Watching BBC iPlayer and 4oD on your Xbox 360

[SheepCow]

Just thought I'd stick this here,

It is possible

Just add the following directory to your shared library in Windows Media Player and it's done:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Videos\My Deliveries\iplayer_live

and for 4oD:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Deliveries\4od1

And Bob's your uncle.

 

[Yaka]

its been possible for some time now. and i have to say quality is far better than the offical iplayer thru ninty wii

 

[SheepCow]

Yeah it's probably been possible since the iPlayer was released since it's just WMV and the Xbox has always supported WMV, I'd just never thought to try it

 

[Litmus]

what 4od?

 

[Yaka]

4 0n demand, its either thru its site or via sky+/hd boxes similar to iplayer thru the beeb site

 

[Sparx]

i take it this is downloading the image and not streaming?

 

[Yaka]

its still streaming. you can do it on preety much any networking device like this or thru orb or tvversity as well

 

[SheepCow]

The way I say in the 1st post is downloading it on your PC and then streaming to the Xbox over your local network.

 

[Sparx]

Yeah sheep thats what i thought