Winnow, i want my xbox360 to play...

Trias · Post by **Trias** » May 19, 2006, 3:35 pm

...video, without having MCE installed as an operating system and i do not want to compromise my xbox live account!

make this happen, you have 24 hours!

i don't think this can be done btw, and i hate that i am even considering building a MCE machine just to stream video over to my tv

Trias · Post by **Trias** » May 19, 2006, 3:36 pm

i am currently able to stream music and photos via windows media connect easily from this XPSP2 system over to the 360.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » May 19, 2006, 3:40 pm

Just curious? What do you dislike about MCE what you don't want to use it? The integration is so freaking tight between the MCE and the Extender in the 360 that everything works great. The only real downside is that you can't play all formats of video in the Media Center/Extender scenario.
We use this exclusively at home and it works great.

After a quick google, I found this. Sadly, it's not that it's want you want to hear.
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/ ... video.html

Theupside is that the freeware they're providing will re-encode a lot of the video you want into something that can be streamed to the 360.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » May 19, 2006, 4:37 pm

I think you're screwed for now Trias.

Any reason you can't just use an HTPC for streaming? I bought a 59.00 Diamond Xtreme Dolby Digital Live card which converts all audio sources to Dolby Digital 5.1 (even the Creative Xifi cards don't have Dolby Live which is hella lame). I use TOS cable to connect to my home theater receiver for audio and then DVI from my computer directly to my Projector. It makes for some great home theater no matter what audio or video format you have.

The good news is that the Xbox 360 hacks are out but only for playing copied games. What we need is XBMC for the 360. Maybe soon:

http://www.xbox-scene.com/