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Need help with DLNA please!

I am trying to set up DLNA. I have the network settings done and I am connected to it and can see my computer from the phone. However I cannot browse files. I get an error message "Browsing of folders failed" and I believe that I need to have some sort of DLNA software on my computer. Is this correct, and, if so, what software do I need? I am running Windows 7 x64.

Thanks!

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SSuicidal6

Just need to download latest version of Windows Media Player which added support for DLNA.

Once installed ... do this

Turn On Media Sharing

If media sharing is not already turned on, you need to turn it on.

To turn on media sharing

Click the arrow below the Library tab, and then click Media Sharing.
In the Media Sharing dialog box, select the Share my media check box.

Ringo123

Hi these instructions seem to be for WMP 11 and I have WMP 12. It's a bit different on 12. However I found some links online and now I can use my PC to play music on my Droid X. However the Droid X does not seem to see the PC. It just sits there when looking for Media Servers but never finds one. And that is the most important thing as the reason I am doing this is so I can move files between the Droid X and my PC wirelessly and I can't do it now. So I am not sure what to do next!

Thanks

Ringo123

UPDATED

OK I GOT THE DROID X TO SEE THE PC when I go through the DLNA app itself instead of Media Share. I was hoping to get the phone to show up in Windows 7 as a drive wirelessly but it does not seem to do that. How can I connect wirelessly to my PC and have the Droid X show up as a drive?

Thank you!

Ringo123

UPDATED 2

OK I seem to have gotten the phone to see the computer. It easily connected to my video and my pictures folders and I could move files. I am waiting for it to scan my music folder which is very large. It's taking a long time. Hopefully it does not have to do this every time.

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