Absolutely Amazing! And a question...

[nishikotarou]

Hello everyone,
Yesterday I asked the question, which version of Linux is right for me, and today I have Ubuntu installed and I am absolutely in love! The graphics, the fast loads, the lack of errors, the interface, there is absolutely not a single thing about this OS that I don't love. I am sold, I am a fan and my only regret is that it took me this long to make the conversion. With all that being said, I do have one question. I have an X-Box 360 and I used to stream movies and mp3s from my PC to my X-Box via my linksys modem. Now that I have Ubuntu I know I don't have the capacity to do that out of the box, but is it possible to do it? I've googled the issue and all I can find are pages that speak about installing Ubuntu on X-Box but nothing about the deed of just streaming files from an Ubuntu PC onto the console. Any and all help appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[b2bwild]

Nice to hear that.

Here is a solution for your problem
Install UShare - UPnP A/V Media Server

# sudo apt-get install ushare

Now Ushare is absolutely installed and ready.
Now

# sudo gedit /etc/ushare.conf

Add of change the following entries in file.

USHARE_PORT=49200 #(49200 is default Port)
USHARE_DIR=/path/to/musicorvideos #(chage this with your own path)
ENABLE_XBOX=YES

now restart the service

# sudo /etc/init.d/ushare restart

Thats all.

There are alternatives to ushare as well.
like
mediatomb
gmediaserver
to install them just use "sudo apt-get install mediatomb"

[nishikotarou]

Thanks for your reply I really appreciate it! I did everything that you said and unfortunately Xbox will still not recognise the PC. I did find a blog that mentioned Twonky and I tried that and it works like a charm, but it is just a free trial and if I can get this method to work I'd definitely prefer it. I apologise for being such a pain.

[b2bwild]

One thing i forgot to mention was, you may need to run ushare in xbox compatibilit mode.

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/ushare

and add.
USHARE_OPTION=-x

Then restart the deamon. that would make it.

I did this setup for my friend, few months ago. and its working, though i hate M$ and their products. heheh