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[mata7]

any of you guys testing MC12 can tell me if you can stream music to the XBox 360?

thanks

[mata7]

a simple yes or no would be nice, oh well i take it as no

[modelmaker]

If they told you that, they would have to.......

[BartMan01]

a simple yes or no would be nice, oh well i take it as no

Don't take it as anything.  I am sure the beta testers are under a strict NDA at this point.

Also the issues with the 360 and streaming are all due to Microsoft's decision to use a non-standard, proprietary solution.  They want to force you to buy their Windows Media Center OS to get full use of the 360's capabilities.

What I did (for the short time I had a 360), was create a network share as a removable device.  Then using a custom field to flag them, I synced the tracks that I wanted to play via the 360 to that device as MP3s.   Used the MS media connect software to share that folder to the 360.

[hit_ny]

Why would one want an X-Box ?

..best reason i heard to date is so you can play your own music while playing games.

Any better  reason(s) ?

[BartMan01]

Why would one want an X-Box ?

..best reason i heard to date is so you can play your own music while playing games.

Any better  reason(s) ?

Play games...
with your friends over LIVE...
while sitting on your couch...
in HD...
on a 65" HDTV...
with full surround sound...
for <= the price of a graphics card upgrade...
and no messing with video card drivers, graphics card to TV issues, etc.

I take it you haven't had the chance to check out the 360 on a good HT setup?

Of course, I don't have one right now - since none of the first 3 that I bought made it past 2 months.  The last one only lasted a couple of days before I realized one of the exhaust fans wasn't functional.  Right now, I am back to regular XBox while I wait for the next round of great games to come out or my friends to make the jump.

[john h]

I have a 360.  It's great.  I used to do PC games, but got tired of all the problems in compatibility and never liked using the keyboard instead of a gamepad.  Playing XBox on a 60-inch HDTV is truly remarkable.  Plus, having friends over to play on connected TVs is well worth an evening.

There is a thread if you search where there is an official answer that the 360 doesn't work with MC because Microsoft doesn't use uPnP (or something). 

Of course, with little kids now I don't get to play any more...

[hit_ny]

Play games...

I take it you haven't had the chance to check out the 360 on a good HT setup?

Right..play games, not useful in any other context.

I was thinking maybe an inexpensive, lightweight way to control MC.