Stream video to XBOX 360 without huge hassle and huge financial outlay...

May 7, 2006 2:45 AM

I'd like to stream my videos and movies on my XP Pro computer to my XBOX 360, without having to buy Windows Media Center and then having to do a complete OS reinstall. Is there any way?

I'm slightly riled that in order to do this, I have to spend hundreds of pounds and waste several days doing a complete clean install. Apparently you can't upgrade XP to MCE. Oh, and in case you're wondering, the computer and XBOX 360 are already networked. It just bans video streaming...

posted by wibbler to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

They don't "ban" it, it was just never designed that way.

Sorry, but no: The XBox 360 doesn't stream video. The Media Center Extender software that XP Media Center Edition is able to send to the XBox 360 can.
posted by Merdryn at 5:30 AM on May 7, 2006

Not really an answer, but you can probably spend fewer than 'hundreds of pounds' with a second-hand xbox, getting it chipped, and using XBMC and a bog-standard windows or samba share.
posted by pompomtom at 6:21 AM on May 7, 2006

I'd agree with pompomtom... xbmc is much more flexible with what kind of video codecs it can play, and where it can play it from. Hell, there are even scripts that let you go through video-based sites like Stupid Videos, Apple Trailers, etc, right on the website.
posted by hatsix at 4:49 PM on May 7, 2006