Stream From Your Mac To Your Xbox 360
By Nathan Weinberg
Expert Author
Article Date: 2006-02-13
Jake Luddington points out Connect360, a $10 download (free trial) that says it will let you stream audio and images from Mac OS X to an Xbox 360.
Connect360 supports MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF and Apple Lossless for music and JPEG, RAW, GIF, PNG, BMP and TIFF for images, streaming an iTunes or iPhoto library, transcoding it instantly over a wired or wireless network.
Sounds like a good deal, assuming it works well. It doesn't compare to Media Center, and I'd like to see if someone can hack Front Row on a 360 (again, doesn't compare, but it would be nice), but its a good start and a nice feature for Mac owners. When the Mac Mini DVR comes out, as many assume it will, hopefully the development of this will be at the point that streaming that to the 360 as well will be a simple matter.
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Nathan Weinberg writes the popular InsideGoogle blog, offering the latest news and insights about Google and search engines.
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