How to get AllShare working on Galaxy S phones
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Have you had problems getting AllShare to work on your Galaxy S phone? Unfortunately it’s not just a matter of right clicking and clicking “share” and there aren’t any good sources available on the web for this either, hence this guide was necessary. So let’s get started shall we? Oh, this guide is intended for Windows 7 users only.
The secret ingredient to this whole process is Windows Media Player. (You can click any of these screen shots for full-size versions)
I’m using version 12 of WMP, so I’m going to assume you’re a good little computer user and you keep your software up-to-date as well 
Anyway, once you have WMP open, you need to view your Library. If WMP doesn’t take you there by default, just press CTRL+1 and it will take you there.
Now that you’re in your library, you need to right click on whatever type of media you want to be able to browse on your phone (I’m choosing Videos for this example) and then click Manage Videos Library.
You will then be greeted with the Videos Library Locations box.
At this point, just click Add, point it to whatever folder you would like to be shared to AllShare, and then click Include Folder. Once you do that, you will be brought back to the Videos Library Locations box, at which point you should see your new folder that you just shared.
That’s it! You will now be able to stream videos (and whatever other media type you add the same way in WMP) to your AllShare-equipped Galaxy S device! Pretty simple eh?
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Will allshare also work with Windows XP and WMP v11??
July 29th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
I dida little testing with XP and WMP 11 last night. I wouldst get it to work but i will try again tomorrow
July 29th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Ok thanks, because i dont seem to get it working.
July 30th, 2010 at 2:33 am
Got it working after some additional tinkering, this is really cool, plays all files without a problem so far
NOTE!! You have to allow the library to update all its new information, otherwise the files you added wont turn up in the list. I had to restart my Galaxy S after my media player had finished its search for all the media files, before I restarted my galaxy it neve refreshed properly.
July 30th, 2010 at 3:42 am
Thanks for your test with XP and WMP 11. Somehow I don’t get Allshare working. My phone (Samsung Galaxy S) doesn’t appear in the Share files box of WMP 11. The box is empty so i can’t Allow anything.
My phone is connected tru wifi to the wireless network, I only have 1 router and as far as I can see all necessary ports of the firewall are open.
I also have a Logitec Squeezebox Duet on the same wireless and it works perfectly. I turned off the Squeezebox server, but dit didnt make any difference.
Do you have any idea’s on what I do wrong?
July 31st, 2010 at 1:33 am
Solved the problem, i downloaded Tversity and now its working fine. Thanks anyway.
August 1st, 2010 at 11:54 am
This is supposed to work with ALL Galaxy S phones, correct? I’ve tried multiple times and it’s just not working with my phone (Samsung Captivate) Yes, I have Windows 7 and WMP v12.
August 1st, 2010 at 11:56 am
I tested it on both the Captivate and on the Vibrant. What type of file are you trying to play?
August 1st, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Music file
August 1st, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Well that is odd. I didn’t run into this issue when sharing video. Right click the Music folder you want to share & click properties. Then click the sharing tab, click the Share button. Make sure that “everyone” is in the list of people. If not, click the little down arrow to the left of the add button, click everyone, click add, then hit share. Your music folder will now appear on your device.
It’s odd because it didn’t matter if the folder was shared or not when I was streaming video. But anyway, let me know if the above solution does not work (it should)
August 1st, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Oddly enough, it’s still not working. I followed everything you said, added ‘everyone’ to the list of people, and it’s still not showing up.
August 1st, 2010 at 1:06 pm
After I add the folders I want to share, I press OK, correct?
August 1st, 2010 at 1:17 pm
correct and you have to make sure you’re sharing them in your WMP library as well
August 3rd, 2010 at 6:52 am
The best solution in my opinion is Samsung PC Share Manager. It works also with the Galaxy S. Now i can find AND play mp3 files on my pc tru wifi on my Galaxy S.
WMP 11 didn’t work at all and Tversity allowed me to browse through my mp3 files, but not play them.