my xp sp2 dun haf media center

normal win xp is not the same as win xp mce. you need to have windows xp media center edition 2005 (win xp mce). so if you only running normal win xp in your pc then you only can use the media connect with your 360. you need to install win xp mce2005 as your operating system before you can use media center in the 360.

ive installed the new xp mce...now when i wanna install the extender file...it stays forever at the .NET installing page

yup that .NET installation page very long one... just wait seriously mine was really long waiting for it to finish

bro judge, what do u mean by this part :

you need to install win xp mce2005 as your operating system before you can use media center in the 360.

untill now i still haven succesfully install the xbox360 MCE extended setup... everytime when reach the part of installing.. it's end up with 'error'~ pls contact M$.....

is this because im using a chinese version of window xp SP2 MCE???

anyone here use the chinse verison of window like me?

now my xbox360 is moving to living room... so really need to set it up to connect my PC to watch video files.

pls advised, thx

alamak... i am using the english windows xp MCE lah so not veru sure about the chinese version.

Chin, what does the error says?

kau tim d..installed extender..now trying to stream videos to 360
thanks for the hel-p

canm it onli stream wmv?
cuz i cant seem to watch avi n mpegs on 360

This post has been edited by e_ti: May 16 2006, 01:18 PM

I missed this one earlier.

Transcode 360 Beta 4.1 Released

This new release of Transcode 360 features a user interface for managing your settings as well as a number of substantial improvements:
User Interface - Settings

There is a new 'Automatic' installation option that will run T360 in the task notification area (system tray); this makes configuration super-easy and mitigates the network permissions issues some users encountered.

Both 2 and 6 channel (5.1) AC3 is supported and the AV sync issue affecting NTSC content has been fixed. Note that due to reliability issues Forward/Backward Skip are disabled while streaming AC3 soundtracks.

In addition to regular playback of XviD and DivX, Transcode 360 supports DVD ISO and VIDEO_TS folder streaming with subtitles; determining the best combination of soundtrack/subtitles appropriate to you based on your locale.

Download the latest version of Transcode 360 [url=http://runtime360.com/blog/]here./url]

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Cool.... now can stream DVD ISOs. Stringfellow, u wanna try this?

Sounds interesting. No longer had to encode to WMV already, and this comes with subtitles too! Try this later tonight!

All i need to do now is to rip the ISOs off the DVDs and use this to stream it to the 360, compared to ripping the ISO, encoding to AVI, encapsulate into AVI container, rip the Ac3 into 6 channel WAVs, demuxing, and then re-encode into WMV with 5.1 format. Makes my life easier!

Im fairly sure the video would be no problem, how about the audio? If its streaming stereo only, im sticking with my longwinded method.

EDIT: Disregard that last paragraph. Supports 6 discrete channels!!! But FWD and RWD features are disabled when listening to AC3 soundtracks.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: May 17 2006, 11:10 AM

Tried already, keeps giving me runtime errors. Im witholding from using this until they have a stable version.

I'll give it a try when I get back.

Xbox 360: Firewall ports that you must open when you connect an Xbox 360 console to a Windows Media Center-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911728

This post has been edited by MK84: May 19 2006, 11:17 AM

OK, I've got my own MCE system setup already. Was actually setting it up to be a home server which shares the printer and other resources but I thought might as well install MCE on it so I can use the 360 to show off the gigs of photos that I've shot through out the years, not to mention that gives great WAF points so all is good.

Say hello to my little friend...


yes, it doesn't have a real keyboard or display cause I will hardly be using it directly it's main job is to act as a server.

Maybe I'll try out the video transcoding programs later.. maybe not.. still have my trusty XBMC for that!

is that a real version of WMCE? or is that ahem version? im thinking now about converting my disused comp into a media center. do you need to get an ori version of MCE? cos i heard they were like couple thousand ringgit (i probably am wrong).

OEM Windows XP MCE 2005 is around RM500 last time I check.

pandrive also work on 360 but can only tranfer picture

yes, it's a licensed copy which I got.

can transfer ? ?

thats good to know, maybe i convert old comp then. now must just find software to make LEGIT copies of my LEGIT *cough* dvds and play them on tvvvv:P