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Evan K

2006-11-19, 9:51 pm

Can the Xbox 360 connect with a regular Windows XP PC to display videos, etc
or do you need Windowx XP Media Center?


Gunslinger

2006-11-19, 9:51 pm

Thanks to the latest software update, the 360 can stream video from an XP PC
thru Windows Media Player 11. As far as I know, it's only .wma files
though.


"Evan K" <ek@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> Can the Xbox 360 connect with a regular Windows XP PC to display videos,
> etc or do you need Windowx XP Media Center?
>



Chris H.

2006-11-19, 9:51 pm

Details on the Xbox 360 November update are here:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community...1030-update.htm
Additionally, before making any adjustments to your systems, I would closely
check the Readme file for Media Player 11 which is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi.../11/readme.aspx
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Evan K" <ek@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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quote:

> Can the Xbox 360 connect with a regular Windows XP PC to display videos,
> etc or do you need Windowx XP Media Center?
>



Paul Smith

2006-11-19, 9:51 pm

"Evan K" <ek@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:eVx$6XABHHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
quote:

> Can the Xbox 360 connect with a regular Windows XP PC to display videos,
> etc or do you need Windowx XP Media Center?


Hello.

Yes you can, they added support for videos in the update on the 31st of
October. So you may see conflicted reports about this across the net. But
you can now stream video, along with music and images from a regular Windows
XP box.

You've got two options in how to do this, Windows Media Connect, or Windows
Media Player 11. Personally it would probably be easier to go to WMP11
route.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/
Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/

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xboxer

2006-11-19, 9:51 pm

How about streaming video, music, etc to a normal modded xbox with
media center installed. Do I have to use a comp with media center
installed or can I also just use wmp 11 on any xp system?


Paul Smith wrote:
quote:

> "Evan K" <ek@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:eVx$6XABHHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> Hello.
>
> Yes you can, they added support for videos in the update on the 31st of
> October. So you may see conflicted reports about this across the net. But
> you can now stream video, along with music and images from a regular Windows
> XP box.
>
> You've got two options in how to do this, Windows Media Connect, or Windows
> Media Player 11. Personally it would probably be easier to go to WMP11
> route.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
> Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*


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