Can MediaPortal play movies on a networked server? (1 Viewer)

Kook

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Would MediaPortal be able to view the tv/movies on the WHS connected to my server and then play them?
 

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    Indeed... I've got all my media on a single fileserver [Windows 2000 Server] running on my network.
    I mapped a copule of network drives on my HTTP to the shares on that fileserver and then pointed MP towards those network drives.

    Works like a charm, even with HD [x.264/720p or 1080p] content.

    Peter
     

    Kook

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    Thanks for that :)

    How do I use this option? I'm finding it quite hard to use the settings/config thing :(
     

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    you can also just add a unc path
     

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