Kevin, just replying to your comment here as well...
Kevin said: "Tim, the 360 and the WMCE PC actually are using Windows Media Connect to stream audio and video. There's a WMCE update required for the 360, but it is WMC. If you're looking for a tuner (or a way upgrade a base WMCE machine), we just did a whole series of posts starting here: http://www.hdbeat.com/2005/11/21/sub-grand-wmce-the-base-system/"
Curiously, I still can't seem to stream video with WMC. Maybe I'm just missing something, but when I go to video on the menu the I only have the option to play from hard drive. I don't get the choice of where to play from like I do with music and photos.
According to Xbox.com (http://www.xbox.com/pcsetup), this is probably the expected behavior.
"Connect to a computer running Windows Media Center and:
* Listen to your music collection
* View pictures
* Watch live TV
* Pause and replay live TV
* Record TV shows then watch them later
* Watch Videos
* Download and watch movies
* Buy music online
Connect to a computer running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and:
* Listen to your music collection
* View pictures"
I'm not looking at adding a tuner to my computer (I've already abandoned the MCE - see, e.g., http://slashstar.com/blogs/tim/archive/2004/12/29/1175.aspx). I just want to be able to play videos over WMC! What angers me most is that this seems like BS crippling of functionality to preserve a unique selling point for MCE.
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Kevin, just replying to your comment here as well...
Kevin said: "Tim, the 360 and the WMCE PC actually are using Windows Media Connect to stream audio and video. There's a WMCE update required for the 360, but it is WMC. If you're looking for a tuner (or a way upgrade a base WMCE machine), we just did a whole series of posts starting here: http://www.hdbeat.com/2005/11/21/sub-grand-wmce-the-base-system/"
Curiously, I still can't seem to stream video with WMC. Maybe I'm just missing something, but when I go to video on the menu the I only have the option to play from hard drive. I don't get the choice of where to play from like I do with music and photos.
According to Xbox.com (http://www.xbox.com/pcsetup), this is probably the expected behavior.
"Connect to a computer running Windows Media Center and:
* Listen to your music collection
* View pictures
* Watch live TV
* Pause and replay live TV
* Record TV shows then watch them later
* Watch Videos
* Download and watch movies
* Buy music online
Connect to a computer running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and:
* Listen to your music collection
* View pictures"
I'm not looking at adding a tuner to my computer (I've already abandoned the MCE - see, e.g., http://slashstar.com/blogs/tim/archive/2004/12/29/1175.aspx). I just want to be able to play videos over WMC! What angers me most is that this seems like BS crippling of functionality to preserve a unique selling point for MCE.