[Rugby]

downloading demo now...will try it against Medialink

[Raymondo17]

>That said, a side-by-side comparison of software that streams media from the Mac to the Xbox 360 and/or PS3 would make for a great Macworld article.
Enforcer, I agree, but include AppleTV in the race and make it an article on the various methods of piping your media into your living room. In my experience, AppleTV hacked with Boxee beats out MediaLink with the PS3, chiefly because of the user interface. Medialink is still a bit clunky to me.
>downloading demo now...will try it against Medialink
Please report your findings as soon as you do, Rugby. I'm curious to see how Playback stands up.

[Sigil]

Yes, I agree. Apple TV + Boxee = GOLD!

[jhillestad]

Tried it out , has some bugs..... the demo is annoying because it stops at 2 videos..... fails to see some folders and fails to show files inside folders I specified in the setup.... says folder is empty when there are tons of mp4's in it....

[t0ny]

jhillestad:I recommend emailing them if you have some questions.

They were extremely fast and helpful in getting back to me. In my experience (since earlier this morning), Playback has seen everything properly on both my PS3 and XBOX units and performed very very well.

[Louis24x7]

Ha, their server is overloaded

[haygun]

You absolutely can connect an external hard drive and store all of your media on it. This is the exact solution that I use. No media resides on my internal iMac drive. All my media is on the Firewire/USB drive and it streams from there using Connect360.

[bari1]

At the risk of sounding really dumb, I do not understand what this software actually does for me and how I would use it. I have an iMac and my son has an Xbox 360. Could someone give me a simple example or two of practical applications of this software? Thanks.

[t0ny]

If you have music, pictures, or movies of any kind on your iMac, you can view them all them all on your TV via your XBOX.

[bari1]

tOny, Thanks for your quick and helpful response. One more thing, however...how do I hook up my iMac to the Xbox console?
Please and thanks. bari1

[t0ny]

You don't hook it up directly. Your iMac and XBOX should both be connected to your network (wirelessly or wired). Once that is done, and you have turned on Media Sharing in Playback; you should see it on the XBOX :-)

[bari1]

tOny, Now I get it, thanks a million. I'm going to give it a try. bari1