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UPNP Problems between PS3 and PC Using WMP11
Hi there,
I'm trying to use WMP11 as a media server for my PS3. The PS3 will pick up my laptop (XP/SP2) as a media server using WMP11 fine. The PS3 used to pick up my old pc (XP/SP2) using WMP11 fine as well but that PC has some issues where it was freezing. I ended up rebuilding it and re-installing the OS. I installed XP as I was using on the previous build and I used SP3. I got everything rebuilt and working nicely so I could have a media server for my PS3 and then when I tried it the PS3 wouldn't find it. Annoying as I spent the last week doing all this!
I've tried just about everthing I can think of to get it working. Disabled windows firewall, checked the router and can see both the PS3 and PC are connected and listed as active. I even rolled back to SP2 in case the problem lay there. I re-installed WMP11 about 3 times because I was having problems where it was maxing out the cpu. Solved by deleting everything from the library but re-installed anyway. I've checked that all the correct services are running and they seem to be.
Please can anyone suggest anything I might not of thought of. I would be most grateful as I've spent so long setting this up and am out of ideas! thanks
I'm trying to use WMP11 as a media server for my PS3. The PS3 will pick up my laptop (XP/SP2) as a media server using WMP11 fine. The PS3 used to pick up my old pc (XP/SP2) using WMP11 fine as well but that PC has some issues where it was freezing. I ended up rebuilding it and re-installing the OS. I installed XP as I was using on the previous build and I used SP3. I got everything rebuilt and working nicely so I could have a media server for my PS3 and then when I tried it the PS3 wouldn't find it. Annoying as I spent the last week doing all this!
I've tried just about everthing I can think of to get it working. Disabled windows firewall, checked the router and can see both the PS3 and PC are connected and listed as active. I even rolled back to SP2 in case the problem lay there. I re-installed WMP11 about 3 times because I was having problems where it was maxing out the cpu. Solved by deleting everything from the library but re-installed anyway. I've checked that all the correct services are running and they seem to be.
Please can anyone suggest anything I might not of thought of. I would be most grateful as I've spent so long setting this up and am out of ideas! thanks
Having just told someone that you can't do this with the PS3 without using something like Orb I'm just checking if you were able to stream OK with your SP2 or if the devices just detected each other's presence?
Odd, I currently have this working with my PS3 and XP computer at the moment. Under WMP11 I would make sure under sharing library that you have the PS3 authorized or set it to any device can view the files. On my PS3 the computer will not be found immediately either. For some reason I have to have WMP11 running on the computer for a few minutes before the PS3 will find it. I also found that when I ran it as administrator and not my own account (yes my account is an admin) it would work better.
On my Ps3 once it finds it, it would show up as WMP11-<UserName> so in my case it would say WMP11-Jstncase.
On my Ps3 once it finds it, it would show up as WMP11-<UserName> so in my case it would say WMP11-Jstncase.
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Hi, Thanks both for replying so quickly.
MASQUERAID - it used to work fine without "orb" and using xp sp2 wmp11.
Jstncase - I have tried setting the sharing library to "any device can view the files" but it never picks up any devices. I guess this means that the pc is at fault because it's not discovering the ps3? I used to have to have wmp running on the pc when it worked previously on the old pc build aswell but strangely my laptop doesn't need wmp running. I will try running the pc as administrator. thanks for that tip. Am on way to work now so will be tonight. Could this possibly have anything to do with the account that the SSDP discovery service runs under? Not sure what accout it is on my pc but it runs under "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" on my laptop?
Thanks for your help :)
MASQUERAID - it used to work fine without "orb" and using xp sp2 wmp11.
Jstncase - I have tried setting the sharing library to "any device can view the files" but it never picks up any devices. I guess this means that the pc is at fault because it's not discovering the ps3? I used to have to have wmp running on the pc when it worked previously on the old pc build aswell but strangely my laptop doesn't need wmp running. I will try running the pc as administrator. thanks for that tip. Am on way to work now so will be tonight. Could this possibly have anything to do with the account that the SSDP discovery service runs under? Not sure what accout it is on my pc but it runs under "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" on my laptop?
Thanks for your help :)
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-Media server is enabled.
-can ping PS3 from PC
-WM11 has been re-installed and is patched with updates.
-I can't allow the device on WMP11 because it doesn't show up in the media sharing window. With my laptop I get an icon for "unknown device" which is then allowed but there is nothing with the PC.
-Firewall is turned off
-I downloaded the latest system update for the PS3 a couple of nights ago.
-I don't think I can browse to the PC media library from my laptop although I'm not sure exactly how to do it?
-All devices have subnet mask 255.255.255.0 (is this what you mean by subnet?) sorry my networking is a bit weak.
-I have restarted the "Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service" and confirmed it was running again but the PS3 won't pick it up.
I have media sharing back on my laptop (i'd turned it off for testing before because I thought it might be interfering) and the laptop connects fine. The "unkown device" icon showing WMP sharing window.
I was looking at my router and noticed something strange. It shows all 3 machines attached (PC,PS3 & Laptop) but on the Upnp page it only shows the PC and PS3 and not the laptop. This is strange as the laptop is working? I've attaced a file with some screen shots if they help.
PC is 192.168.1.2
PS3 is 192.168.1.3
LT is 192.168.1.4
The Upnp page shows 1 line for UDP from the PS3, 1 line for UDP from the PC and 1 line for TCP from the PC but nothing for the laptop??? Looking at this I would have thought the problem would be reversed and the laptop would not connect to the PS3. As I say my networking is quite weak so maybe I've got this all wrong. Does this help at all?
Thanks again
router-screenshots.doc
-can ping PS3 from PC
-WM11 has been re-installed and is patched with updates.
-I can't allow the device on WMP11 because it doesn't show up in the media sharing window. With my laptop I get an icon for "unknown device" which is then allowed but there is nothing with the PC.
-Firewall is turned off
-I downloaded the latest system update for the PS3 a couple of nights ago.
-I don't think I can browse to the PC media library from my laptop although I'm not sure exactly how to do it?
-All devices have subnet mask 255.255.255.0 (is this what you mean by subnet?) sorry my networking is a bit weak.
-I have restarted the "Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service" and confirmed it was running again but the PS3 won't pick it up.
I have media sharing back on my laptop (i'd turned it off for testing before because I thought it might be interfering) and the laptop connects fine. The "unkown device" icon showing WMP sharing window.
I was looking at my router and noticed something strange. It shows all 3 machines attached (PC,PS3 & Laptop) but on the Upnp page it only shows the PC and PS3 and not the laptop. This is strange as the laptop is working? I've attaced a file with some screen shots if they help.
PC is 192.168.1.2
PS3 is 192.168.1.3
LT is 192.168.1.4
The Upnp page shows 1 line for UDP from the PS3, 1 line for UDP from the PC and 1 line for TCP from the PC but nothing for the laptop??? Looking at this I would have thought the problem would be reversed and the laptop would not connect to the PS3. As I say my networking is quite weak so maybe I've got this all wrong. Does this help at all?
Thanks again
router-screenshots.doc
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