Edcase

All,

I assume at least some of you must have done this?

I have both my PC and 360 wireless networked to broadband, but not to each other. My PC runs XP. Is that even possible, does not have to be Media Centre version?

Can somebody give me a really simple overview of how to get this working, so I can view photos and videos on my LCD in the living room.

Also, does its stream or does it copy across to the 360 locally?

I have media centre version original too so I could feasibly swap if it was worth the hassle.

thanks
Ed

Neanderthal

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If you've got windows media player 11 on there then it's just a simple question of getting the 360 to search for the PC.
It will stream music and pictures without you having to have Media Centre installed

Edcase

really? That sounds too simple to me

How do you 'browse' content / folders from the 360? I assume you have to set your PC to be 'shared'?

jaytc2003

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I find transcode 360 to work very well with streaming video, tried to use tversity once but it listed loads of files that I didnt even have and wouldnt play anything (even though I had codecs installed)

Iain Young

Yep you just set the appropriate folder as shared in WMP11, and the 360 will find it.

Note it only seems to work with wmv video (no divx yet), and jpg images (no raw support)...

Edcase

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Will it work wirelessly or only via ethernet / direct link?

Is it worth me replacing xp with media centre edition, seeing as I have both, or is it a waste of my time reinstalling everything.

Edcase

Thanks Iain, see my Q about routers above...

Iain Young

Wireless is ok for photos and normal video, but it's not really fast enough for HD video. Tried this (wireless) at my brothers house last week and it really did struggle with HD.

Got mine hard wired to a router via ethernet, and it's plenty quick enough. You can see the speed difference with photos as well, but it's not as servere.

As for XP vs Media center, that's really up to you. I tried MC for a while, but soon went back to normal XP. It doesn't give you much and the extra media center bits seemed to use rather a lot of system resources for very little reward.

Edcase

great, thanks.

DJ Dunk

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Tried mine wireless for a while and it wasn't really up to scratch. Now have mine all hardwired together and it runs like a dream.

I have Media Centre on my PC and although PC-side its not a vast difference, it makes a massive difference XBox-side. Connected to a Media Centre PC it really shines, looks fantastic IMO. I stream MPEG4 movies using Transcode360 and its excellent. Having the MCE interface on your HDTV is

Iain Young

Really? I though the media center stuff was pretty naff myself. Each to their own I suppose

Edcase

too far apart to hardwire realistically, will try wireless and see how it fares.

Edcase

wow, works seamlessly, how easy was that!

Mr.Manchester

Really? been trying for 2 weeks with mine, in the end i fooked the PC installing various recommended crap so had to wipe it clean, cant be arsed now

Neanderthal

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Mr Manc, I think Edcase was refering to photos and music rather than divx streaming mate.