zachd
Fri Mar 21 09:48:36 PDT 2008
Yeah, I finally tried using my PS3 to do this, and it was really
finicky/failed a lot. It worked like a champ on the xbox 360, though.
Given everything else, I'm thinking there's some issues with the PS3 here
that Sony might want to look into. =\
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"Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> The date and time was 3/8/2008 6:11 AM, and on a whim, Ian Bethell pounded
> out on the keyboard:
>
>> Hi, I have managed to set up sharing to my PS3, and most of the files
>> that my Vista Business x64 PC has within the "My Music" or "My Videos"
>> folders work... but I have several folders full of Audio on another
>> computer running XP Pro....
>>
>> I access these music files through my Vista machine that has a Network
>> drive mapped to my XP machine, and also has the offline files set up so
>> that I can still play the media and synchronise to the XP machine when
>> it's switched off...
>>
>> So, basically, I need to know how to grant access to the PS3 to READ this
>> offline folder.
>>
>> Can you simply SHARE a mapped offline network drive within Vista?
>>
>> Any other solutions?
>>
>> I hope i've explained my requirements fully.
>>
>>
>
> Hi Ian,
>
> I tried unsuccessfully to get a PS3 to find shared folders in XP. It's
> supposed to be a simple process, but for some it's impossible.
>
> You have to have WMP11 on the XP machine. In Services, SSDP Discovery
> Service needs to be running along with Universal Plug and Play Device
> Host. Also a wired network connection works better than wireless.
>
> I finally wound up using TVersity, and instead of having it Auto Detect
> devices (which it didn't to), I specified the PS3. Then the PS3 found the
> Shared folders I set up in TVersity. At least for me, that's what it took
> to solve a simple process.
>
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