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How to share media of my Philips player for WMP 12?

Published on 2017-08-24

It is possible to share your media, below please see how.

Before you start: Connect your home theater to your home network * Connect your PC to the same home network * Make sure that your PC firewall allows you to run Windows Media Player programs Depending on your version of Microsoft Windows, the screens might look different to the following screens.
1. In Windows Media Player, click the Stream tab and select Turn on media streaming: The Media streaming options screen appears.
2. Click Turn on media streaming: You return to the Windows Media Player screen
3. Click the Stream tab and select More streaming options: The Media streaming options screen appears
4. Make sure that you see a media program in: If you do not see a media program, your PC firewall might be blocking the connection.
5. Select the media program and click Allowed: A green arrow appears next to the media program
6. (Optional) In the same screen, choose default settings or change the name of your media library: Then click OK to exit
Choose files and folders to share: By default, Windows Media Player shares from these folders: My Music, My Pictures and My Videos. * If your music, pictures and video are in these folders, skip this section * If they are in other folders, add the folders to your sharing library