Streaming Media

[jcnnghm]

Has anybody been able to get streaming media (specifically video) working from a Linux box to the 360.  I hate Media Connect.  What format does Media Connect use?  Is there a Linux duplicate?

[AceMilo]

Media connect doesn't work with videos, only xp media center edition works with vids.

[psilocybe]

why does the 360 dash tell you to use media connect in the video section then?

[jcnnghm]

The question is really is there open source software that duplicates the streaming media functionality of Media Center/Connect/whatever so I can stream straight off of my Linux server.

[psilocybe]

why does the 360 dash tell you to use media connect in the video section then?

scratch that
my memory was bad

[k0ldfusi0n]

this is my 1st post  and i want to share something with you, ok bare with me here... i run WMCE 2005 as my OS i can watch streamed mpgs with no problems at all but my query is this i have avis in the same folder as mpgs and when i goto media centre on 360 i try to play the avi i get a nono BUT why does it show a picture on the avi file like it does on the pc?? surely if it wont play avi it sure is annoying showing that it does if you get what i mean 

[QuiescentWonder]

The 360 actually plays the videos, but it doesn't run the media center interface, that's just streamed onto the 360. So if the thumbnails are on the PC (because your PC has the right codecs to play the file) they are streamed to the 360.