Win7 remote media stream access to home media at any time

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This day, sales Xiao Chen found the network manager Xiao Wang and asked him to borrow a mobile hard disk. Xiao Wang said, "My mobile hard disk has not been returned to Xiao Zhang. He said that it will take a few days. What do you want to do?" Say, "I will travel for more than a week tomorrow. I want to copy the disc to the mobile hard disk to watch the disc when I am bored at night."

"Oh, this way, I remember that your laptop and your desktop computer are equipped with Windows7" ​​

"Yeah, oh yeah."

"Then It's simple, I teach you a very simple way, you can also use the notebook to access and use the media files in your home desktop directly in the field, so you don't have to copy the disc to copy it."

"So amazing? Let me know."

Next, enter the demo step:

We want to use the remote media streaming function of Windows7, use this function, A dedicated secure Internet connection can be established between the users' computers so that users can use Windows Media Player to access videos, pictures, music and recorded TV programs between computers directly via the Internet or LAN. Easily enjoy these media files.

First, we open Windows Media Player in your home desktop Windows7, click on the "Media Stream" menu in the upper left corner of the player. Select "Allow network access to home media."


In the dialog that opens, select "Link Online ID" and "Allow Internet Access to Home Media".

In the next dialog box, select "Link Online ID". Note that the online ID here refers to the Windows Live account (MSN account), if you do not have "Online" installed. The ID Provider needs to download and install the program before logging in.

The next step is to log in to your Windows Live account. If you don't have one, you can register for a new account by pressing the "Register" button.

After linking the online ID, it is very easy to start the remote media stream. Click "Allow network access to home media". The operation in this computer is complete, oh, right, you have to add the music, video, and photo files you need to share to the Windows Media Player media library.

Then repeat the setup process on your laptop, of course, need to use the same online ID, and the same need to allow Internet access to home media.

Waiting for you on a business trip to the field, in the place where there is a network, you can open the notebook on Windows7 Windows Media Player → select other media library → select you can see the current home media library All online computers in . Select the desktop of your home, and then click on the "Music, Video, Pictures" and other categories below, you can view all kinds of media in the desktop.

Then you can use Windows Media Player to play media files from a remote desktop like you do locally.

"How, it's that simple, don't have to move the hard drive." Xiao Wang asked after the demonstration.

"Windows7 did not think there is such a function, really good, it would not always under my copy so much trouble, but also to continue to help me in Thunder desktop download set of the series, anyway, I have Adding the download folder to the Windows Media Player media library, it is easy to see the downloaded series in the field. Thank you, I will come back for dinner when I am on a business trip."