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How to share media of my Philips player for WMP 11?

Published on 2017-08-24

Before you start: * Connect your player to your home network * Connect your PC to the same network * Make sure that your PC firewall allows you to run WMP programs Note: Depending on your version of Microsoft Windows, the screens might look different to the following screens.

3. The first time you run Media Sharing on your PC, a pop-up screen appears: Check the Share my media box and click OK. The Media Sharing screen appears
4. In the Media Sharing screen, make sure that you see a device marked as Unknown Device: Note: If you do not see an unknown device after a minute or so, your PC firewall might be blocking the connection.
5. Select the unknown device and click Allow: A green tick appears next to the device
6. (Optional) Click the Settings button to change settings: The Media Sharing - Default Settings screen appears. Select options for media sharing 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
1. In Windows Media Player, select Library > Add To Library: The Add To Library screen appears
3. Select My folders and those of others I can access, and then click Add: The Add folders screen appears
4. Browse and select folders to add, and then click OK: The new folders appear in the list of monitored folders
5. Click OK to add the folders: The files are added to your sharing library