According to the Xbox 360 forums, in Connecting the Xbox 360 to stream media without media center you will see your shared folders appearing under Music, Pictures and Video in the Media blade of your dashboard. Those who have already run the Media Center guide, but want to play the music in games as well, will also need to use this guide.

MEDIA PLAYER 11

1. On your 360, remove the existing connection to another PC, if you have one, by going to the Settings blade, then Computers. Don't remove the Media Center PC if you have that set up.

2. On the PC, open Media Player. Add all your files to the Media Library, by clicking on the arrow below the Library button and choosing "Add to Library". You can either search or manually choose folders.

3. Make sure your Xbox 360 is turned on. In WMP11, click on the same down arrow under Library and choose Share My Media.

4. All things going well, you should see the Xbox 360 listed as an extender device. Select to allow all media through to the 360. Press OK.

5. On the 360, choose Music, Video, or Pictures. You should see the name of your PC on the right-hand side of the screen. Select it. After a couple of seconds, your media should start to appear.
Once you've connected either Music, Video, or Pictures, you won't need to repeat the process. The 360 will configure all media types.

STREAMING UNSUPPORTED MOVIE FORMATS WITH ORB

1. Download Orb onto your Windows home PC and follow the instructions for installing and setting up your account.

2. Check to be sure that your Xbox 360 has the Fall 2006 update.

3. Connect your Xbox 360 to your TV.

4. Go to the 'Media' Tab in Xbox 360.

5. Select 'Music', 'Pictures', or 'Video'.

6. Select 'Computer' from the options menu.

7. Click 'Yes, continue' when asked if you have downloaded and installed media sharing software on your computer.

8. Select from the list the computer on which you just installed Orb in Step 1, above.

9. You should see all your media. The default selection is:
For Music, the music in your MyDocuments/MyMusic and SharedDocuments/MyMusic folders
For Pictures, the photos in your MyDocuments/MyPhotos and SharedDocuments/MyPhotos folders
For Videos, the videos in your MyDocuments/MyVideos and SharedDocuments/MyVideos folders
To add or change media folders, click the green Orb tray icon on your computer, then "Configuration", and select the "Media" tab to add your new folders.

Note: To add Internet TV channels to your 'Videos', you must first designate them as Orb Favorites. To do that, go to the TV tab in the 'Quick Tips' Guide in mycast.orb.com.

Thanks jimmy_Bish and Superhoops1967 up on the Xbox 360 forums for the useful information.

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