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how to control WMP from another Windows PC ??

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Tony75

Flightless Bird
My media server/player is a Windows 7 PC with WMP setup. Now I want to be
able to control that WMP from a WMP running on another PC or device.

Please note that I am not talking about streaming.

I believe that the functionality that I am after is referred to as UPnP
control point. Can WMP be used as a 'control point'.

I am using Windows 7 on my media server/player and I have Vista on the PC
that I am trying to use as my controller.

On WMP on my media server/player I have specified the option "allow remote
control of my player" (on the stream menu).

On my other Windows PC's, when I look at the network, I can see a reference
to my media, now shared from the first PC. It is listed as a 'media device'.

The problems start when I try to use WMP as my control point on one of my
other PC's. I can find the remote media, and I can stream it such that it
plays on my local PC, but I can't find anyway to get it to play on the remote
PC.

What am I missing? Is there a help page or FAQ for how to do this?
 
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Hot-text

Flightless Bird
Try
microsoft.public.windowsmedia.encoder
to for help

"Tony75" <Tony75@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BB01F217-C3E5-404F-8215-43B50B25BACA@microsoft.com...
> My media server/player is a Windows 7 PC with WMP setup. Now I want to be
> able to control that WMP from a WMP running on another PC or device.
>
> Please note that I am not talking about streaming.
>
> I believe that the functionality that I am after is referred to as UPnP
> control point. Can WMP be used as a 'control point'.
>
> I am using Windows 7 on my media server/player and I have Vista on the PC
> that I am trying to use as my controller.
>
> On WMP on my media server/player I have specified the option "allow remote
> control of my player" (on the stream menu).
>
> On my other Windows PC's, when I look at the network, I can see a
> reference
> to my media, now shared from the first PC. It is listed as a 'media
> device'.
>
> The problems start when I try to use WMP as my control point on one of my
> other PC's. I can find the remote media, and I can stream it such that it
> plays on my local PC, but I can't find anyway to get it to play on the
> remote
> PC.
>
> What am I missing? Is there a help page or FAQ for how to do this?
>
 
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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:43:30 -0600, "Hot-text" <hot-text@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Try
>microsoft.public.windowsmedia.encoder
>to for help


Hot-text please avoid redirecting people there, it's a low trafffic
newsgroup dealing with WME not with player issues, for which this
group is suitable.

Cheers - Neil
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2010
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
 
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Hot-text

Flightless Bird
OK

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:k6jul5h21o3mef0liig9fh690vsrmnlk27@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:43:30 -0600, "Hot-text" <hot-text@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Try
>>microsoft.public.windowsmedia.encoder
>>to for help

>
> Hot-text please avoid redirecting people there, it's a low trafffic
> newsgroup dealing with WME not with player issues, for which this
> group is suitable.
>
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2010
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
 
N

Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]

Flightless Bird
No worries hopefully I didn't sound harsh but it helps to keep ppl
where the actual help is available ;-)

Cheers - Neil

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:06:48 -0600, "Hot-text" <hot-text@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>OK
>
>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:k6jul5h21o3mef0liig9fh690vsrmnlk27@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:43:30 -0600, "Hot-text" <hot-text@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Try
>>>microsoft.public.windowsmedia.encoder
>>>to for help

>>
>> Hot-text please avoid redirecting people there, it's a low trafffic
>> newsgroup dealing with WME not with player issues, for which this
>> group is suitable.
>>
>> Cheers - Neil
>> ------------------------------------------------
>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2010
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2010
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
 
H

Hot-text

Flightless Bird
You are right Neil and not you did not sound harsh!
we cool

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:hfkem5tm2ej34891dssffup3hm3tcj78g0@4ax.com...
> No worries hopefully I didn't sound harsh but it helps to keep ppl
> where the actual help is available ;-)
>
> Cheers - Neil
>
> On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:06:48 -0600, "Hot-text" <hot-text@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>OK
>>
>>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>news:k6jul5h21o3mef0liig9fh690vsrmnlk27@4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:43:30 -0600, "Hot-text" <hot-text@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Try
>>>>microsoft.public.windowsmedia.encoder
>>>>to for help
>>>
>>> Hot-text please avoid redirecting people there, it's a low trafffic
>>> newsgroup dealing with WME not with player issues, for which this
>>> group is suitable.
>>>
>>> Cheers - Neil
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2010
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2010
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
 
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