Will Xbox360 work as "go between" device for Tv & PC?

Question

I want to be able to watch movies from my

Computer's hard drive on my television. I

saw an consumer report saying Xbox360 would

Allow me to do so. Anyone with more

information?

Answer 1

You can do this.  Xbox 360 is built to be Windows Media Center extender.  Meaning you needed windows Media Center version of Windows.  (this is more then just the thing that plays music).   This is the easy way to do it.  

Then you just sink both of these up and it works pretty well.  You do only get the basic video formats, but with the latest updates (for xbox 360) you can even play Divx movies.   It really came down to if your computer can play it, then it can stream it over to your xbox.

There is a couple of programs that you can download that work in place of Windows Media Center.

http://tversity.com/home

This is one I have used before, but haven't reinstalled it on my PC yet.  This runs on your PC and acts as a server for your Xbox 360 (it does it with Music too).  

As long as you can watch the video on your PC you should be set.  

The program isn't that fancy looking,  but it does the job for being free.

Answer 2

You can I believe they all have to be in WMV format in order for your Xbox to play them.  You can get a converter online for about $30 if you need to convery your movie files to WMV.

Answer 3

i know you can do it with music but it has to be a "ripped" CD so i imagine you would need license for each movie. i doubt it though I'm sure Microsoft wants you to rent movies off of live. :/