360 media streaming problem

JihadJesus

I've got my 360 linked up to my laptop to stream music and pictures, but it seems to be very wonky. It works fine streaming the files it can see, but it's impossible to update the folders. So if I add pictures to a folder or create a new sub-folder, nothing happens. They just don't display in the media library folder, even though they're there and the sharing permissions seem to be set up already. This happens with video and music, too. Can I force the 360 to update its library, or set it to do so automatically? I poked around a bit online and it seems like it should be doing that automatically but it's not, and I can't find any setting to change to make it refresh every time or even just update once.

theantipop

What OS/WMP version are you using? Are you sharing through Media Player's streaming/sharing option? If that's the case, try opening WMP and letting it update it's library.

JihadJesus

I'm running Vista. I almost never use media center, so I'm just going through the library connection to my laptop. Maybe I'll try loading WMP and media center and updating their libraries and see if that does it.

devoir

Update your WMP. If it still doesn't work, check nothing has changed about the actual folders the content is stored in. If you're still having troubles, wipe your library and start again.

I have an old headless desktop sitting in a corner that doesn't run anything, but has the media sharing setup. It doesn't require WMP to be running, just the windows media sharing service (from memory). It updates a few minutes after moving content into the checked folders.

JihadJesus

It looks like I can force it to update by modifying the library folders in WMP, but it doesn't update without adding the files to the library manually. I guess that'll work, but it's a bit annoying.