Comments on: How-To:XBOX 360 Media Server in Linux

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:02:41 +0000

I’m running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy and I have an XBox 360. The instructions worked pretty well - thanks very much! Based on a bit of reading on other sites I made a few changes that others might find useful.

First, according to this page some of the variables in the default configuration file are incorrect: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436605. Based on this I prepended “USHARE_” to the variables that don’t already have it.

Second, rather than editing /etc/init.d/ushare directly, I created a new file called /etc/default/ushare and added the following line:
USHARE_OPTIONS=”–xbox”
This is more the “Ubuntu way” and ensures that the xbox option does not disappear when you upgrade the package in the future.

Thanks again! Mike.

By: creator

creator — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:21:56 +0000

i followed every step and i couldnt connect worth stit and i use ubuntu

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15 Reasons Console gaming is killing PC gaming | LiamM.com — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:46:58 +0000

[...] 4. Relax from the couch Sure a lot of geeks like me have a computer in the living room. But most people don’t nor do they want to. Lets face it gaming from the couch is far more comfortable than sitting down at the computer desk. You could wire your computer up to the TV and switch back and forth from your monitor to the TV but why add the extra step I mean I just turn on my console and I’m ready to go. As for media there’s not much now that I can’t stream from the computer in my office to my 360 or my PS3. See my post on how to setup an Xbox 360 media server in Linux [...]

By: iceolate

iceolate — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:18:14 +0000

@ dean –

i will give it another shot again. i had to reinstall my OS, so i’ll see what happens this weekend. thanks.

By: darreld

darreld — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:32:45 +0000

Instructions worked perfectly. I’m on Ubuntu 8.10 and I had to make the change mentioned to the ushare start script but, after that, it worked like a dream.

Thanks

By: mediaguy

mediaguy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:45:34 +0000

nothing reallly changes with respect to the NXE patch. just look at the my video library in the my xbox section. it now shows all the sources automaticly instead of having to press x to switch sources

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:01:52 +0000

@ iceolate

That would because you are using the New Xbox Experience. The latest patch that changed the entire interface quite alot. UNfortunately I can’t help you with what the equivalent menu option would be, though I suspect there will be one as you sugested, in the ‘My Xbox’ tab.

I only recently got my Xbox 360 and am just starting to look at getting this set up. Perhaps someone else can comment on whether anything here changes with respect to the NXE patch?

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:03:36 +0000

Has anyone been able to stream .mp4 video files to the XBox? Renaming mp4 files to m4v or .mov seems to work (mostly) but is there any reason it can’t stream .mp4 files? I know it’s initially set to recognize them as audio files, but is there a way to get UShare to recognize them as Video?

By: iceolate

iceolate — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:22:25 +0000

>Now if you switch on your XBOX 360 you should be able to browse to the “media” blade then >go to the “Video” option if you press “X” you should see the text you entered into >“USHARE_NAME” in the ushare.conf file.

I think I did everything right up to this point, but when I turn on this XBOX, I don’t see this “media blade” you are referring to. When I switch through the menus on the Dashboard, I still only have My Xbox, from there I have the Video Library, but it’s only looking to connect to a Windows-based PC.

By: Ally

Ally — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:33:37 +0000

Sorry, didn’t realize part of my last post didn’t show up. In the abovementioned file, there is a line like this one:

mime-type type=”video/x-msvideo”

but with pointy brackets. You will need to change it to this:

mime-type type=”video/x-ms-wmv”

(But leave the pointy brackets)