The Media Center Sandbox

Hey.

Inside of the Media Center the Media Pleayers cares for playing media.
I have set up an Windows Media Server to provide mms streams.

Now I have an Media Server Multicast publlishing point.

In Windows the Media Player plays it without any problems, but inside of Media Center I only see a black screen. But with Wireshark (a sniffer), I see that my pc receive all the packages.

It seems like the Media Player plays no Multicast Videos inside of Media Center but outside without any problems.

Have anybody an Idea for solution?

regards, tronic

recap:

* A Multicast Stream (MMS or MPEGII TS with Elecard)
* Media Player 11 plays it without any Problems
* Media Center playmedia() starts not the stream (black screen) but the packages are received by the pc


Solution:

Turn off the Windows Firewall and it works fine.
Maybe I find the Port to open it with an own rule. Then I Post it for other People.

regards, tronic

It's probably not a port you need to open, but an APPLICATION you need to allow to access the internet. Check to see if you have 'ehome.exe' or any of the other Media Center processes blocked.

Yes, I agree.

I have added eshell.exe to the Exception list of Windows Firewall.
Now it works fine :)...

The strange: at the first time when I tested with Media Player the Firewall asked me to add a rule. Ia agreed. Thats why it works good all the time with Media Player.

When I tested the first time with Media Center. The firewall asked me not. And a couple of TCP packets came through the firewall, beacause I had a bucking Picture.

Thats why it never entered my head that it's up to the firewall.

regards, tronic