Streaming from Xbox to Pc

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Streaming from PC to XBOX

Hello.

A mate of mine mentioned you can play music on your xbox from your pc without having to put music on to a memory stick / ipod and the xbox only plays the first 100 songs. I also want to be able to game while the music is playing. He said I don't need media player or media centre in order to do this. Ive set up the home network and allowed picture/music files to be shared however my xbox is not picking up my PC and vice versa??

Any help , thanks?
 
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I use Vuze,

I know Vuze can be used for other 'ahem' things, which I wont go into, but Vuze has a devices feature where you basicly dump any music from anywhere on your pc into the devices section and it sorts all the streaming out for you, your music can then be found in your music library.

You can also stream movies etc through Vuze to your xbox too using the exact same method, they appear in your videos library.
 
Hmm. Apparently when using a quad core processor it doesn't always pick up the xbox. Someone did use a quad core and it wouldn't pick the xbox up then they used a dual core and it picked the xbox. They then tried the quad core again and it didn't show up the xbox
 
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Just connected via ethernet. Still not picking it up on devices on my PC

I just used windows media centre to search for extender (xbox360) and it cannot find it.
 
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You just set it up in Windows Media player. I do this with both my Xbox 360 ans Ps3 as I don't see the point is wasting Hdd space that I can use for dlc, game saves, themes etc on either console when I can just stream music, pictures and video from my Pc. If you change motherboards or Pcs though it wont work until you either re-install windows or delete the windows media player drm from the registry (yes, I know, windows uses a form of s****y drm, unbelievable isn't it?). Heres how its done (taken from another website - not written by me, but it worked for me when I had problems after swapping motherboards)...

To start...only do this if you have followed on of the steps for setting up Media Sharing in Windows XP for Windows Media Player 11. If you have done this and your XBOX 360 still cannot see your PC then proceed.

I don't know if this item was ever resolved, but I had the same issue on two different XBOX 360's at two different houses. The resolution was the same for both of them. The problem is that at some point the DRM database for Windows Media Player 11 gets corrupted on machines that have Windows XP. I have not determined if this problem happens on Vista. Without a valid DRM database the Windows Media Player sharing service cannot function properly. It will show as running in the Services menu, but it is not really working correctly. To find out if this may apply to you can look in the system error log.

CAUTION: This process will rebuild you DRM database. Please proceed at your own risk. I have not encountered this causing any issues but I've only done it on two machines so user beware....

After a fresh boot so you will have restarted the sharing service and have fresh log messages....
1. Left click on "Start"
2. Left click on "Control Panel"
3. Left click on "Administrative Tools"
4. Left click on "Event Viewer"
5. In the left side of the menu, left click on "System"
6. In the right pane look for red "X's". If you see one with "WMPNetworkService" then there's a good chance this applies to you.

To resolve.....
1. Left click on "Start"
2. Left click on "Run"
3. Type in "regedit" to open the Registry Editor. BE CAREFUL IN THE REGISTRY! We are not going to change anything, just look.
4. In the left pane navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DRM.
5. In the right pane left double-click on "DataPath"
6. The value you will see in the right column is the location of your DRM database. Typically its something like "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM". Remember this value.
7. Close the Registry Editor.

Due to some complications it is best to do the next piece in the DOS Shell
8. Left click on "Start"
9. Left click on "Run"
10. Type in "cmd" to open the DOS Shell
11. Type is "cd thevalueofthedatapathfromstep6abovewithouttheDRMpiece"....or using the value listed in step 6 as an example "cd C:\Documents and Settings\All Users"
12. Type "rmdir /S DRM"
13. Type "mkdir DRM"
14. Type "Exit" to close the DOS Shell

Now in Internet Explorer. Yes, it must be IE because an ActiveX control will be used next that only IE can handle. This will not work with Mozilla, etc....
15. Navigate to the website "http://drmlicense.one.microsoft.com/Indivsite/en/indivit.asp"
16. Install the ActiveX control when prompted
17. An active "Upgrade" button should appear in the middle of the screen. Left click on it.
18. Follow the process to install.
18. Once complete, reboot the PC.
19. Once the PC is completely booted your XBOX 360 should now be able to see your PC.
 
Just tried this. When I try to find the "5. In the right pane left double-click on "DataPath" it only shows 'DRM'. I clicked this so it was highlighted then looked below for the path but it says "Computer/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DRM"
 
Didnt want to make a new thread so ile bump this one.

My PC finally shows my xbox but on my xbox it says "PC not listed". I give the 30seconds it asks for and still doesn't show the name off the PC.

Any ideas?
~Thanks
 
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