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WSKyuuketsuki
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January 4, 2009 at 9:24 am #456398

Hi,

I have just got an XBox 360 (Arcade) so that I can play games, watch DVD’s and watch streamed videos.

The usual way to streaming videos to the XBox 360 is via Windows Media Player 11 (so I’m told) but there isn’t a version of that for 2003 … I understand I can also use Zune (which I’ve never used) and VLC (which I use a lot but only as a player).

I also, to be brutally honest, don’t fully understand what streaming is … I know that media is streamed from one system to another but does the client get to choose what to watch? IOW if I have 10 videos on my streaming server, can my client play any of those videos at will or only what the server is streaming at that time?

Kyu

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- joep517
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  January 5, 2009 at 1:02 am #1140415
  
  Streaming is a type of broadcasting. So, whoever is server the streaming media can choose how to allow the client to receive the stream. Only what the server is broadcasting at that time – live streams from many commercial broadcasters. Or on demand – choose what to stream.
  
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- WSKyuuketsuki
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  January 5, 2009 at 10:29 am #1140463
  
  Thanks Joe.
  
  Kyu
  
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  WSKyuuketsuki
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  January 6, 2009 at 11:36 am #1140595
  
  Given that the files are already on a Windows 2003 share and I understand that an XBox can map to such a share is there anyone who knows how this can be done?
  
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  joep517
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  January 6, 2009 at 3:19 pm #1140652
  
  Check out The Green Button – Cannot see shares on XBOX 360 that are accessible on MCE PC. There is some discussion about Windows 2003 shares in there.
  
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  WSNYIntensity
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  January 6, 2009 at 4:55 pm #1140687
  
  Vampyre, you have to use Windows Media Center Edition, Zune, or WMP 11 to stream to your xBox…I’ve been doing it for years (I’ve actually used all 3 versions). Installing the Zune player was by far the easiest method.
  
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- WSKyuuketsuki
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  January 13, 2009 at 1:05 pm #1141678
  
  Thanks to everyone for their comments … I ended up using a solution called TVersity which and works rather well
  
  I also bought a cheap second hand 20Gb drive from a colleague which should do for now … I do have a 120Gb 2.5″ SATA at home (an IBM/Hitachi Travelstar HTS541612J9SA00) which I might be able to upgrade but I’ve heard that the process can be a bit fussy.
  
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