I am finding that some video files do not play on the Xbox 360 video player when streamed from a PC on the network. The error given is that the format is unsupported.
If I put these video files on to a USB drive I find that they play.
Is there a way to have the video player just stream from a network share? I think the PC media player is interferring with the streaming in some way. I just want the video player to just transfer and stream the file from the PC. Is this possible?
Best Answer
It might sound odd, but the PS3 Mediaserver works with the Xbox. You can configure it to your folder of videos and just play them from the Video Center in your Xbox360. The PS3 Media Server will stream the video to your Xbox. It'll work as long as your computer can play the video as well. See this page http://www.homemultimedianetwork.com/Guides/Installing-PS3-Media-Server.php