if media center is the only thing that can watch and record comcast content then why are so many people happy with alternatives unless they don't care for cable content? in which case. You can find more information about Windows Media Connect at. UDP - 1900, 10280, 10281, 10282, 10283, 10284 Windows Media Connect can communicate with other Digital Media Receivers in your environment-not just the Xbox 360. However, if you use a different firewall be sure to open these ports: The Windows Firewall software will open the required ports during the installation of the Windows Media Connect software. If you connect the Xbox 360 to a Windows Media Center 2005 PC, you get a richer environment, including video streaming and album information as the figure at figure shows. You then can play music and images by selecting the Computer as the source. On the Xbox 360, you manage connections to computers via its System main menu as the figure shows.

After you install Windows Media Connect, you configure it via the Windows Media Connect Control Panel as the figure shows.

Xbox 360 owners can go to for an Xbox-focused setup routine, which provides a front end and additional logic for the standard Windows Media Connect (wmcsetup.exe) installation and performs additional configuration for Windows Media Center 2005 machines. Regular XP SP2 users need to install the Windows Media Connect 2.0 software, which is available at the Windows Update site under Optional Software or you can download it at. You can find more information about the rollup at. To stream media from a Windows Media Center 2005 PC to a Xbox 360 you must install the Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, which is available via. The Xbox 360 has Windows Media Extender technology built-in, which means it can read music, pictures, video and even television from your Windows Media Center 2005 PC or music and pictures from a regular XP (Professional Edition or Home Edition) Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later machine.

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