XBOX 360 and shared network folders

  I've just started experimenting with Media Center 2005 and I've been
having some success.  I've been able to get my Xbox 360 hooked up to it
and play audio and video from the media center computer.  What's
strange is that while I can add network folders to the media center and
play files from those folders locally, I do not see those folders when
viewing 'my video' or 'my music' on the xbox - I only see files that
are local to the media center.  I tried adding the folders via the
xbox, and it cannot find any network shares.  I am running Windows
Media Connect 2.0 on the computer I'm attempting to share files from
and all devices are enabled, and I can play music from those shared
folders via the 'regular' method on Xbox media page - just not through
media center.

Is this just a known limitation - do the media files have to reside on
the media center pc itself?  Is there something else I need to set up
to make it work?  I can move the media over, but I'm dreading it...

thanks in advance,
-matt

 No they do not.

See if this helps you.

How to Setup a Mapped Drive on your MCX with a Domain-based Computer
http://blog.vanosdale.com/PermaLink,guid,5e34c44a-87fd-40f9-ba97-d58292c9f722.aspx

The instructions are more or less still the same with a workgroup based
setup.

--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp

  Yes - I didn't know the password for the MCX1 user, but I was able to
just put in a computername\user for the box I was sharing the files
from and it worked like a charm.  Thanks!

Gary Tsang wrote:

http://blog.vanosdale.com/PermaLink,guid,5e34c44a-87fd-40f9-ba97-d58292c9f722.aspx