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Show Off Your Photos in Any Room As a digital photo enthusiast, you've probably filled your computer with hundreds or thousands of photos. Now there's a new way to share them with your family and friends—without making prints or huddling around your computer monitor.
With the help of Windows Media Player 11, you can stream photos from your computer over your home network to an Xbox 360 or other digital media receiver (DMR) that is connected to your home theater or TV. You can also stream photos directly to a digital picture frame that has built-in network capabilities.
And if you’re running Windows Media Player 11 for Windows Vista, you can also make your photo library available to other computers in your home that have Windows Media Player 11. For example, you can view photos that are stored on your family room computer from the computer in your home office. No more transferring photo files to every hard disk in your home.
What you needA Windows XP- or Windows Vista–based computer running Windows Media Player 11 An Xbox 360 or other DMR capable of image playback or a digital picture frame A home network (either wired or wireless) A TV or other video display (not needed for streaming to a digital picture frame)
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Setting up your systemFollow these basic steps to set up your home network to show off photos throughout your home. For more details about setting up your DMR device, see the instructions that come with it.Start Windows Media Player 11 on your computer. (If you're running Windows Vista, you already have Player 11. If you're running Windows XP, be sure you have Player 11 installed.) Connect a DMR to your home network, and then connect the DMR to your TV or connect a digital picture frame to your home network. Use Windows Media Player 11 to turn on media sharing and choose the photos on your computer that you want to share with your DMR or digital picture frame. Get steps for setting up the Player on Windows XP or Window Vista. Use the appropriate controls on the DMR or digital picture frame to select the photos that you want to display.
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