media center extender
i picked up a xbox360 last year along with a hdtv compliant television. last week i built myself a new computer (specs to come later). i'm rockin' this rig with xp mce. one reason for doing so: the xbox360 can be used as a media center extender. my head filled with idea of streaming television, media and internet content streaming to my nice new tv via the x360.
i got the extender software installed on this computer. no problem. hit the little, green windows button. bam, nice. start navigating, add shared folders. this is pretty nice so far ........
Cannot Play Video
The file type is not recognized and cannot be played. Either the correct codec (a file that compresses/decompresses audio or video) is not installed or the file is corrupt.
fuck, microsoft .. seriously. I can play divx on this mce machine. but on the extender, a big two fingered salute from the most insane corporation in america. turns out the media is actually decoded on the extender locally. on top of that, it doesn't pull codecs from the host machine. basically, have fun with wmv. and not even every wmv format is supported. thanks, ms .. for the memories.