Theatre On Second Pc Wont Play Video - black screen and crashes.

[mystic.bertie 23]

I installed Server and Theatre on my htpc, after struggling to connect using Theatre using my laptop, i got help on the forum here, now i have theatre connecting to the server but when i try and play a 20 min xvid video it just gives me a black screen, after 13 min it crashes. Any advice on what the problem may be ??

 

cheers guys

 

[gcw07 347]

Guessing it is permissions or a path problem with your server. Did you use UNC paths?

[mystic.bertie 23]

Guessing it is permissions or a path problem with your server. Did you use UNC paths?

 

Thanks for the reply, im not sure what UNC paths are, is this the path to the folder with my movies in it? On the server config page the path to my movies is like this E:\MOVIES\MOVIES HD

 

I have not shared my media folders so maybe i need to try that.

[gcw07 347]

Yeah that is an incorrect path. It should be something like:

 

\\COMPUTER-NAME\MOVIES\MOVIES HD

 

See this for more information:

 

http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/703-how-to-make-unc-folder-shares/

[mystic.bertie 23]

Yeah that is an incorrect path. It should be something like:

 

\\COMPUTER-NAME\MOVIES\MOVIES HD

 

See this for more information:

 

http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/703-how-to-make-unc-folder-shares/

 

 

EXCELLENT - many thanks for your help, i followed the guide and now i can play movies from my laptop.