Connect PS3 to Windows 7 through WMP 12
I recently installed Windows 7 Professional.
To start with, its great when you compare it to Vista or even XP. In lay man’s term, Windows 7 is blend of Windows XP and Windows Vista.
But enough of talking about Win 7, this post is about connecting PS3 to windows 7 for Media Sharing.
For the folks who just managed to install windows 7 and then attempted to share their media on PS3, you would be getting an error which says
“Access to the Media server is not allowed. It is possible that the system name has not been registered. Check the settings for the media server”
You might have checked the Library sharing setting of Windows Media Player 12, but you ain’t got any Sharing support over there.
Here is the Solution -
Before we proceed I would request you to note down the MAC address of your PS3
You can find your PS3 MAC address in
1) System Setting > System Information
2) Network Settings. (Scroll towards bottom)
Once you note down the Mac address then on your PC go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change Advance Sharing Settings.
Then you need to make sure:
- Network Discovery is ON
- File & Printer Sharing is ON
After that click on Media Streaming options.
Once you are done with it you would see a window of Media Sharing
On the Show devices drop bar, select All Networks
Then you would see some Unknown device / devices.
Double click each Unknown device to see the MAC address of the device. If the address matches your PS3 MAC address then allow that device for media sharing.
Tada.. You would now be able to share your media (If your firewall is not blocking media access)
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Thanks for this. Answered my search perfectly!
Hate how Windows 7 manages this like that…
Quick question. I have an external HDD connected to my PC with all my media on it. I would like to the PS3 to access it however the shared folders do not show up. I had this working before with WinXP but I cant remember how I did it or how to allow network access to my external HDD. Any ideas?
Dear TonyDanz,
Previously the files/folder sharing options for WMP Media Sharing was available in WMP itself. i. Till WMP 11
Since Win7, they have turn it globally. So now if you want to share the folder you have to do as shown in the attached image.
Thanks a lot Yogi! I had the share options turned on for the sub folders but not for the drive itself. After changing the settings it still wouldnt show up but after a quick reboot of both my pc and ps3 everything is working fine now. Cheers
Glad this helped you…
Thanks Yogi,Your instructions worked a treat,you saved me a big headache.Enjoy your cappuccino.
Thanks for the donation. I’m glad this was helpful to you. If you have any other problem please shoot
Thanks a bunch. straight forward instructions.
Hey,
Thanks a bunch it took me two days to set this up without any luck. So again thanks very much.
Thanks, Alot
well, sad to say, this does not work for me… what is weird for me is that the PS3 sees only music videos on an external HD i have on the network… all devices are allowed as you indicate they should be, and like i said, it sees some music vids, but no videos or pix!
Hey Yogi,
Thanks for that but my pc still cannot discover ps3 or wii. My pc is in 1 bedroom and my ps3 and wii in living room its not too far though. My ps3 doesnt pick up the routher which is in the bedroom with pc. I have another modem sitting in my kitchen “airport” for wifi for my ps3. is that causing an issue. i have wlan card installed and pc is working fine.
Please help!!!
Thanks
I have even put my ps3 in the same room as my pc but its still searching and not picking up anything ;((
Please Help!!!
Hi Hammad
I having problem understanding your case. Let me illustrate your problem.
Do you use 2 Modems or There is only one Modem
Hi Yogi,
Yes i use 2 modems. 1 modem router in the bedroom and 1 in kitchen as the one in the bedroom doesnt give signal in the living room.
What is the solution. i have D-link and an “airpor”t. Now my pc has wlan card .
Thanks
Hammad
See if your PC with wlan card can reach your Kitchen router (connected to Modem) then your problem is soleved… Dont connect your PC to your Bedroom router instead connect it to your Kitchen Router.
Once that is done.. You will have same network for your all devices and then you might be able to connect your PC to PS3 for streaming.
All the best. Let me know the result
Hi,
i connected it to my kitchen router now. but how do i look for ps3. I tried to add device it doesnt see. I selected the option like illustrated above “all networks” it only shows. my pc thats all.
Your help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Hammad
Make sure these things -
1 – In your PS3’s Network Settings > Settings & Connection Status List, the SSID is that of your Kitchen’s Modem.
2 – You are able to connect to Internet on your PS3.(Do a Internet Connection Test)
3 – You are able to connect to Internet (using Kicthens Router) on your PC.
4 – Media Server Connection is Enabled in your PS3’s Network Settings.
5 – Your Firewall in not blocking your PS3 ( You may test this by disabling the firewall for a while and then trying to discover PS3).
Thanks Mate its working all Good
. Is there any way i can connect it using both modems as signal in the bedroom is weak now.
Thanks for your help really worked.
I would appreciate if i can have both modems connected. Is there anyway?
Cheers,
Hammad
Using Both the Modems is not possible, as each modem would form its own network.
To increase range though, you can/may use any of these booster antennas, which in some of the reviews have shown to be increase range by 1.5x Check These
Also I would recommend you go through few tips on placement of router, as it helps lot in keeping every instrument connected at proper strength to the assigned router HERE
Hi Yogi,
Got a problem again, when i connect to ps3 it shows windwos pc. then when i go in it shows all the files but when i enter to download them it shows “DLAN error occured”
What is that suppose to mean?
Please Help!!!
Regards,
Hammad
Hey Yogi,
Tried that it does work in a way i can see the files but dlna error occures. on videos it only shows the sample video in the files. I there any special folders i need to select?
What is the solution?
Cheers,
Hammad
Hey,
Is there a way to contact you by skype or by phone.I m sorry to bother you so much but just trying to figure out where i am going wrong:((.
Thanks,
Hammad
Hi hammad,
Did you setup eveything again?
Also give this a try – Put the videos that you wanted to see in the root of your sharing folder. i.e. Dont create Sub folders within that folder.
Anyways my Skype Id, Yahoo Id – “mhatrey”, Gtalk is mhatrey[at]gmail[dot]com. You may add me on skype
Hey Yogi,
Hope you are well; I have got really funny issue. Couple of days ago my system just went frozen and when I restarted it it’s just dead slow. it displays this error message on start up.
c:\windows\system32\dxgi.dll.
Then if I want to restore to an older date there are no saved system restore points saved. I can’t uninstall anything as system can’t create restore point. It’s still running I put my win7 cd in and it says to upgrade but to do that I have uninstall ITunes. That’s the requirement but I can’t uninstall it as system can’t create restore point. Really completely can’t understand what’s going on.
Please help!!
Regards,
Hammad
well, i finally found a solution…. i installed PS3 media server and voila! i can now access my public folders again, which is what i wanted.
hope this helps someone
Glad you worked out your problem.. I had nothing issues against “Other Media Servers” only problem was that they used up plenty of memory.. And Since I always use a laptop I didnt wanted that. So I stick to Windows Media Sharing.
Nice post. Kind of wish this was a bit more obvious in the Windows interface… or that you could edit the name of the ‘Unknown’ device and assign it to the local network…
Hi jjwatmyself
Actually I would like to thank you as you have given me a task. I would try my best to get a answer to your problem. Anyways its really sad that Windows cant recognize PS3 as “PS3 device”. Though Stay tunned I’ll post about your query.
Hi there you seem the man to see wondering if you could help me i have win 7 and for ages i could watch films off my pc on my ps3 but now i get a dnla protocol error 720 it see’s the pc but while i go on it it says there is nothing there i have tried all the ways previously writen but with no luck if you could e-mail me with any ideas that would be great at alistairtungate at yahoo dot co dot uk cheers
Here, Find a solution to change that creepy Unknown Device name
http://www.igoy.in/change-unknown-device-name-of-ps3-in-windows-media-sharing/
SOMETHING is using a lot of memory… a windows share process using 2.4 gigs of memory and 25 up to 50 % of CPU (i have quad core 2.8ghz)…now what is THAT all about?
If you could provide me a screenshot of your Task Manager showing all processes would be better. You may use services like http://www.imageshack.us to upload the photo and then paste the link over here.
Also I would recommend you using “hijackthis” (Google for it), Then running a scan and then showing me the log file would be really useful for me to debug it.
sorry dlna
Hi Hammad,
Most of the DLNA error are due to FIREWALL that is blocking Windows Media Sharing.
I would recommend you to –
# Turn off your firewall, restart PC as well as PS3 (make sure firewall is turned off) then see whether you can read files on PS3. If you are able to then this is certainly due to your firewall and in that case you need to allow “wmpnetwk.exe” or open the respected port it is using. Also make sure your firewall is not blocking UPnP.
# If that doesn’t work then Setup you sharing again. Remove everything from Media Sharing. Disable Media sharing in PS3, Shutdown PC, PS3 as well router and then again try connecting to each other. Once the network is formed (i.e you are able to surf internet on PS3), allow media sharing and make sure it is allowed in your PC.
my ps3 cannnot detect wmp12 nor ps3 media server. in return they don’t detect my ps3. they are on the same network and discovery and sharing and everything is on
There are many possiblities that could lead to this.
Try the suggestion in the reply to Comment number 16
I included my Photo and Songs folders in WMP12 Picture and Song library.
PS3 shows up on the streaming window on the PC under “All Networks” and I also renamed “unknown device” that I see in the streaming window to “PS3″ and gave my media library a name.
The computer and the media library name show up fine on the PS3. But, when I navigate to and click on “All Songs” on the PS3, it states “There are no tracks”. The library plays just fine on the PC and has downloaded artwork from the internet. Don’t know why th elibrary appears on the PS3 but has no tracks.
Both TVERSITY and PS3 streaming software work for me. But, I want to make WMP12 work. Any ideas? Thanks.
Dear Ajanamanush,
I would recommend you make at the most only 2 level directory of your libraries.
What I meant is something like this
My Music >> List of the Folder Albums >> actual song (.mp3)
To proceed with this I would suggest to delete all the created library from your WMP12. (don’t mistakenly delete the files..only their entries from library)
Then recreate your music directory and add them to sharing as shown in the image of comment no.2
Restart PS3 and PC…and see
All the best
Hi Yogi,
I have tried all the steps listed above, but my PS3 is not even listed under the “Show Devices On” section under “Media Streaming Options”. All I see is “Media programs on this PC and remote connections..”
I am able to stream contents of my PC using “Sony Media Plus”, but I want to use WMP12 instead. I was able to stream using WMP 11 when I had Vista, but I have recently upgraded to Windows 7.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Piyush
Hi Piyush
Did you change “show devices on” to ALL NETWORK
Another reason could be a firewall. Make sure your firewall is not blocking the file “wmpnetwk.exe”
Another possibility is that your router has MAC Filter enabled. Make sure you either disable that filter or add your PS3’s MAC address to it so that it wont be blocked.
Let me know the results…
Hi Yogi,
Thanks for the suggestion. My firewall is not blocking “wmpnetwk.exe” and I have also tried connecting after disabling the firewall.
I did try to find the device name by clicking ” All Network”, but nothing shows up. How to do this – “Another possibility is that your router has MAC Filter enabled. Make sure you either disable that filter or add your PS3’s MAC address to it so that it wont be blocked.”?
Thanks!
You need to log into your router’s settings. Then go into your MAC filter settings. If you are using Linksys router than it will be located in “Wireless >> Wireless Mac Filter”
You may log into the router’s settings by entering your network’s gateway address on your browser(PC) and then just entering your network details (username(admin)/network name & network password).
If you dont know your gateway, you can get it by – Go to run, type “cmd” then once in DOS promt (terminal) type “ipconfig”
Now you will get the list of networks and their details. Those detail will contain the gateway address that you need.
Usually it will start from 192.168.###.###
Good luck.. Let me know it helps or not
Hi Yogi,
Hope all is well. I did login to my router settings, but the filter was already disabled.
Now what?
Thanks,
Piyush
Hi Yogi..I tried this and it didn’t work. After I clicked on “Choose Media Streaming options” and then click “turn on media streaming options” nothing happens. It still “media streaming is not turn on” what should I do? please help me..thanks
Hey Speedy..
If you could provide me a screenshot of what you meant.. or were your problem is, it would be better for me to give solution then..
(you may use service like http://www.imageshack.us to upload your screenshot and then paste the direct link over here.
I have everything setup and working but when I try to play DVD movies off my PC it gives me Unsupported Data on the PS3. Will the PS3 not play DVD movies?
Dear John..
Its really disappointing to see that Wireless Media Sharing dont play .VOB files.. Though you may easily play them if you place them on external drive and then plug it to your PS3. All we can do is wait for firmware upgrade to see if anything comes out.
Gracias Gracias y mas gracias
You are welcomed Larry…
Fue un placer
When you say external drive do you mean external DVD? I guess I should have just bought another Xbox
Really is an awesome setup. I have both the PS3 and the Xbox so very disappointing to not be able to use the PS3
By external Drive.. I mean external Hard Disk or USB drives or Flash drives. Both the systems (X360 as well PS3) are best in their own respect. While the debate between which is superior will endlessly continue, I respect both of them.
Considering your PS3 problem, let me once again clear my confusion.
By this you mean, You are playing VOB from your PC Hard disk via streaming on WMP 12 right ?
If yes than, your frustration should be rather on WMP rather than the console.
Well, our alternatives then are,
#1 Convert your VOB files to AVI handler (Divx or Xvid) using http://www.convertvobtoavi.com . *I would suggest you to use PS3 video 9.* @ the expense of Time for encoding
#2 Use software like Tversity etc @ the expense of memory consumption in your PC.
Thank you so much!
Hi there, I’ve been reading up and trying most of what you said (the ones that I can understand in my limited tech knowledge anyway) and I’ve got the ps3 to stream small res videos off my computer ok but when I try to play some recorded tv off my computer the stutters and jerks and doesn’t seem to keep up, if I hit pause for a few secs it will load a small buffer and play fine for another 5 seconds and then stutter again, is there anyway to get this streaming faster? I’ve added the Mac address in the router and turned off Firewall protection and this is where I’ve ended up, i’m not sure how I allow access to the file wmpnetwk.exe and if infact it will even help the matter? Any further suggestions?
Thanks heaps
Chris
Excellent info. Thank you very much, now got my media streaming on ps3 finally.
Hi Yogi,This is off topic a bit,but i am unable to open wmp12 on windows 7.I keep getting “wmp has stopped working”.I,ve tried system restore,i’ve turned it off and on in “turn windows features on or off”.Also i’ve checked firewall settings and it’s allowed.Of course i’m unable to uninstall it and reinstall thanks to microsoft,i’ve run out of eliminations now,wonder if you had a soloution to this.
Hey Tommy..
I would like you to install System File Checker and then check for any corrupted system files. Do all this in a Clean Boot.
Also most of such error causes due to some thirdparty codec packs that have been installed. I would suggest you to uninstall all Codecs (even those that were installed while WMP was working) and other related players..
let me know the outcome…
thank u very much really appreciate this
Hey,
I have done everything that you recommend. My problem, however, doesn’t seem to be covered by that. You see, while I have easy access to my video files on the PS3, I can’t get access to my library under the tab “all music” on the PS3. However, I am able to find my music files if I take the detour of going opening the folder option on the PS3 interface. In other words, it looks as though my music library is not able to load properly or I don’t know what… Can you help?
Hi Oliver,
You are facing this problem because your Windows media library is not properly setup on your PC. You need to create your library properly in your WMP and then you will see. But Folder options is what I always prefer.
Yogi, Thank you so much. This tutorial worked great for me, no problems what so ever. Thanks for making it detailed, yet still simple and easy to follow. (The screen-shots were also a huge help).
Keep up the good work your doing here!
-Phantom
hey i cant even get my playstation to register under the device list i have turned off the firewalls and made sure that the media sharin is turned on and then restarted both of my systems and still nothin do you have any suggestions or a quicker way to my computer connected to my playstation
This worked great for me. Thanks a bunch Yogi!
Thank you SO much! I was having such a hard time with this! Now my PS3 works perfectly!
The unknown device does not show up and I have the computer hooked to PS3 via ethernet cord
I store my videos on an external hard drive and stream to my PS3 straight from the drive. Streaming used to work perfectly, but for some reason a week ago anything new that I added to my video folder stopped showing up on the PS3. All the old stuff still shows up though. It’s quite a conundrum
If I could get some sort of poke in the right direction, I would be grateful.
Thanks!
Hi Yogi I have the same problem that Chris posted above:
“Hi there, I’ve been reading up and trying most of what you said (the ones that I can understand in my limited tech knowledge anyway) and I’ve got the ps3 to stream small res videos off my computer ok but when I try to play some recorded tv off my computer the stutters and jerks and doesn’t seem to keep up, if I hit pause for a few secs it will load a small buffer and play fine for another 5 seconds and then stutter again, is there anyway to get this streaming faster? I’ve added the Mac address in the router and turned off Firewall protection and this is where I’ve ended up, i’m not sure how I allow access to the file wmpnetwk.exe and if infact it will even help the matter? Any further suggestions?”
I use a Linksys wrt610N router. WMP12 streaming is set up and works, but there is a pause about every 30 seconds when I stream music and video. Lots of DLNA errors popping up on PS3. Signal strength is usually between 70% and 90% from router so I don’t think that is the problem. Any thoughts on what could be causing the pauses during the music, videos, etc. I’ve tried disabling firewalls but this hasn’t seemed to help (could it even be a firewall issue when it is receiving the info. it just isn’t constant?).
Thanks for your help and this forum, it’s been very helpful.
Dan
Hey Dan, Do to frustration with streaming with wireless I have resulted in running a cable under the house to the PS3 after getting no where with the wireless, The cable lets me watch recorded hd tv without jerking, the only problem I have now is that I have to watch it like normal TV, if I try and fast forward or rewind the system hangs and you can’t do ANYTHING with the PS3 for the next 4 mins or so then it skips to somewhere random in the program.
Chris
Hey Chris, I seem to be having the same issue that you once had. My wireless connection can support web browsing, PSN downloads, and online gaming just fine. But when it comes to streaming videos, it lags and becomes very jerky after a few minutes until I get an error or get disconnected from the wireless network.
When I get the chance, I’m going to try wiring the PS3 with an ethernet cord to see if that helps the video streaming.
I was just wondering if anyone else has had this same issue, and if going the “wired route” fixed their problem.
Thanks for reading,
-PhantomKing5
Hey all!
anyone resolve the fast foward issue? ON PS3 can’t fast forward when streaming from Windows 7 Media Center (freezes for a few minutes). Works fine when streaming to another Windows 7 machine, only problem on PS3. PS3 and client Windows 7 are both wireless, so it should be a wireless issue. All access the Internet and local network fine.
Well done Yogi, nice piece of work!
I have got it working, and can see all the directories and subdirectories, but not the files in it.
My guess is this is some type of permission problem, any ideas.
Regards James
tried all of the above for connection to server both ways. Nothing pops up…
are you completely updated on the ps3 updates btw? God I love microsoft…
Thanks man… finnally connect my pc to ps3 woohooo thanks a lot
Chris,
Thanks for the heads up. I’ll give that a try. My brother actually had the same problem you are having now that you are hardwired with rewinding and things of that nature in addition to the PS3 not showing all of his file types when he used WMP12. He said he switched to PS3 Media Server and it solved all of those problems for him (I think he is still wireless too!). I’m going to try PS3 Media Server before I hard line it and I’ll let you know if it solves the pausing problems in addition to the rewinding.
hey yogi
your instructions were awesome. but theres one thing. i have a lot of music i downloaded and also ripped from cds on my computer but my ps3 only recognizes 4 songs that originally came with the computer. do you know why this is and how i can get them to show?
I’m having the same trouble with the fast forwarding and rewinding- but no buffering issues, thankfully. We have the PS3 wired straight through an ethernet cable, but the Windows 7 machine is wireless. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated!
Hey Yogi,
First and foremost I must thank you for illustrating how to connect the PS3. I am able to see the media that is on my C drive, but not the ones on my D drive. I have shared all my drives and don’t have any firewall running. Please help. Greatly appreciate. Thanks,
I get no folders under music >Media Player>Music and it says No Tracks!! But I get photos and videos showings?? I even tried just using one music file in one directory. No Tracks !! still. I got folders shared and device allowed as well.
hi man,i set up a connection as you wrote on here,worked a treat..but this is how dumb i am,where would be the files on my pc to send to ps3,on ps3 it shows folders,music,vid etc that are on my pc,but i cant find the folders on pc to keep media,any help appreciated.
thanks for the help
oops win 7 im on
Hello, it works perfectly but i have to restart the media sharing service every time i want to connect from the PS3.
Do you have any idea why?
Hi,
Great tutorial, connect my ps3 and my windows 7. but when i opened my files on the ps3, i could only see some of them. went back to the computer and noticed that the files i could not see where divx files i downloaded from the internet. they all have the icon on files where the computer doesn’t know what program to open it with, with a little lock symbol down in the corner. the funny thing is, i can play these files no problem on my computer, and i’ve downloaded other files that are exactly the same from the same internet site, and those run just fine on the ps3. so i’m wondering if maybe something with the settings on the filse on the computer is making them unrecognizable. is there something i can do?
again, great job on this tutorial!! very helpful.
You’re a god to me
Hey yogi if pos i need help and if you can make it as simple as pos as im very new to windows 7. I have had my ps3 accsessing all films,music and pic on hard drive (not nessesary windows media) with no problem but then also networked my mac with ps3 which works fine. But now i can see my pc even if mac is switched off.I followd youre steps above and cant see it on my media devics.Any help would be great.
I have set this all up as you have listed at top. Still getting the connection error on the PS3. It sees the media server but cant connect. I have firewall and virus turned completely off. Any suggestions?
Hi Yogi.
I have this problem.
I followed the steps provided by you on Eset Smart Security and PS3 Media Sharing.
And now, my PS3 shows my Computer’s name followed by the logo Windows Media Player.
However when I clicked on it, the problem in this page occurs. And so I followed your steps all the way until the ‘All Networks’ area and tried to find the unknown device that you are talking about but none appears. There is only 3 and all of them do not have the corresponding MAC address of my PS3.
I even followed an advice you said to someone by checking if Mac address is being blocked in my 2Wire router and it is not.
So what should I do now? I am so close to completing this. Please help.
I got my PS3 connected with WMP just fine with no problems. The issue it that my PS3 isn’t recognizing any of the media files on my computer, it says there are none.
Hi Yogi,
I’ve the following problem:
On my PS3 I can find my PC there I can go to music->folders->E:\ drive (which is the drive I shared) -> MP3 (the folder that contains my MP3s
however in that once in that folder the PS3 can only see one subfolder (an album) with only one of the songs in that folder.
why is that?
thank you in advance
Hi Yogi, I tried everything posted, and i still cant pick up a media server, i search for it and i get No Media Servers Found, and i have done everything on this page, I am connected to one modem, and would be doing this off my Laptop, i have gotten the connection before, but it goes away, and ive watched videos off my laptop on my ps3, but the the connection goes away again. i See the MAC Addresss and they are the same. please help