Play to cannot connect to device

Hey Dimo30, 

Turn on all your network devices and connect them to the network.  Open Network and Sharing Center on the Windows 7 PC and click See Full map. Check if Windows 7 accurately detect all devices or not. 

Although it's easy to use Play To—you manage what you stream in a single dialog—you must already have a network set up, the correct hardware, and media streaming turned on before you can play media on other devices. 

Before you can use Play To, you need the following hardware and software: 

·         A wired or wireless private network.

·         Either another computer on your network running Windows 7 or a device known as a digital media receiver (sometimes called a networked digital media player). Digital media receivers are hardware devices connected to your wired or wireless network that you can control using your computer.

Notes

·         You must allow remote control on another computer before you can stream media to it. For more information on allowing remote control and other streaming settings, see Change settings for streaming media in Windows Media Player.

·         When you stream music to a digital media receiver, you might not be able to switch tracks using controls on the device itself or the remote control that came with the device.

Your computer needs to detect suitable playback devices on your network before you can use Play To to stream media. That means media streaming must be turned on, if you haven't already done so. To turn on media streaming on your home network in Windows Media Player, follow these steps: 

1.      Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Media Player.

If the Player is currently open and you’re in Now Playing mode, click the Switch to Library button in the upper-right corner of the Player.

2.      Click Stream, and then click Turn on home media streaming.

Turn on home media streaming won't be available on the Stream menu if streaming is already turned on.

3.      In Media streaming options, click Turn on media streaming.  If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

4.      Click OK.

For more information about how to use media streaming, see Stream your media to devices and computers using Windows Media Player.

To know how to:

Use Play To in Windows Media Player

Use Play To elsewhere in Windows

Manage items in the Play To dialog box

Refer the below link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-NZ/windows7/using-the-play-to-feature-to-stream-media

Regards,

Savan – Microsoft Support.

Halo3Productions,

is there an actual question in there? LOL

Before you proceed to take the proverbial strap to community members, please remember that the majority of people in here are just like you...computer enthusiasts volunteering to help others. If you are looking to speak with a Microsoft rep, I would suggest contacting one through the MS website under "contact us" There are three options, email, chat, and phone support. And also note that this particular site is for general questions. Which is why that community member initially replied with basic steps to try.  Also, since you are a tech, you know the more detail you give upfront the better the response can be...tell me your computer is broke and I'm starting at the simple stuff first. Give me a specific, detailed question and I can tell that my audience is not the normal user and I can get more technical up to my abilities.

Also, please note that you are replying to a post that is over two years old.

As the saying goes...you attract more flies with sugar than vinegar!

Now, I would advise that you create a new post in either the Windows Experts forum, which is exactly what it sounds like, or go over to Tech Net and post that issue.

Here are the two links below:

http://experts.windows.com/frms/default.aspx

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/w7itpronetworking/threads

I hope this helps solve that issue,

Eddie b

a. Click Start and then type "services" (without quotes) in the Start Search box.

b. In the results area, right-click services, and then click “Run as administrator”.
You will be prompted to type the password for an administrator account. Click Continue if you are the administrator or type the administrator password. Then, click Continue.

c. In Services Window locate the service “Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service” and double click on it.

d. Make sure that the Startup type is set to “Manual” and the Service status is “Started”.

e. Check if the issue is fixed.

I fixed my Play to issue of " Device not responding"

Hope it helps.

Thanks. This was informative and easy to follow but did not solve the issue for me. 

I spent a whole night trying the various methods online. The 'Play to' function used to work for me . Then one day it just stopped.

In the end what worked for me?
Uninstalling the Xbox One Video App, then re-installing it.
Then it "found the device" and 'connected'. Ended up being very simple (which was kind of frustrating after the time i've spent trying to figure it out)


Sometimes Xbox updates fix one app but break another.

P.s.Agreed that Vinod N  and eddieb are both ****. They reply with overly-complex and irrelevant 'answers' - and i'm beginning to think they aren't real people.

Hey I just tried this and it didnt help unfortunately any other ideas? I stream stuff for my wife who is a stay at home mom and she loves to watch her shows here and there. It has been working fine forever never had a problem with it until now it just says Device not responding.

Thanks

Matt