Sharing programs on MediaCenter PC and Vista Home PC

[Chris Macklin]

I have 2 computers on my home network one running Media Center and the other
running Vista Home Ultimate.

Is there a way of streaming content from one to the other or do I have to
manually copy programs across first as suggested on the Microsoft site for
viewing on a laptop on the move?

Chris

[Nigel Barker]

Post by Chris Macklin
I have 2 computers on my home network one running Media Center and the other
running Vista Home Ultimate.
Is there a way of streaming content from one to the other or do I have to
manually copy programs across first as suggested on the Microsoft site for
viewing on a laptop on the move?
Chris

There is no version of Vista called Vista Home Ultimate. There is Vista Ultimate & there is Vista
Home premium. Assuming that you do indeed have one of these two versions then you can watch TV shows
recorded on the Media Center PC on the Vista machine. You need to share the recorded TV folder on
your Media Center machine & then browse to that from the Vista machine.
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Cheers

Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
MCE MVP

[Chris Macklin]

You are right, it was late!, Vista Home Premium!

Other than browsing for folders is there not a way to view the programs
available from within Media Centre?

Chris

Post by Nigel Barker

Post by Chris Macklin
I have 2 computers on my home network one running Media Center and the other
running Vista Home Ultimate.
Is there a way of streaming content from one to the other or do I have to
manually copy programs across first as suggested on the Microsoft site for
viewing on a laptop on the move?
Chris

There is no version of Vista called Vista Home Ultimate. There is Vista
Ultimate & there is Vista
Home premium. Assuming that you do indeed have one of these two versions
then you can watch TV shows
recorded on the Media Center PC on the Vista machine. You need to share
the recorded TV folder on
your Media Center machine & then browse to that from the Vista machine.
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Cheers
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
MCE MVP

[Nigel Barker]

Post by Chris Macklin
You are right, it was late!, Vista Home Premium!
Other than browsing for folders is there not a way to view the programs
available from within Media Centre?

Sure, use Watched Folders. For music, photos & videos you can add these via the Media Center
interface. For Recorded TV you need to change some file protections & do some registry edits. All
the details are here http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/06/04/617449.aspx
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Cheers

Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
MCE MVP