sharing/
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