2013-02-10, 16:33
Howdy folks!
Looking for some guidance here. I've got what appears to be a firewall rule problem in using the Media Renderer capabilities of Frodo on Windows 7. I've set the "Allow control of XBMC via UPnP" option in Settings -> Services -> UPnP. When I try to play media from a remote device on my local network (laptop, BlackBerry Z10 device, Android device), none of them can find the XBMC instance. I disabled the Windows Firewall temporarily for testing purposes and after doing so, I could then find and play to the instance without issues. As an additional data point, I have Frodo installed on an ATV2 as well, and setting the same option allows me to target that instance without any problem, so there's clearly no functional problem with XBMC, just a firewall getting in the way.
I've done a bunch of research around ports that need to be open (sspd, etc.) and I've tried a bunch of additional rules in the Windows Firewall config, but I just haven't been able to crack the combination that makes it work. I've checked the XBMC Wiki, the forums, and applied my best Google-fu to no avail. Any pointers in the right direction would be most appreciated!
Looking for some guidance here. I've got what appears to be a firewall rule problem in using the Media Renderer capabilities of Frodo on Windows 7. I've set the "Allow control of XBMC via UPnP" option in Settings -> Services -> UPnP. When I try to play media from a remote device on my local network (laptop, BlackBerry Z10 device, Android device), none of them can find the XBMC instance. I disabled the Windows Firewall temporarily for testing purposes and after doing so, I could then find and play to the instance without issues. As an additional data point, I have Frodo installed on an ATV2 as well, and setting the same option allows me to target that instance without any problem, so there's clearly no functional problem with XBMC, just a firewall getting in the way.
I've done a bunch of research around ports that need to be open (sspd, etc.) and I've tried a bunch of additional rules in the Windows Firewall config, but I just haven't been able to crack the combination that makes it work. I've checked the XBMC Wiki, the forums, and applied my best Google-fu to no avail. Any pointers in the right direction would be most appreciated!