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[pieterknap]

My media files and MC17 are installed on a Windows-7 PC: computer A. Another Windows-7 PC (computer B) is connected to computer A via a regular home network connection. On computer B, I can see and access all the relevant files on computer A.
What I want to do is start MC17 on computer A (so that computer A can play music through the speakers that it is connected to), by executing "Media Center 17.exe" (on computer A) from computer B.
When I try to do this, I get an error message saying that the "A.JRiver Core Component failed to load the product info file: Data\Data Resources\Options.xml" and that I should reinstall the latest version of the program.
Of course, when I do the same thing from computer A itself, everything works fine.   
What am I doing wrong?

[MrC]

How are you launching MC17?  You say on A, but "from computer B".  Can you describe?

Also, can you describe your overall goal here?

[pieterknap]

Sure.
"from computer B":
1. I open Explorer on computer B
2. under "Network", I navigate to the shared folders on computer A that computer B has access to
3. in folder "Media Center 17" (on computer A, accessed from computer B via the network connection) I double-click on "Media Center 17.exe"

Overall goal: get music out of the speakers connected to computer A, launched while I sit behind computer B (in a different room).
At a later stage, computer B will get its own speakers and its own MC17.exe so that I can get that same music out of those new speakers -- but that will take a few months of knocking down walls etc.

[MrC]

Oh, don't do that, unless you've specifically installed a Portable Install on both systems.

Instead, launch the MC17 on computer B, and use Media Server to initiate playback on Computer A.

In MC A
  Tools > Options > Media Network >
     - Use Media Network to share this library and enable DLNA
     - Access Key (will make connecting easier for you)
     - Authentication (enter a user name/password of your choice)

Leave MC A running.

In MC B
  Same thing, but use the same username/password you set on MC A
  Also set - Show playback zones from the server on the client

Now, in MC B, you can select MC A's library (Playing Now > Playing from <select MC A's library under here), and select the "zone" you want for playback.  Send your tracks there (Right Click > Send To > <MC A's zone>.  There are lots of ways to simplify playback this way, but let's start here.

See Also:

http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Library_Server

[pieterknap]

Sounds good, I'm going to give it a try in the weekend (travelling now). I'll be back with the results, and perhaps for more 
Thanks!

[pieterknap]

Finally got to try this out, and it works fine. Thanks a lot.
I'll be back after playing around with it.