Since getting my (se)XBox 360, I’ve been having a great time playing GTA4, COD4 and a number of XBox Live Arcade games. It’s the first console I’ve owned since my Nintendo 64 and I’m really having a blast with it. Overall, I think it’s an excellent addition to my ever-growing arsenal of overpriced electronic toys. There was one thing, however, I was having a bitch of time to get working: streaming my music and videos from my computer to the XBox.
I wanted to explodify some bitches to the soothing voice of King Diamond and here was my XBox being a total cockblock. I couldn’t seem to get the damn thing to see anything on my laptop. I wasn’t lucky enough to have Windows Media Center Edition and even after adding them to Windows Media Player’s library and sharing it out, the XBox still couldn’t detect anything… and jesus, did it take a long time to get everything added (I guess that’s the downside of having nearly 130GB’s of music).
However, after some research, I finally found an easy solution to my problem. It’s name is Winamp Remote.
This sexy little program uses Orb, which I’d played around with a bit before I acquired my iPod. Essentially, it lets you stream your music and video over the intertubes to nearly any device that can get on the web. Install, choose the directories you keep your music and videos, and HAZAH, your media is streamified. This is very useful if, say, you wanted to listen to the new Pyramaze album you “acquired” overnight or catch up on that episode of The Office you downloaded the other day. Simply log into Winamp Remote’s site and stream it from your machine at home. But, as I mentioned before, it’s greatest advantage is getting shit to load up on your XBox.
After signing up and getting the program installed on my laptop, I was able to select the ORB device from the XBox’s device selection screen, and I’ll be damn… I could play my music and watch my Divx videos in the comfort of my couch! Such convenience!
Check it: www.winamp.com/remote
