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Rodman - 24 Aug 2005 03:28 GMT

I really want to know if I will be able to stream music from my xp pc with
media connect to the xbox 360 wirelessly. I think I have been able to
determine that it can be done wired, but I intend to purchase the wifi
adapter for the xbox 360 and would like to stream wirelessly. thanks

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Alan Ludwig [MSFT] - 24 Aug 2005 05:09 GMT

> I really want to know if I will be able to stream music from my xp pc
> with media connect to the xbox 360 wirelessly. I think I have been
> able to determine that it can be done wired, but I intend to purchase
> the wifi adapter for the xbox 360 and would like to stream wirelessly.
> thanks

The answer is YES with one reservation. WMA Lossless has a very high
bitrate and you probably don't want to stream Lossless WMA wirelessly
while using XBox Live for gaming. You'll want to reserve some bandwith
for the actual gameplay.

So, if you are all about WMA Lossless, then you'll want to go wired or
have a "lossy" set of files for streaming to the X-Box.

Regards,

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Rodman - 25 Aug 2005 01:38 GMT

Thanks, that is awesome news. Can't wait to get rid of my barely functional
D-link media lounge. Thanks again.

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> > I really want to know if I will be able to stream music from my xp pc
> > with media connect to the xbox 360 wirelessly. I think I have been
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> Regards,

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rvacha - 25 Aug 2005 03:51 GMT

Alan-
Does this imply that WMC will be transcoding WMAL to PCM for the xbox? Are
you at liberty to say?

Ray

> > I really want to know if I will be able to stream music from my xp pc
> > with media connect to the xbox 360 wirelessly. I think I have been
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> Regards,

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Alan Ludwig [MSFT] - 25 Aug 2005 05:54 GMT

XBox does native transcoding of WMAL.

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Scott - 26 Aug 2005 12:15 GMT

Alan,

Can you say when v2 will be available?

How about the ordering of the music? Would really like to see
artist/album/track.

TIA,
Scott

> XBox does native transcoding of WMAL.

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Scott - 26 Aug 2005 12:27 GMT

OK, sorry, I should've read further down before posting. I saw the beta
tester request post and submitted.

> Alan,
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