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Denic
14-02-2009, 19:52
Hi guys,

Is it possible to stream media from my PC on my Xbox 360? Do I need to have media centre installed?

Cheers
Daz
14-02-2009, 20:46
You can stream media player's library (enable media sharing in it's preferences), or use something like TVersity (http://tversity.com/).
Mark
14-02-2009, 20:53
Indeed you can - though you do need a recent Windows Media Player on the PC (11 works, dunno about 10). Also, remember to keep WMP away from your MP3 tags if you've spent a while getting them right.
Denic
14-02-2009, 21:19
I've enabled media sharing and dragged the files I want to stream into library, but when I go into my Xbox video library nothing shows up.

Cheers
Mark
14-02-2009, 21:27
I assume you went into Media Player, tools, options, library, configure sharing, and added the console there. If you're running a firewall other than the Windows one you'll have to open some network ports too.

If you haven't, try those, and then from the console, go to network settings and do a connection check with the PC. See if that tells you anything useful.
Denic
14-02-2009, 21:39
I assume you went into Media Player, tools, options, library, configure sharing, and added the console there. If you're running a firewall other than the Windows one you'll have to open some network ports too.

If you haven't, try those, and then from the console, go to network settings and do a connection check with the PC. See if that tells you anything useful.

Yep I did that. I added both consoles. I don't have a firewall so that shouldn't be a problem. I'll try and get some more info about it though.

Cheers
Mark
14-02-2009, 21:48
Just so you know what to expect, when it's working the PC should be listed (by name) on the 'Select source' page on the console.
Denic
14-02-2009, 21:49
Just so you know what to expect, when it's working the PC should be listed (by name) on the 'Select source' page on the console.

Yeah it does actually show up, but it says 'no video' or something along those lines.

Does the stuff I plan to watch have to be a certain format?

Cheers
Mark
14-02-2009, 21:57
Yup - the Xbox is decidedly picky about file formats. I can't remember the specifics but I know there are plenty of issues. TVersity might be a better choice for you as it'll do on-the-fly transcoding. Haven't tried it myself yet though.
Denic
14-02-2009, 21:57
Yup - the Xbox is decidedly picky about file formats. I can't remember the specifics but I know there are plenty of issues. TVersity might be a better choice for you as it'll do on-the-fly transcoding. Haven't tried it myself yet though.

Ahh right, I assume that's what the problem will be then. Cheers mate.

I'll give TVeristy a go.
Daz
14-02-2009, 22:06
TVersity will give you better video support, transcoding if it needs to, and your PC has enough oomph to do it in real time.
Denic
14-02-2009, 22:33
Got it working with TVeristy! Many thanks.
Jhadur
15-02-2009, 00:47
Me too :D
Denic
16-02-2009, 10:23
I formatted today and now I'm having nothing but problems with TVersity. When I add content to the library nothing at all happens, if I try adding content via the 'browse' button, the browse button wont work at all.

It seems strange that it was working absolutley fine before the format.
NokkonWud
16-02-2009, 11:46
For music, easiest way to share is through WinAMP using The Orb.
Mark
16-02-2009, 11:56
It's for video. :)

Sounds to me like something didn't install right or didn't get installed at all. Did you re-install all the drivers you need? Media player? Codecs?
Denic
16-02-2009, 14:10
It's for video. :)

Sounds to me like something didn't install right or didn't get installed at all. Did you re-install all the drivers you need? Media player? Codecs?

I've tried everything I can think off, seems that it's happened to a few other people aswell judging by the TVersity forum.