I Finally Figured It Out

[Gunslinger]

For YEARS I've been wanting to find a way to stream the videos (mostly mpeg4) from my computer to my TV.  I didn't want to buy anything that didn't work the way I wanted it.  As of late I've had my Mediagate 35 plugged into my wifes computer and just transfered it over my wireless network (wich usually took about 15 minutes for an AVI and about an hour for a DVD).

Well After a little searching I finally figured out that it was under my nose this whole time.  I can stream them strait to my xbox 360 and keep them on my external HD.  All it took was a little update on my xbox and me downloading "windows media connect" from file front.  

No more trudging up the stairs.  No more connecting cables.  It all works as advertised.  I am so happy right now because I have about 500Gb of kids movies that I ripped.  I got really tired of them messing up the DVDs so I started ripping them and then converting them into DIVX to save size.  Now my computer is a media server and they can access all their movies from the xbox controller.  

The software is really easy and simple to use.  as long as the xbox is connected to my wireless network all works well with the world!

I am SO freakin happy that a huge hassle in my life has been eliminated.

[OOZ662]

I'd love more than life to do that, but instead of pay for the damned wireless network adapter for my xBox, I bought a new LinkSys WRT54G router, stuck it on my computer, took my WRT54GL and put "homebrew" firmware on it, and set it as a wireless bridge. The xBox now sees that it has a wired connection and I'd probably have to go through a ton of pain with protocols and such on the router to get media to transfer from my PC to it.

Saved $50, but I have some work ahead of me to get everything working perfect like that. I usually have to do a network connection test to get the router to recognize the port forwarding.

(PS: PM me if any of you other guys are nuts enough to try this and wanna know what I've done so far. It works with LIVE, at least.)

[GoldenP51]

Originally posted by Gunslinger


Well After a little searching I finally figured out that it was under my nose this whole time.  I can stream them strait to my xbox 360 and keep them on my external HD.  All it took was a little update on my xbox and me downloading "windows media connect" from file front.  

 

If ya asked me I woulda told ya that a long time ago  u can stream your music, pictures, videos and whatever else through your xbox360...thank bill gates:aok

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by OOZ662
I'd love more than life to do that, but instead of pay for the damned wireless network adapter for my xBox, I bought a new LinkSys WRT54G router, stuck it on my computer, took my WRT54GL and put "homebrew" firmware on it, and set it as a wireless bridge. The xBox now sees that it has a wired connection and I'd probably have to go through a ton of pain with protocols and such on the router to get media to transfer from my PC to it.

Saved $50, but I have some work ahead of me to get everything working perfect like that. I usually have to do a network connection test to get the router to recognize the port forwarding.

(PS: PM me if any of you other guys are nuts enough to try this and wanna know what I've done so far. It works with LIVE, at least.)

If you have file sharing enabled on your computer and Windows XP with SP2 or greater it should work.  Try downloading this Windows Media Connect and just see if it sees your Xbox.  After that it's just a quick update on the xbox itself and you are in business.

[OOZ662]

Trust me, I've spent well over 5 hours working on it. Because I'm using two routers and a "wired" connection as a wireless bridge, they don't know each other exist.