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Will MS ever add any video playback (without Media Center) to the Xbox 360?
- Thread starter Speevy
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civilstrife
Member
I think they're holding it back as an incentive for Vista users.
B-Rad Lascelle
Banned
You can stream videos from your computer to your PSP via wireless? That's impressive!loosus said:
Probably not. MS has the 360 as their way to promote their vision of the digital lifestyle, much like Sony and the PS3.
I want both streaming capabilities (360) and local playback (PS3).
I want both streaming capabilities (360) and local playback (PS3).
Huh? I don't think he means streaming playback period, but local X360 HDD or USB device video playback.
Corwood Rep
Member
B-Rad Lascelle said:
Yeah, you can do that. It's pretty cool.
B-Rad Lascelle said:
http://products.sel.sony.com/locationfreetv/owners/psp.html
Not exactly the same thing but damn close. I think you can do computer streaming as well.
Speevy said:
It definitely seems possible based on a recent update of WMP11 to beta 2, I remember people posting about it (http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/9/7/5220). However it doesn't work right now, but it says it does, so hopefully sometime in the future. the Windows Media group is outside of my sphere of folks I can easily get info from though.
AgentOtaku
Member
please god yes!
Safe Bet said:So basically MS is saying you have to buy a Windows XP PC to enjoy their multi-media features but you have to buy a 360 to enjoy their games?
Wish I could get both in one box for ~$500.
MS has been promoting a client/server setup where a WMC acts as your server ... and then you use MCE components as clients.
Depends what PS3 does. If it doesn't have any streaming video, then MS will feel no need to compete and can continue their (IMO) stupidly stubborn attempt to get people to buy entirely new PCs just for video streaming.
If PS3 has network streaming, MS can probably flick a switch and enable it instantly.
I still hope it comes in the fall update - I don't think the WMP11 beta information was wrong - just badly timed.
If PS3 has network streaming, MS can probably flick a switch and enable it instantly.
I still hope it comes in the fall update - I don't think the WMP11 beta information was wrong - just badly timed.
deathkiller
Member
With some optimization may be but what is that 4MB limit?tirant said:
Since sony is so intent on pushing out linux, MS should really hit back with a cut down vista version for the 360. The 360 has everything a pc needs and to be honest it could make the 360 much more appealing as a media center.
I dont see why those bozos dont make a bigger hdd available and allow playback of various movie formats from the hdd and usb attachments.
You seriously have to wonder why MS dont get the message, dont they read the forums ? Dont they have brains ? Sony listened and what they proposed is kickass yet the operating system developer themselves cant even half match what the competitor is offering.
I dont see why those bozos dont make a bigger hdd available and allow playback of various movie formats from the hdd and usb attachments.
You seriously have to wonder why MS dont get the message, dont they read the forums ? Dont they have brains ? Sony listened and what they proposed is kickass yet the operating system developer themselves cant even half match what the competitor is offering.
This thread incited me to get Media Center working on 360 with my Vista VM.
Okay, everyone go out and download the RC2 of Vista and then install it in a virtaul machine with bridged network connection and play with it. I'm really pretty impressed so far.
I've got Vista running under Parallels on my MacBook, it recognized the 360 as soon as I turned it on, and I set it up as a Media Center Extender (after a couple token MS-style failures) in about 20 minutes. When things load up on the 360 you get the fancy dancy screen and control to all your media (which I hot-linked to my Music and Movies directories on my MacBook and seems to work really well).
Looks like if I can squeeze out a bit nicer network performance whenever I move next year, this might be a stop gap to buying an iTV as it does mostly the same thing and is almost as cool. (Mind you, I don't have a cable card or ability to record TV.)
Okay, everyone go out and download the RC2 of Vista and then install it in a virtaul machine with bridged network connection and play with it. I'm really pretty impressed so far.
I've got Vista running under Parallels on my MacBook, it recognized the 360 as soon as I turned it on, and I set it up as a Media Center Extender (after a couple token MS-style failures) in about 20 minutes. When things load up on the 360 you get the fancy dancy screen and control to all your media (which I hot-linked to my Music and Movies directories on my MacBook and seems to work really well).
Looks like if I can squeeze out a bit nicer network performance whenever I move next year, this might be a stop gap to buying an iTV as it does mostly the same thing and is almost as cool. (Mind you, I don't have a cable card or ability to record TV.)
This is one instance in which Sony is a far better solution than MS, thanks to them not trying to sell you a separate hardware/software solution like MS is doing with Media Center. There's no technical or logical reason why the 360 couldn't have been a great media box by itself, expect, of course, then you aren't buying Windows Media Center or Vista or whatever other junk.
Plus, isn't streaming video to a 360 still limited to WMV? Garbage.
Plus, isn't streaming video to a 360 still limited to WMV? Garbage.
Rud13inJapan
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The porn discussion inspired this topic didn't it?
speculawyer
Member
Speevy said:
Yes . . . as soon as you buy their new OS 'Vista'!
Forget microtransactios, that is a macrotransaction.
