i too have an original xbox and would like to connect it that way...but she who must be obeyed probably wont allow that because of all the wiring...and i really dont wana buy extra hardware.If i could wifi enable my xbox somehow that would be brilliant solution too<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/4 Rob Beard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rob@esdelle.co.uk">rob@esdelle.co.uk</a>></span><br>
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<div class="im">javadayaz wrote:<br>> I mean primarily to view stuff/media thats stored on the ubuntu pc!<br>> sorry should have made that a bit clearer<br></div>Yeah no problem.<br><br>Well I don't have either console (I have an original XBOX, PS2 and<br>
Wii). I know the PS3 has Linux support and I'm pretty certain there is<br>a version of Ubuntu available (if I'm right it's the PowerPC version<br>that runs on the PS3) so you could run your media that way with<br>
something like MythTV. I'm not sure if the default operating system on<br>the PS3 (XMB is it?) can connect to Samba shares but I believe it does<br>support uPNP which I understand there are servers available for this on<br>
Ubuntu, I've also read it supports Divx video files.<br><br>With regards to the XBOX 360, I really don't know. I know it can<br>connect to a Windows machine which is running Windows Media Centre and<br>play stuff from that, and I would assume it can play WMA/WMV files<br>
(being Microsoft format files) but as far as connecting to a Samba share<br>or uPNP server I just don't know. Doing a quick Google search pointed<br>to a post about someone running Windows XP Media Centre edition in<br>
something like VirtualBox.<br><br>If you haven't got either though you may also want to consider something<br>like the Popcorn Hour device which plays a wide variety of media formats<br>(I believe it also does Makrosa video files) and connects to a network<br>
plus IIRC also has space for a hard drive. I believe it supports<br>standard definition and High Definition content with a pretty good<br>variety of connections (HDMI, Composite, Component Video etc). I did<br>see a review in a Linux Format magazine not long ago, and I think it<br>
retailed for something like £150 or so.<br><br>Hope this helps.<br>
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