Internet Streaming from Windows Media Player
Written by Alan Wednesday, 16 December 2009 08:00
Have you ever been away from home and wanted to listed to a song that’s on a PC that is at home? Or maybe you want to show a photo or video to someone, but it’s on your desktop back at home? Don’t fret, we can solve that problem right now! The answer is Windows Media Player Internet Streaming. Let’s see how to set it up.
1. First, open Windows Media Player. Then click on Stream, and choose Allow Internet access to home media.
2. The first thing you will need to do (if you haven’t already) is to install an online ID on your PC. A great tutorial for doing this already exists HERE. Once you’ve done this, then click Allow Internet access to home media.
3. You should be greeted with the following screen.
4. Now that you’ve allowed access to all the media stored on your desktop PC (or Media Center or wherever you have this stored). The only thing you need to do now is install the online ID on your laptop, make sure you use the same ID and you’re all set to view your photos and video and listen to your music anywhere you have an internet connection.
5. A word of caution for the readers on the geeky side out there: As of this writing, the latest version of Windows Live Online ID (6.5 Beta) interferes with Samba (SMB) servers such as FreeNAS. Effectively, it blocks access to the server. I learned this the hard way and had to uninstall the online ID. For the average Windows user, though, this should be a non-issue.
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