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Media share not available anymore
Until today I have always been able to access the media files on my pc thru my DTV receivers.I would click menu and there would be a selection saying"photos,music,video"Today that selection is not available on any of my 3 HDdvr boxes.I have had the same router for a year now and it has always allowed access to my pc from the dtv boxes.Any suggestions?
| Major city/state near you: | Charlotte,NC |
| ZIP Code: | 28625 |
| Receiver Manufacturer: | DIRECTV |
| Receiver Model: | HR24 |
| Date/Time/Duration of problem: | 11/25/11 |
| Channel(s) where problem is occurring: | na |
| Do you have a Single Wire Multiswitch?: | Yes |
stehle_1
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13 years ago
Okay, I'm a nube, but will take a shot...
Router could have problems if running the network wireless; age doesn't matter with them.
I am disabled and knock stuff loose all the time. Some time just a reboot works; can't hurt.(HD DVR & than PC's also.)
I have only had that disappearing selection problem with things that radically affect the PC or have them off.
Sorry I couldn't do more as that would surely tick me off too!
I suppose someone with better Media Share skills will be along shortly.
Good Luck!
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lowessnipe
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13 years ago
router's fine since I can still access internet for on demand.
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stehle_1
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13 Messages
13 years ago
Hmm... sounds software or permissions related, but if its not a hardware issue I can't think of anything right now. Truly a mystery here though too.
Perhaps one of the Media Share Wizards in this forum will solve it. (I need to know too now!)
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dcd
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13 years ago
Any suggestions?
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lowessnipe
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13 years ago
just bought a new security suite.thats what the problem was.after disabling it,media share function worked again.now just have to figure out how to configure this firewall to allow media share.
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dcd
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13 years ago
Generally speaking if you play a song in Mediashare (so that program flow is active) and enable the firewall at the same time, the firewall will see the Mediashare as friendly and allow it.
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lowessnipe
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13 years ago
I temp disabled firewall,rebooted hddvr,selection for music,photos,video reaapeared.I selected some music and started playing it.as it was playing i renabled the firewall.made it through that 1 song but then got message saying folder empty which it isnt.I also tried the firewall in the teaching mode forcing me to give permission for media share which i di and told it to remember my action.now the music,photo,video selection just says unable to access media
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fragile
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13 years ago
I'd say you need to configure that firewall manually for the Windows Media Player process, I think its called wmpnetwk.exe.If you security suite has logging, look through there to see what parts are being blocked.
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