Does anyone know a device that can stream music from your computer to the device itself?

Question

Does anyone know a device that can stream music from your computer to the device itself?

I need a Device that can search libraries on my computer for music using wifi or something else and play them on the device or output speakers.

WILL TAKE ANYTHING

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Answer 1

I use my sons Xbox 360. It is incredible.

The 360 is plugged into my home network (basic router). Where ever you hook up the xbox, there is your music (off the network).

I had to tell Windows Media Player that I wanted to share my library over the network.

Now when I goto the "Media" page on the xbox TV (down in our rec-room), I can choose media from my PC upstairs in the den. It lets me create playlists by artist, album, all the usual stuff...

Movies too.

The best part is all my movies can be stored on my PC then watched on the Xbox (big screen) downstairs in Hi-def. The xbox plays AVI Xvid and Divx no problem.

Media Center.

The Xbox can be used as a media center device. I don't use it that way. I find media center to be quite a resource hog on my computer. To use the "windows media center" I had to enter a 4charcter code that the xbox displayed on the screen. It worked okay, but I prefer just choosing my media on the xbox media page rather than starting up the media center.

Original Xbox.

I have heard great things about using the original xboxs similar to what I am doing. I think they may need a bit more tweaking, but am not sure. Also they may play more video codecs, but am not sure.