To be fair, I wouldn't call the update dirty or lacking in QA but they really
missed the boat on this. The guy I spoke with at CES said the questions I
was asking were beyond what normal users get into - I think they tried to
over simplify it and as a result lost some "touch and feel" - if it isn't
working, it is hard to tell why - there isn't a lot of dialog. Also, I spent
a good deal of time this afternoon playing with three computers running 11
and I can not get a single one to connect to another as a client which
contradicts what they told me at CES. I think it may work on Vista machines
but could not see it there because I think the machines were locked down and
the dude I was speaking with didn't know the admin pass and couldn't get it
working or he was just wrong about one computer being able to be a client to
another or did not understand the question. I am able to get my SMC audio
thing to log in to several WMP 11's and pull audio though so keep trying with
your Acer device.


"garcin lazare" wrote:

> dantel wrote:
> > I have a bunch of computers; MCE, XP Home, XP Pro, Macintosh, a NAS
> > running a UpnP server, a UPnP audio device, a Viiv server, etc. and
> > have some questions:
> >
> > Seems like I am reading that WMP 11 replaced WMC, is this really UPnP
> > compliant? a guy at the MS boot at CES seemed to indicate yes but was
> > sketchy on details and had many caveots.
> >
> > Should WMP 11 see my Viiv server?
> >
> > Can WMP be both a client AND server on XP? I was told yes on Vista
> > but got puzzled look when asking about on XP.
> > - Can I share media from one XP machine and go to another XP machine
> > both running WMP 11 and see the shared content in the "client" WMP?
> > there does not seem to be any menu for browsing to see other
> > computers or things such as Viiv server or a NAS running UPnP.
> > Do the new hardware devices from companies like D-Link & Netgear see
> > the shared
> > items from WMP 11? nobody at CES was really clear about that.
> > Any software available that uses a "remote control" TV like interface
> > that will see WMP or UPnP "served" content? I picked up a demo copy
> > of the new version of Nero and it has a nice interface but it is a
> > little funky when accessing content over the network - it needs to
> > "collect" media or run something called Nero Scout which I have not
> > figured out yet.
> >
> > So many cool products that don't work cool together quite yet!
> > I wish there was a Media User Group in the Chicago area!!
>
> WMP11 seems to have broken upnp media sharing, which used to work with WMP10
> and Windows Media Connect 2. Moreover, other Windows based media servers
> have stopped working. I have an Acer 3705 MGW TV with a built in media
> gateway which is now useless. I tried to revert to WMP10 and WMC2, but it
> did not work. I tried to diagnose with Cidero Media Controller, looks like
> WMP does not authorise my devices, despite a correct configuration. I tested
> with no firewalls, and my router supports upnp.
>
> That's one of the most dirty MS update I have experienced, these guys have
> no sense of QA, they dump half baked updates and let us debug. They should
> open a web site where we could bill them for our wasted time !
>
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