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Connect360 now does DivX/Xvid
We've posted on Connect360 from nullriver several times before. This handy Preference Pane application allows you to stream media (music, pictures, and video) from your Mac to your Xbox 360 (by emulating a Windows machine). Well the Fall 2007 Dashboard update for Xbox 360 just dropped this week and, among other things, added DivX and Xvid codec support. So nullriver has updated Connect360 to version 3.2 with support for these video codecs.Connect360 remains $20 and a demo is available.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
munir said 7:42PM on 12-05-2007
does anyone know how to use connect360 to stream files to the 360 from an external hard drive connected to an airport extreme? i tried making an alias to the folder on the external hard drive, but no luck. any help would be appreciated.
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nexus said 8:13PM on 12-05-2007
aliases have never worked unfortunately :(
you could switch the entire directory it uses to share movies from though
iGO said 8:31PM on 12-05-2007
Does anyone know if there is a Connect360 like product for the PS3?
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Zack Mahdavi said 9:06PM on 12-05-2007
Nullriver announched that they are working on a "ConnectPS3," but there hasn't been much news about it yet.
http://www.gamingtruth.com/2007/08/07/connectps3-coming-to-a-mac-near-you/
Kenneth said 9:16PM on 12-05-2007
EyeConnect.
Tt works between my Mac and PS3, since it supports DLNA, but it will cost you $50.
I used to have a Xbox 360 w/Connect360 anyway.
Sam said 11:54PM on 12-05-2007
As someone else mentioned, EyeConnect by ElGato is basically the same thing for the PS3 (for those who don't like to support Microsoft funneling Windows and Office monopoly funds to subsidize taking over another industry). However, ElGato doesn't seem to be as on the ball. The "Trial Version" download link is broken on their site, and the software doesn't get revved as often as some would like.
Jon said 8:32PM on 12-05-2007
Maybe it is because I am running Leopard, but it won't stop crashing! My 360 gets discovered almost immediately–but the second I try to play a song, Connect360 crashes. I've disabled my firewall, turned on iTunes sharing, restarted both 360 & computer, reinstalled Connect360, disabled Back to My Mac, and disabled File-Sharing at no avail. Not too impressed.
Anyone having the same issue? Argh?
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Boris Blazevic said 8:50PM on 12-05-2007
Hey Jon,
Just an fyi. I am also running leopard and I have the same results. Music crashes all the time but I am able to get video up and running if i let everything sit around for a couple of minutes. I tried the support page but nothing is there. Hopefully they can fix this soon!
Aym said 10:18PM on 12-05-2007
Well, still on Tiger and have the same problem, glad to know I'm not the only one !
Music crashes as soon as I try to play while video works fine. Only since I updated to 3.2. I'm thinking of rolling back while waiting for a fix.
Anyone could find a solution ?
Danny said 10:50AM on 12-06-2007
I'm not sure about a fix for 3.2 (I haven't updated yet), but 3.1 will stream your DivX and Xvid files, all you need to do is change the extension to wmv.
Sean Lynch said 9:24PM on 12-05-2007
Just adding my +1 to the issues Jon and Boris mentioned. When I try to play a song, connect360 crashes. I tried to connect the nullriver support but the link on the support page is dead too.
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Jon said 10:51PM on 12-05-2007
I took an educated guess that their support email address was support@nullriver.com, and I was correct (I got an auto generated "Dear customer," response back from them immediately). I sent them an email pointing to this thread. Feel free to email them yourselves if you are having an issue with the latest release.
I really want this software to work! It looks like it will be a very functional add-on to my living room :)
Luis Guillermo Martinez said 10:56PM on 12-05-2007
Yeah , im having problems playing music too. On leopard
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marcman said 11:20PM on 12-05-2007
fyi, for those of us who dont want to upgrade to 3.2, if you rename the file extension to .wmv the file shows up on the 360 and plays correctly.
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DYLAN UNUTMAZ said 11:23PM on 12-05-2007
can someone please upload 3.1 to rapidshare or something. i upgraded now i have no way to get back the old version. email me the link at dylanu@gmail.com
Miko said 11:25PM on 12-05-2007
Same issue here streaming mp3 on leopard and connect360 3.2.
Video (xvid/divx) seems slower to start than streaming wmv/h264 on connect360 3.1 but at least is working.
I'm sure a new update will arrive shortly :)
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Miko said 11:34PM on 12-05-2007
Dylan, the download on the apple website is still showing version 3.1, you might want to give it a try
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/home_learning/connect360.html
Josh said 11:40PM on 12-05-2007
Ugh. It crashes when I try to play music. Everything else seems to work. I'm on Tiger.
Does the preference pane for this program get cut off on the right side for anyone else?
I don't really want to downgrade because the previous version would stop working randomly and not find any files on my Mac for no apparent reason. I could connect to my Mac, see my files, but they would be broken links. I almost wish I didn't buy it.
These guys really need a support forum, so we can help each other troubleshoot.
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Josh said 1:22AM on 12-07-2007
Ah ... A new update seemed to have fixed the problem. :-)
wyzik said 11:52PM on 12-05-2007
now if only Connect360 would preserve the folder structure for movies you add to the "library," rather than having a 1583-file pile-up.....
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