HOWTO: Stream music to your Xbox 360

[Sonic Reducer]

i just got X360MeditServe working in Gutsy, then i wrote a shell script to start the program on boot

Step 1: download x360MediaServe v.0.0.2

wget http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/x360mediaserve/x360mediaserve-0.0.2.tar.gz

Step 2: Unpackage the .tar.gz

tar -xzvf x360mediaserve-0.0.2.tar.gz

Step 3: (Optional) Rename the folder to .x360MediaServe (i did it to make it hidden in my /home folder and to make everything look neater)

mv "x360mediaserve-0.0.2" ".x360MediaServe"

cd ./.x360MediaServe

Step 4: create a script named x360MediaServe.sh in ~/.x360MediaServe and paste this into it

#!/bin/bash
cd "~/.x360MediaServe";
./start

Originally Posted by Edited if you don't know how to create a file from the right click menu in a nautilus window, here is the equivalent commands from the command line first, make the file gedit ~/.x360MediaServe/x360MediaServe.sh paste the shell script from the box above, then save and exit

make it executable

sudo chmod +x x360MediaServe.sh

Step 5: make the script start every boot from System>Preferences>Sessions
Name: x360MediaServe
Command: ~/.x360MediaServe/x360MediaServe.sh
Comment: Stream music to your Xbox 360

Step 6A: edit config.xml

gedit config.xml

paste this into it, making sure to tailor it to your system

<Configuration>
	<FriendlyName>Name</FriendlyName>
	<MusicDir>Your Music Folder</MusicDir>
	<PCMOutput>0</PCMOutput>
</Configuration>

remember to edit the bold parts. the name is what you will see on your 360 when you connect to your computer

Step 6B: alternatively, you can go to http://127.0.0.1:7000/configure and set it up, i preferred to edit config.xml, but to each their own.

you're finsished. now you can reboot or hit Alt+F2 and type

/home/<Username>/.x360MediaServe/start

, wait a few minutes*, then try finding your computer with your 360

* i have roughly 23Gb of music in my ~/Music folder, and it took about two minutes for x360MediaServe to load it all

[jtreach]

This is definitely going to work for Hardy right?

[TMcKSmith]

Why not just use TwonkyMedia? http://www.twonkymedia.com/

Very easy, very effective

You can stream videos, pictures, AND music.

Also, if you download the "linux manual install" the "free trial" never expires...

[jtreach]

It doesn't appear to scan my music either right now....

Anybody else get this?

[davebridges]

does this find meta tags for music sorting? does twonkymedia? i currently use ushare, which just dumps everything into an unsorted mess

[S0VERE1GN]

how do you create the script?
(step 4?)

[wikwanderlust]

I'd also like to know how to make the script.

[Steve Fisher]

Originally Posted by wikwanderlust I'd also like to know how to make the script.

In the terminal, type

gedit x360MediaServe.sh

Copy and paste the script as listed, then save and quit.

[wikwanderlust]

Thank you very much. (I'm brand spanking new at this if you didn't figure that out yet.)

[phoenix23]

I find this to be the easiest way to stream media (audio, video, pics) to a 360

http://badoh.com/2008/01/howto-strea...60-with-linux/