Xbox 360 Streaming with UPC Cisco EPC 2425 Router

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Moderators please note: I'm aware there's a sticky in the broadband forum concerning speed issues with the EPC2425, and I've posted questions in there to no avail, so I'm hoping users of this forum may be able to shed some light on this query for me.

Hey guys,
I have been pulling my hair out over this for about 3 weeks now, so I'm really hoping someone in here can help me out. I am a UPC customer, with a Cisco EPC2425 router/modem as my connectivity device. I am attempting to stream from my main PC (running Windows 7 Ultimate) to my Xbox360. Both are connected to the router with wired connections. Both devices can connect to the Internet with no problem. Last night I had some slight success by enabling streaming manually through an option in the 'Networks and Sharing' control panel app (via Windows Media Player - allowing media to be streamed to the detected Xbox). While this was not the elegant solution I was after, it worked (for an episode) and promptly cut out after, and as of when I went to bed last night was refusing to work again.

It should be noted at this point that the Xbox can 'see' my PC, and vice versa, but any attempt to attach the Xbox as an extender to Windows Media Center has not worked. The wizard will reach step 4, start scanning my (admittedly large) library and I'll shortly receive a message on my Xbox telling me that it cannot connect to the PC. I have not yet tried XBMC (for streaming anyway - it won't pick up all of my library) or any other streaming option, after getting quite frustrated. I have tried using PortForward.com's guides to opening ports for my particular router, and setting a static IP (for the PC anyway, the Xbox currently is assigned its IP dynamically), still to no joy.

Prior to this house (2 houses ago actually), I had been able to set the EPC2425 into bridge mode and utilise an old Netgear router I had around the place, and everything worked fine. I hadn't needed this setup in my last house, so upon moving into my new house 3 weeks ago, set about doing the exact same thing I had before. I (many frustrating hours later) found out from the freephone UPC support that they had pushed a firmware upgrade out onto the EPC2425's to disable this feature. I was then advised by the freephone support people to ring UPC's premium rate support number, which, every time I have rung it thus far, has just rung out. What corporate phone number just rings out and doesn't take you into a queue?!

To boil it all down, I am asking you, fellow Xbox'ers (and hopefully UPC customers) if any of you have encountered this issue in the past, with the aim of picking some brains to see if anyone has solved it (or at least found a workaround - I don't care how complicated, making this work will make my life easier). There's a pint in it for anyone who can bring resolution (will travel to you!).

Cheers lads!!

garysully1986

Have all the same connections as yourself and usually if I try to use the windows media player I get an error saying the connection was lost. If I keep trying maybe 3 times out of 10 it will work and play okay.

I asked this before and somebody recommended downloading tversity on my laptop. Since I have done this I have had no issues with streaming.

It works all the time and has a lot of different codecs supported.

Try downloading that and see how you get on.

ironictoaster

I had a lot trouble with Windows media center myself. I ended using TVersity or rivet if using a mac to stream.

Mind, this was a couple of years ago, I don't know if any of the updates since then has changed this.

chin_grin

My advice is to not use windows media centre to stream.

I have the same set up and have had absolutely no problems with ps3mediaserver (yes it works fine for xbox too!).

http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/