windows 7 - Streaming media content from my PC to my Sony Bravia KDL-48w600b

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2014-07
  • Jason M.

    I'm currently streaming video through hdmi but I'd like to set up a home server to host all my media files so that I can access them on all my devices. My TV is the only thing I don't know how to see the files. I've done a couple different network sharing options through windows 7 but I can't see the files on my wifi connected TV (Sony Bravia KDL-48w600b)

    How can I set up my computer so that my TV will see the files?

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  • Simon Hartcher

    I have Windows Media Player set up to stream video to several devices in my apartment. I had recently run out of space so I purchased an external drive to store my videos/music etc.

    I can add the media to my WMP library and play it locally without issue. As soon as I try to access the media from another device that supports media streaming (Media player or another PC) only the media stored on a fixed drive is available.

    Is there a way to enable media sharing from a removable drive or somehow trick WMP that the media is stored on a fixed drive?

    I tried setting up a SymLink linking a directory on the fixed drive to the removable one but with the same result.


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  • Scott McClenning

    I don't know if this is different than a symlink (I've mainly used Junction Points), but have you tried adding the external drive's partition to windows using a path? In Computer Management | Disk Management | right click over the partition and select Change Drive Letter and Paths | then choose Add or Change, there you can select Mount in the following empty NTFS folder.

    The second option is mount the disk using iSCSI. Windows has a iSCSI initiator, but I've only used FreeNAS to make an iSCSI target. When I did this, it looked like a local drive, but I didn't attempt anything with media player library.

    I hope one of these work for you.