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How to Set Up an Xbox 360 Media Player

The Xbox 360 can connect and stream media from several Microsoft devices and programs, including the portable Zune media player and Windows Media Center. Another program capable of streaming media to the Xbox 360 is Windows Media Player. After a fast configuration process, the Xbox 360 can access all of the music, movies and pictures stored on your Windows Media Player computer.

Things You'll Need

Ethernet cable

Instructions

- 1
  Turn off your Xbox 360 then connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port positioned on the back of the console.
- 2
  Connect the opposing end of the Ethernet cable into your Windows Media Player PC. The hook-up allows your computer and Xbox 360 to send and receive data between each other.
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  Open Windows Media Player on your PC and turn on your Xbox 360. Once your Xbox 360 is powered on, your PC will recognize the link between the two devices and a local area network notification may appear in the taskbar, which you can ignore.
- 4
  Choose the "Library" button then select "Media Sharing" to open a new window, which will allow you to modify sharing settings.
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  Click the box corresponding to "Share my Media" to enable media sharing between devices on the network. A dialogue box will appear asking you to confirm the action.
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  Select "OK" from the resulting dialogue box.
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  Click your Xbox 360 in the "Share my Media to:" box of the "Media Sharing" window then click "Allow."
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  Go to the Xbox 360&'s dashboard.
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  Navigate to "My Xbox" then scroll to either "My videos," "My Music," or "My Pictures" and select it. A source selection option will appear.
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  Choose "Computer" from the source selection list. You will then be able to browse and stream your desired media from Windows Media Player.

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