Will a crossover or direct connection work?

I was afraid of that. 

Maybe you could suggest a guide that might help. 

I am able to see and access the pc and shared files I want the live+ to play from a 2nd pc on the network. Live+ does 2 things:

1-will not show that pc as existing or 2- if it does show up it says no media in the files.

I am not using homegroup, and have tried both home and work network.  File sharing “seems” to be correct as access from other pc indicates. 

I have made many tweaks since starting this process but it seems live plus is being finicky in its discovery of network shares.