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PS3 vs Windows Media Server - Videos but not Pictures?

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Old 18-11-2009, 7:11 PM   #1
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PS3 vs Windows Media Server - Videos but not Pictures?

Hi,

I have an odd problem here.

I have used Windows Media Player in Vista (and now Windows 7 Home Premium) with no problems to stream my Video content from the PC to the Playstation wirelessly.

I setup the shares in Windows Media Player, and then the PS3 sees the folders.

BUT, for some reason with Photographs I can't get the same thing to work AT ALL. The default shared images and locations are fine, but adding other folders which have loads of .jpg images and I cannot see the shared directories at all even though WMP says they are shared, and they are in the media library.

I am not doing anything different with Videos than I am with Pictures, Videos work, Pictures, I get the default shares and even though I have added other directories they do not appear.

Any clues? I dont think its anything to do with the images, because the paths don't even appear on the PS3 and if I have no Videos in a directory the PS3 will still see the folder, but with pics, no folders but the default share.

Odd..

Edit: Ignore me, the PS3 once rebooted sees everything but I never have to do that with Video.. Bizaaaaaare.

Cheers,

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Old 18-11-2009, 7:32 PM   #2
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Re: PS3 vs Windows Media Server - Videos but not Pictures?

Good you got it sorted. My answer would have been to use Ps3 Media Server

Still would anyway as it looks so much tidier on the XMB as you only see the folders you ant to see not all the silly WMP generated views...
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Old 18-11-2009, 7:40 PM   #3
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Re: PS3 vs Windows Media Server - Videos but not Pictures?

Heh, yeh that's a bit annoying but will stick with what I know.

For some reason my netbook shares for photos still don't appear but its not a big deal.
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