RE: sharing files from my removable HD to xbox360


Mike,
it's fine. im in no rush. i appreciate all your help.
here's what i got.
its a FAT32 file system. and has no security tab. and to answer Chungs
question's, its a WD My Book 160gig. a FAT32 and honestly im not familiar
with the command prompt. i managed to get to the music folder in the prompt
but i wasnt sure how to type a mp3 file out the right way to access the info.
"Mike Poz [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Sherm,

I appreciate your patience in this. I have a few more things for you to
check.

Can you check the properties on your remote drive and make sure it's an NTFS
file system? When you bring up the Properties dialog by right clicking the
drive in My Computer and selecting Properties from the menu, the first page
will say "Type: Local Disc" and right under that "File system:" with the
file system type.

If it's already NTFS, they want me to have you reset the ACLs. Basically
these are access permissions.

If all the music is in a single folder, right click that folder and select
Properties. In the folder properties dialog, click the Security tab. In the
Security page, click the "Advanced..." button near the bottom.

Since this is a home machine, you can probably set anything not already
reading "Full Control" to "Manage", or if you feel generous, set it to "Full
Control".

Then restart your system and check to see if you can view the content the
way you desire.

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Thanks!
Mike Poz [MSFT]


"Sherm" wrote:

Mike,
i had saw that when i was looking at the options so i rated everything a 5.
it still didnt work.

"Mike Poz [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi again Sherm,

One other thing, I'm told that if the ratings for the content is not 2
stars or greater, then the content also won't be shared.

So please check the Monitored Folders... and the ratings on this content.

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Thanks!
Mike Poz [MSFT]


"Sherm" wrote:

that will be very much appreciated.

"Mike Poz [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Sherm,

I'll let the developer who owns Media Sharing know about the problem you're
having and see what results from it.

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Thanks!
Mike Poz [MSFT]


"Sherm" wrote:

hey mike

thanks for the reply

see i did that. now when i click on library then folders, three come up. my
music, shared which are both on c\ then the third is my music folder form the
removable drive. i know WMP see's it but my xbox is only reading the music
from the 1st two folders. it's making me think im not doing something right
but it dosent give me alot of options on the media share. i use to have just
windows media connect and never had any problems with that.


"Mike Poz [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Sherm,

While WMP 11 is running, if you click the F3 button, you'll bring up a
search dialog. There's an advanced options portion that allows you to add
other locations on your computer to the Media Library.

Once you've added the content of that removable drive, you should be able to
let your XBOX 360 access the content via the Media Sharing option in WMP 11.

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Thanks!
Mike Poz [MSFT]


"Sherm" wrote:

so i have WMP11 and from what im finding the only way i can share my files is
through the my media and shared folder. thing is all my music is on a USB
removable drive. Is there a way i can get it to share those too without
having to make a second set of the songs into the shared folder? there's no
reason for me to have all my songs on both drives so i dont want to have to
go that route. any help will be greatly appreciated.
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