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• Add DVD Cover Art to Windows Media Center 7 and Xbox 360 Extender

  I’ve spent a lot of time ripping my DVDs to a digital format I can play practically anywhere , and they do.  I only wish that instead of the movie library menu looking like this… … it looked like this…! Well it’s pretty easy to do.  To display... Posted Mar 22 2010, 09:39 PM by Matt Williamson with | with 17 comment(s) Filed under: 7, Windows, 360, Xbox, Media Center, DVD

• Xbox 360 Error E74

  I booted up the old Xbox 360 the other night for yet another round of Call of Duty and was greeted with a single flashing red light on the console and the following error message on the screen: System Error. Contact Xbox Customer Support. E 74 I immediately... Posted Jun 09 2009, 04:41 PM by Matt Williamson with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Error, 360, Xbox

• Ripping DVDs for Xbox 360 Media Center Playback

  To rip a dvd to your computer for playback through the Xbox 360 Media Center, I use the following process and it has worked perfectly for all of my dvds. Use DVDDecrypter to rip your DVD to the harddrive. UPDATE: I now use AnyDVD , DVDDecrypter is out... Posted Jan 03 2008, 11:16 AM by Matt Williamson with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: 360, Xbox, Media Center, Video, DVD

• Xbox 360 Fall 2007 Update and TVersity

  The fall 2007 Xbox 360 update was just released a couple of weeks ago. The most significant of the improvements is the ability to play Divx/Xvid content on the 360. Those of us who are already using TVersity to accomplish this task might not be so impressed... Posted Dec 13 2007, 04:09 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Update, 360, Xbox, TVersity, Divx, Fall, Xvid

• pfSense NAT Configuration for Xbox 360 Live

  To change your Xbox NAT setting from STRICT to OPEN from behind a pfSense firewall (1.2 RC 2) follow these steps: Assign a static IP to your Xbox. Assign an alias to your Xbox using that static IP (I called mine XBOX360). NAT Port Forward these ports... Posted Nov 06 2007, 03:28 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Hardware, 360, Live, Xbox, Firewall, pfSense, NAT, Configuration, Settings

• My Home Network Media Center Solution

  It's been a long, fairly expensive, time consuming and sometimes frustrating journey; but my quest to share my media throughout the house has finally come to an end. I'm going to layout my setup in this article but first I'd like to do some... Posted Nov 01 2007, 08:30 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Vista, Hardware, Software, Home, 360, Xbox, Media, TVersity, Center, Network

• TVersity Media Server Installation

  It's been about 4 days since I installed TVersity Media Server and I've finally got it running exactly the way I want it. I knew this whole business might be a little tricky, so I made a disk image of my server before installing anything. I'm... Posted Oct 21 2007, 12:02 PM by Matt Williamson with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Server, Hardware, Software, 360, Xbox, Media, TVersity

• Clear Your Xbox 360 MCE Library

  After removing watched folders from my Xbox 360 Media Center Extender Library, the files within those folders still appear in the library. To completely clear / delete the library: Shutdown the Xbox 360. On your Media Center machine, browse to "C... Posted Oct 17 2007, 11:05 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Vista, 360, Xbox, Media Center, Extender, Library, MCE

• Accessing Network Shares from an Xbox 360 MCE

  Connecting my Xbox 360 to my Vista Ultimate machine through the Media Center Extender interface was simple. Once connected, any media stored locally on my Vista machine was easily accessible from the Xbox. The problem is, none of my media is stored locally... Posted Oct 17 2007, 09:16 AM by Matt Williamson with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Server, Vista, Ultimate, 360, Xbox, Media, Share, TVersity, Media Center, Extender, Networking

• Xbox 360 Live Messenger Status Options

  I notice when I'm signed into Live Messenger on my Xbox, my status changes to "Xbox 360: [ Xbox activity ], ([ your gamertag ])". While that's definitely a cool feature to use with your friends, I have all of my work contacts on my messenger... Posted Oct 15 2007, 01:05 PM by Matt Williamson with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Status, Gaming, 360, Messenger, Live, Xbox