Windows 7 + Xbox 360 = extreme win. Xvids and divx now work from within the Media Center extender. Assuming they don’t break it before gold.
Windows 7 + Xbox 360 = extreme…
Is there food?
Technology, Movies, Gaming…and the spaces in between…
How did you get your 360 connected? I'm trying to get my 360 to recognize WMC on my new Windows 7 installation….not working.
It just worked! Configure an extender from within Media Center on the Win7 machine. Then you have to enter the digits from the 360 and you're away.
Check firewalls if it's not working. That can cause a problem.
Let me know if you're still having trouble.
Still not working…although I re-installed Vista and for some reason WMC doesn't work any more….what the heck???
you have to go under the streaming/sharig tab in media player, and choose allow all devices
Hi there, I have been dealing with windows 7 and had it working with my xbox 360; however it seems that it has some serious issues. The remote control lags and the xbox 360 freezes randomly. WMC becomes unresponsive to remote commands. All I can do is exit to the dash board and relaunch WMC again or turn off the xbox. I thought it was a firewall issue but had it completely disabled (after trying all configuration possibility) and got the same results. The nice thing about WMC now is that it can play AVI and AAC files.
The other issue is Windows media player 12. when trying to access the PC videos (AVI) on the xbox 360 only the main folders shows but not the video files. It works fine on WMP 11 (Vista)
So far the media center experience is buggy on Window 7 Beta as far as using it with the XBOX 360. is any one having the same issues, and is there a work around awaiting MS updates/fixes? Is there a away to uninstall WMP 12 and reinstall WMP 11 instead?
I have the exact same issues as Guilou. I The same with AVI files not showing up and Media Center becomes unresponsive to the remote when I try to access video folders. I can watch photos just fine but the moment I go to videos the remote won't respond, only the guide.
I've managed to get the Xbox working as an extender to Windows 7 Media Center, but with one very strange problem… When I load up Media Center from the 360 it loads up in 640×480/480p/SD! So the interface doesn't look half as sharp as it should, but I don't know if there are any settings for this. I certainly can't find any.
I wouldn't mind so much, but I just got a satellite card so I can watch BBC HD!
I've noticed that too! Meant to look into it further. Maybe it's a bandwidth thing? Certainly frustrating when it comes to streaming hd content.