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Streaming Video:Xbox or PC??????

  • 24-03-2008 12:38am
    #1
    Bros123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 682 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know if when you stream video from your computer is the Xbox doing all the work or the computer?
    Why I ask is i downloaded a sample of a HD movie and it buffered on the xbox but played perfectly.
    The sample was only a minute long and I don't have a very powerful laptop so was wondering which device actually did all the work!


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  • #2
    Xyo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 455 ✭✭Xyo


    Why would you be using your lap top?


  • #3
    Bros123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 682 ✭✭✭Bros123


    Xyo wrote: »
    Why would you be using your lap top?

    That's where the movie is!:rolleyes:


  • #4
    silvine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    As far as I know it's the Xbox that does the work.


  • #5
    TheDoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    yeah i just recently found out how to get my laptop running movies etc over the xbox, its amazing i cant believe i used to wtach movies on the laptop, this is fairly epic i have to say

    im loving my xbox even more, my girlfriend is seriously worried, although she prefers it then having the burning laptop on her knees :)


  • #6
    silvine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    You can use it to stream music too, and for files it can't play just use TVersity.

    The PS3 bills itself as your home's media solution but from I've seen the Xbox does a damn good job (albeit slightly noisier).


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  • #7
    Jip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    When I stream movies/episodes from my laptop I have terrible problems with buffering, every couple of minutes or so which makes whatever I'm streaming unwatchable. Would this be just a simple settings issue or a network problem ?


  • #8
    silvine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    What kind of router are you using ? How far away is the laptop from the Xbox?


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