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

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]

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/