2014-01-31, 04:27
I am sorry if this is posted somewhere, but I have done a lot of searching and cannot figure out what is happening. I am not sure if it is a windows issue or an XBMC issue. Anyway, here is what is happening. I have my videos stored on my PC in my home office running windows 7 64 bit. I have followed this guide and set everything up as shown. On my HTPC, I am running windows 8. In XBMC, I can see the folders that I am trying to access, but I get a message saying "UNABLE TO CONNECT: Could not retrieve directory information. This could be due to the network not being connected. Would you like to add it anyway?" Then a yes or no response box.
My setup for networking has a router directly off my modem. There is a switch that goes to the office computer (where my shared folder is). The HTPC is running directly from the router and is where i am trying to run XBMC. Is this the correct way to wire the network? I could bypass the router altogether with 2 gigabit switches but I don't think that is a good idea for security reasons and I am not sure if this is the problem.
Maybe a port needs to be opened on my router? Any help I can get would be appreciated!
My setup for networking has a router directly off my modem. There is a switch that goes to the office computer (where my shared folder is). The HTPC is running directly from the router and is where i am trying to run XBMC. Is this the correct way to wire the network? I could bypass the router altogether with 2 gigabit switches but I don't think that is a good idea for security reasons and I am not sure if this is the problem.
Maybe a port needs to be opened on my router? Any help I can get would be appreciated!