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Windows Forum / Windows Media / Devices / March 2006Windows Media Connect & Windows Server 2003
Is there any way to get Windows Media Connect 2 to work with Server 2003 or will there be a version for it? I store all my music (13+ Gb) and pictures (4+ Gb) on a Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition system. I'd like to be able to stream music and view slideshows on my Xbox 360. I've found no way of getting Media Connect to work on the machine. I was able to install it using the instructions for installing on WinXP x64. The problem is folder sharing isn't started, and won't start because there is no "upnphost" service. Is there any way to "rip" the UPnP service out of Windows XP and add it to the server or will this be something available in a future service pack or Longhorn Server? Justin The lack of support for UPnP on Windows 2003 server is the only reason that WMC doesn't work there. It isn't a problem with WMC, but rather with the lack of UPnP Support. I'm hopeful that the server version of Vista will include support for UPnP, but of corse I can't promise anything. There isn't any way (well, no way that is supported or wouldn't violate the License Agreement) to put UPnP on 'Windows 2003 Server. Sorry,  SignatureAlan Ludwig Lead Software Development Engineer Windows Core Operating System Microsoft Corp. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > Is there any way to get Windows Media Connect 2 to work with Server 2003 > or [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Justin Hello Alan, Is there any not supported way to do that ? I had to install Windows 2003 Server (in fact a 2000 Server would have worked too) because of my needs of installing Apple services. I have bought an audio gateway which works well with MM Jukebox, but it is not very stable in v10. I would have liked to install Media Connect. I have tried to change the compatibility mode (in Windows XP) but alas, the setup ask for SP2 !!! Please help ! Eric > The lack of support for UPnP on Windows 2003 server is the only reason that > WMC doesn't work there. It isn't a problem with WMC, but rather with the [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Justin There is no support for UPnP on Windows Server 2003. Because of that WMC will not work there. Sorry, SignatureAlan Ludwig Lead Software Development Engineer Windows Core Operating System Microsoft Corp. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > Hello Alan, > [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >> > >> > Justin Hello Alan, Well, that is what I understood, but I thought there could be a solution... Even a very little one... :'-| Thanks Eric > There is no support for UPnP on Windows Server 2003. Because of that WMC > will not work there. [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > >> > > >> > Justin Alan, What is the difference between Windows Media Connect and Windows Media Server included in the Win2003 package ? B.R. Eric > There is no support for UPnP on Windows Server 2003. Because of that WMC > will not work there. [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > >> > > >> > Justin My SBS is on 24/7 and all my media is on my NAS but to stream it to my x-box I have to start another computer? What a ludicrous situation. Well, I have installed TwonkyMusic and it works well ! This is the best UPnP server I have found (maybe not better that MediaConnect, but MediaConnect does not work on my Server 2003 so I do not know) and it works with samplers in a different way than "common" albums, so there is not a lot of artists with just 1 title in the list... TwonkyMusic is about US$14 for 1 year of updates and US$19 for life time of updates. It is not free, but the quoted characters are well displayed on my Noxon (it was not the case with MusicMatch Jukebox) and sometimes MMJ used to hang. Twonky is quite smaller (like a real service should) and you can manipulate the rendering to the audio gateway. So you can use MMJ v10 too, it is free but quite bigger and not very good as a service. I hope this will help. Eric > My SBS is on 24/7 and all my media is on my NAS but to stream it to my > x-box I have to start another computer? What a ludicrous situation. |
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