Network DVD

[Matt]

Silly question probably BUT can you share a dvd drive over
an xp network?
I have tried but it doesn't recognise it as a dvd.

Yes, I have done it and it works fine. Make sure you have a dvd in the
drive and any necessary dvd reading software on the machine you are using.

tmg

"Matt" > wrote in message
...
> Silly question probably BUT can you share a dvd drive over
> an xp network?
> I have tried but it doesn't recognise it as a dvd.

[Matt]

I do have a dvd in the drive and have installed my copy of
powerDVD on the networked pc but it will not let me select
the mapped drive as a source. I have tried opening the dvd
as a 'media file' in the program but it stops responding.


>-----Original Message-----
>Yes, I have done it and it works fine. Make sure you
have a dvd in the
>drive and any necessary dvd reading software on the
machine you are using.
>
>tmg
>
>"Matt" > wrote in message
...
>> Silly question probably BUT can you share a dvd drive
over
>> an xp network?
>> I have tried but it doesn't recognise it as a dvd.
>
>
>.
>

what kind of network hardware are you using?


"Matt" > wrote in message
...
> I do have a dvd in the drive and have installed my copy of
> powerDVD on the networked pc but it will not let me select
> the mapped drive as a source. I have tried opening the dvd
> as a 'media file' in the program but it stops responding.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Yes, I have done it and it works fine. Make sure you
> have a dvd in the
> >drive and any necessary dvd reading software on the
> machine you are using.
> >
> >tmg
> >
> >"Matt" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Silly question probably BUT can you share a dvd drive
> over
> >> an xp network?
> >> I have tried but it doesn't recognise it as a dvd.
> >
> >
> >.
> >