Stream DivX movies on XBox 360 using MediaCenter

Still WAY inferior to XBMC. Wake me up when they crack the console so people who know what they're doing can do it right.

this solution has been around a while but I dont see a huge advantage over doing a re-encode using videodora which takes time. I guess we're just spoiled with using XBMC for so long.

whats wrong Yoshi? the play, pause, and stop buttons arent where you want them to be?

I have to agree with Yoshi. The fact that MS crippled the 360 in the way that they did is shameful. Don't get me wrong, I'm not so naive as to not understand their motives, but understanding and condoning are two different things. The requirement of having XP Media Center to access video functionality is just plain wrong. The machine has the technical capacity to stream video out of the box. You' pay what comes out to well over $500 for a machine that is promised to function as a digital media hub only to find that full functionality, my friends, requires an operating system that is not even available to the retail public. Not for technical reasons, but so MS can turn yet another buck. It deceptive and insluting.



Hurray for DivX support. BFD. The fact of the matter is that my modded XBOX with XBMC is a far better hub than my 360 – a fact confirmed by my 360 sitting right next to the XBOX it was meant to replace. And why is it so much better? Why? Because it allows me to make decisions about how and where I watch my legally obtained video content rather than to make those decisions for me. I know… I can't be trusted. Thank you, Mr. Gates, for making sure I walk the straight and narrow path.

And in response to Arch, my guess is that Yoshi, like me, takes no issue with the location of the pause, play and stop buttons. It's that we would like a few options for controlling our content above and beyond those available on a circa-1985 Betamax.

worst instructions... ever.

I do like my 360, but have to agree with the comments above. My personal gripe - when I pop a CD in the 360, where is the option for it to automatically rip in the background while I listen? I love the idea of using my 360 as music jukebox. This option is available on all PC music players, including MediaPlayer.

Windows XP support PLEASE? I'm not buying an OEM version of Media Center with Vista right around the corner. By the way, will Vista be able to stream video to the 360?

yes vista will let you stream videos to your 360 =)

Arch: From the bottom of the article: "maybe somebody can figure out a way to extend this to support fast forward and rewind."



Man, FF and REW are so overrated.

I have been researching Vista online, and it appears that Microsoft is going to do the same thing with their new OS that they did with XP... offer different varieties. There will be a Vista Media Center, but I don't know if they are going to sell it retail, or force you to buy it preloaded on a computer as you do now. Let's hope they are at least OEM copies of Vista Media Center available for sale when the OS launches. All this talk about regular Vista streaming video to the 360 right out of the box is totally unconfirmed, from what I can tell. Nowhere has Microsoft stated this. If you can find a link, I'd be happy to read it.