no fair, its way too easy now, went to update this tut, the statement i got from the following link says it all :D

http://a8t8.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2...8!156.entry

Stream H.264-MP4/M4V/M4A from Windows Media Player 11 to Playstation 3 & Xbox 360

Okay your wondering what happened to all the text and instructions, links etc well the answer is I deleted it simply because this hack is old, out of date and there are far better solutions available.

1) Use PS3 Media Center - its free & open source, reliable, lots of features, streams MP4, transcodes incompatible video and works with the Xbox 360 too!

2) Go get Windows 7 it has WMP12 which has native MP4/M4A/MOV support no need for messy hacks.

3) Want to play MP4 files on your XP/Vista box go get MPC-HC - free, open source and an excellent player.


Comodo firewall rule, this is safe if your network runs behind a proxy/you may need static ip network for this!!


click security tab, then the network monitor tab. Under Network Control Rules, you will see the add button, click it. you will need to add two rules and leave all ports open the your cpu ip address as well as that of your xbox 360. Set up the rules like this

1st
source ip , select single ip then insert you cpu ip
destination ip , select single ip then insert your xbox 360 ip
source port=any
destination port=any

2nd rule , exactly the same and reverse the ip's position in source and destination.

i tried to keep an eye on ports being used during streaming so i could further secure my network, but it all runs on way too many so dont bother. just make sure you have a secure network.

Thanks for your work kronictokr

no prob
i may have double posted. hadn't realized you guys ok'd this

most of the credit has to go to the guys whos links i posted . but i hope some people get good use out of it .
thanks for the great site guys!

hmmm this is odd.

i did everything in the post but now no files will play at all

keep getting the not supported message

any ideas?

what type of files?

microsoft as a whole is prtty picky on filetypes.

it wont support the mkv/ogm filetypes, thats all ive tried tho.

havent used it in a while, but i believe you get the hack for h.264 in this post as well as avi and mp4. pretty sure the hack will let windows media player SEE the files, but only your 360 will play them. once everything is set up right. let me know if you need more help

I have made a "TUT" on streaming video from PC to 360 but I did not realize I had to get it approved, Therefore I have deleted it but I will re post upon approval or make a new thread. Sorry for the inconvenience.

lol, whatever your desire :D