Rivet 1.1 Allows You to Access Your Mac Media from Your Xbox 360

Cynical Peak Software has recently updated one of the three Mac apps it has to offer. Currently at version 1.1, Rivet allows you to view all the videos, tunes and photos available on your Mac, right on your Xbox 360 and, implicitly, on your large TV screen.

Using Rivet you can browse, play and view all of your pictures, movies and video through the Xbox 360's media features, as the software automatically loads and gives you full access to the folders that you wish to share with Microsoft's gaming machine. Thus, you can listen to your iTunes music library through your stereo system (even while playing games), stream over your videos and enjoy them, as well as other cool stuff, from the comfort of your couch.

Rivet supports the following video and audio formats: AAC, MP3, WMA, H.262, DIVX, AVI, WMV, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, RAW, TIFF, PSD, PDF and more.

A demo version of the software is available right here on Softpedia, if you wish to try it out. The demo is limited to just 1 video and 10 songs per session. Photo viewing, however, is unlimited, so feel free to download Rivet and give it a shot right now, if you're the proud owner of a Mac and an Xbox 360.

According to Cynical Peak Software, the new version adds better support for video podcasts and TV Shows in iTunes. They will now be sorted into subfolders based on the show and season, the developer claims. Also, automatic media updating is now friendlier on your CPU while compilation albums will show up as one album and not as a separate one for each artist. Transcoded pictures are now much friendlier to your hard drive as well, Cynical Peak claims.

Other changes have been made regarding the machine's IP discovery (to work better with virtual machines and system preferences). Also, issues emerging when displaying photos from a self managed iPhoto library have been successfully eliminated.

Rivet costs $18.95 to buy. The software calls for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or later and is a Universal Binary (runs on both PPC and Intel-based Macs). Other requirements include a networked Xbox 360 and iTunes, for music sharing.