Media Center: 17.0.184 (also tried 17.0.182)
OS: Windows Server 2008 R2
I'm a heavy XBMC user, and have been for several years now. Some of the features I see in Media Center, however, have interested me and I would very much like to try it out. I'm having a great deal of difficulty getting things going though...
My media server is a dedicated server running Windows Server 2008 R2 - it shares all of my media, audio and video. After the initial install I designated my
one media related folder via 'Configure Auto-Import', and tagged it with the appropriate media sub type (Movies). I then ran the Auto-Import. Please note that for test purposes I limited the designated folders to one, but I have tried will all media folders on my server and have had similar results.
The Auto-Import seemed to recognize the actual number of movies in the folder, and says that it imported the total (105), but only 1 movie is visible via the media browser. Despite being added properly via the import, I cannot play the 1 movie. When I try I receive an error see below:
When I tried to manually play a movie's video file, either by opening it via 'File>Open Media File...' or by dragging it into MC I receive the following:
The file that was imported was .mp4, the file that I tested playing was a .mkv. I can turn right around and play either file in VLC, without issue.
Here's what I've tried so far:
- I've tested checking and unchecking 'Ignore files previously removed from library'.
- I've ensured that the file types are properly associated.
- I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling (two different versions).
In addition to the above, based on the suspicion that Server 2008 R2 simply isn't supported, I tested an install on my Windows 7 box. I pointed it to same media folders (setup as network shares) and had no issue, which seems to confirm this. So I guess I would just like to see if I'm doing something wrong, or get some sort of confirmation that MC is not compatible with Server 2008 R2.