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What can I do with Xbox

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  • 13-09-2011 10:17am
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    canihave
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭


    Hi, hoping someone can help me with this and please excuse my ignorance. I have the xbox set up with Windows on pc. Now how can I go about watching tv, movies etc on it. Our music is visable on the Xbox which is great. I understood (maybe I am wrong) that you could watch tv etc on the Xbox but am not sure how to go about it. Can anyone recommend a website or something. Thanks for you help


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    theteal
    Registered Users Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    video content stored on the pc will stream to the xbox once you set windows media player (11 +) to share the location of the video content

    you can also use stuff like tversity for media formats not supported by the xbox

    this should help


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    Meesared
    Registered Users Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Meesared


    Tversity is a good possibility too as it has a much better range of codecs it supports


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    mcgovern
    Registered Users Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭mcgovern


    If you have a TV card in your PC, and its configured and working through WMC, you can watch the TV on the Xbox using it as an extender.


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    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    I'm not trolling but PS3 Media Server works a treat too.

    You just install that and load it up. It will pick up your xbox automatically. Then on your xbox browse to videos and you should see a new option with your computer name. You can browse to your files and play them via the xbox then.


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    Meesared
    Registered Users Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Meesared


    chin_grin wrote: »
    I'm not trolling but PS3 Media Server works a treat too.

    You just install that and load it up. It will pick up your xbox automatically. Then on your xbox browse to videos and you should see a new option with your computer name. You can browse to your files and play them via the xbox then.
    It is ironic the name of that, but its a bit picky with .mkv files i find


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    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Meesared wrote: »
    It is ironic the name of that, but its a bit picky with .mkv files i find

    They work grand for me! I've a few files in that format and they've played no hassle.


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    #8
    canihave
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭canihave


    Thanks for all your replies. I had tried Tversity and got as far as seeing Tversity on the Xbox but when I tried to watch (please no slagging) Big Brother I could not see it on the Xbox. Got it up on the PC alright. Not sure what I am doing wrong or is it that Xbox just won't show BB!!!


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    Meesared
    Registered Users Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Meesared


    Tversity obviously has some taste :p

    But anyway, how are you watching it? are you streaming or have you the files downloaded?


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