Xbox unable to stream from HomeServer
I recently got another Xbox but when I tried to stream music from my HomeServer it would throw the following error; “Can’t connect. Make sure you have activated this console on your computer”
The existing Xbox continued to stream without any problems so I knew streaming was working.
Windows HomeServer uses Windows Media Connect (not Windows Media Player) to stream, and whilst no config is exposed inside the WHS console you can still configure it via c:\program files\media connect\wmccfg.exe. I found I had a load of devices (including the 2nd Xbox) listed as denied – Media Connect only supports 10 devices. Removing some of the old devices (PCs which had been rebuilt for example) and changing the new Xbox to Allow fixed the problem.