Media Center Extender (part 2)
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Well my foray into Vista MCE has sort of hit a stand still, seems the latest vista CTP will not allow the extender software to run, just complains it needs MCE 2005 (the last CTP worked fine).
Therefore I have setup my MCE 2005 to ’stream’ XVid and DivX to my 360. If you want to know how to setup the 360 to accept the streamed version of a XVid/DivX then hop over here as he has a great write up on the subject.
One thing to make sure about is that for us Europeans we need to set the video profile up as PAL, that way the Media Center PC does NTSC to PAL conversion if need be. The other thing I would recommend is that you use the Media Center remote control rather than a XBox 360 wireless controller, as when the controller turns itself off the display goes a little odd (icons over the video in the background).
I’ve also been playing with WMV HD (the Terminator 2 disk as well as some downloads) and they look GREAT! but they don’t half hammer the wireless connection.
Not sure you need to use the 'old' extender software. If you fire up Media Center in Vista 5308 it has an extender option. Mine will recognise my Xbox360 but will not complete the configuration process. I'm trying to find out why.
Yeah I have the same issue with it. Still trying to work out what's not working myself. Let me know if you find out what it is.