Win7 - NAS - Libraries

Kev M

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I'm just starting out with Win7 and I'm trying to get my xbox connected through windows Media Centre so that I can play films from my hard disk. Everything seems to be connected but I'm having problems getting films into the library.

At the moment my films are on a NAS drive which the PC can see fine but I can't add them to the library. I've been through the reasonably helpful help files and it says that if I can't add files from a NAS drive to the library then I need to make these files available off-line. It's my understanding that making them available off-line actually means copying them from the NAS to the PC permanently. If this is the case, what's the point of having them on the NAS except for backup?

I'd rather keep the PC as clutter free as possible and leave them things like films on the NAS, not to mention the fact that it'll take hours to copy the files across. Is there a workaround for this so that I don't have to copy the files onto the PC or is it the only way to get it to work?

cheers.
 
I don't know about mapping them (still trying to find my way around Win7 after years of XP) but If I go into explorer>network then the drive is there and I can navigate the folders.

If I select a folder on the NAS drive the option on the toolbar to "include in library" disappears. To include it in the library a folder has to have been indexed and it tells me the only way I can index it is to make it available off-line (ie copy it to the PC).
 
Thanks Neil, I mapped the NAS drive as you suggested, I still can't add the folders to the library but at least now WMC can see the NAS drive and can access the films on it.
 
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