how i got: PowerMac--PC--Xbox360 Video ,to work

[liketom]

How I got my Power Mac to encode and pump out my movies to my Xbox 360
GOAL : to use Power Mac as a media server Via PC , to the Xbox 360


Step 1 : setup MCE05 on PC
Step 2 : Set up 360 to work with PC
Step 3 : Map Network Drive from Mac to PC (\\192.00.00.0\liketom\movies)
Step 4 : convert video’s (avi/Mov/mp4 ect) to Mpeg-2 with MPEG2 Works 4
Step 5 : open Mac network on PC in 1 window
Step 6 : create new folder in \liketom\movies\ called Xbox
Step 7 : Drag the Xbox folder to My Video window
Step 8 : on your Mac drop any converted MPEG-2 or WMV videos into the Xbox folder
Step 9 : Test the Xbox 360

What works for me : I have series 4 of 24 that I have converted from DVD into MPEG-2 each episode comes in at around the 500MB mark which for me is fine for streaming over WiFi
Converting the Apple+Intel advert to MPEG-2 and displaying on Xbox 360 looks like the real deal

So until a solution come for video from the Mac to Xbox360 via WiFi this works fine for me , I understand most people do not have MCE05 but if you do and you want a quick easy way from your Mac to your PC to your Xbox then this is ideal

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17019 for MPEG2 Works

 

[MRU]

How I got my Power Mac to encode and pump out my movies to my Xbox 360
GOAL : to use Power Mac as a media server Via PC , to the Xbox 360


Step 1 : setup MCE05 on PC
Step 2 : Set up 360 to work with PC
Step 3 : Map Network Drive from Mac to PC (\\192.00.00.0\liketom\movies)
Step 4 : convert video’s (avi/Mov/mp4 ect) to Mpeg-2 with MPEG2 Works 4
Step 5 : open Mac network on PC in 1 window
Step 6 : create new folder in \liketom\movies\ called Xbox
Step 7 : Drag the Xbox folder to My Video window
Step 8 : on your Mac drop any converted MPEG-2 or WMV videos into the Xbox folder
Step 9 : Test the Xbox 360

What works for me : I have series 4 of 24 that I have converted from DVD into MPEG-2 each episode comes in at around the 500MB mark which for me is fine for streaming over WiFi
Converting the Apple+Intel advert to MPEG-2 and displaying on Xbox 360 looks like the real deal

So until a solution come for video from the Mac to Xbox360 via WiFi this works fine for me , I understand most people do not have MCE05 but if you do and you want a quick easy way from your Mac to your PC to your Xbox then this is ideal

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17019 for MPEG2 Works

All that time, effort and setup (2 computers + 360)... Is it not just simpler to play the Series 24 DVD collection directly in your 360 rather than having to go to such a convoluted procedure, using up loads of HD space not to mention time and energy?

I gave up with MCE2005 and Xbox 360 for that very reason...