wd tv live plus hd media player

wd tv live plus hd media player not seeing network drives on wireless laptop.
also not seeing wireless laptop.

What OS version?
Have you tried mapping a network share to a local drive letter?
Some programs require it.

windows 7
yes, i did map a network share to a local drive letter

Have you enabled the sharing of the folders you want in the Windows 7 Sharing/Network center?

Sorry if that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, not in front of a win7 box atm.

yes

Are the access permissions set to allow access from the user?

i believe so, how can i verify?

Look at the security properties for the folder and files using File Explorer.

hi

how good is this player? and is it comparable to HTPC setups ?

It's great. Plays everything although it seems to have issues with DTS (at least in the MKVs I've thrown at it). It has a major 3rd party firmware scene which highly extends the base software. I "own" 3 of them although 2 of them are at my parents' houses. Easy to use interface, streams netflix and youtube, plays everything, supports 1080p. Hard to beat for $100.

I hate the Seagate one though, I bought 2 of them and they were both garbage, both flickered at 1080p for whatever reason. Also the interface wasn't nearly as nice as the WDTV.