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[kevlar35]

The one saving grace is that you can play files from a free skydrive account. I've set one up in anticipation, it's pretty much a dropbox style thing. I'm desperately hoping it will allow me to play video and music files from a wider range of codecs than the 360 or PS3 could handle.

Still only a hope until Friday though.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I've not used skydrive before. Can you stream music to a computer too???

 

[RotBot]

Reviews coming out are confirming there's no traditional DLNA server browser capability.

http://www.polygon.com/a/xbox-one-review#living_room

There are disappointments to be had. The Xbox One supports Play To streaming from Windows 7 and 8 PCs via DLNA, but there's no way to pull content to the system from a PC directly (though the Xbox One does support playback of almost any file your Windows PC recognizes as media, whether music or video). This is a major step back from the Xbox 360's robust local media playback capabilities. Playback from USB storage is similarly a no-go at launch, so ferrying a video on a thumb drive isn't possible on Xbox One yet. It is possible, however, to upload media to your SkyDrive account and view it from there — an example of corporate synergy taking precedence over obvious features.

You have to push files to the console, like on a ChromeCast. The good news is you can use a smartphone app as an intermediary.