Now that the Xbox 360 has been updated to support DivX/XviD playback, work-arounds like conversion and the Transcode 360 Media Center hack aren’t strictly necessary. The Pain in the Tech blog offers two walkthroughs for using Winamp Remote (part of Winamp 5.5) or Windows Media Player 11 to stream video from your PC to your XBox. Both programs have their pros and cons (based mainly on media accessibility versus buffering times), but both also get the job done. If you’ve put together your own PC-to-Xbox streaming solution, let’s hear it in the comments.
Stream video to Xbox 360 with Winamp Remote and Windows Media Player [Pain in the Tech]You’ve put together the perfect holiday playlist for your office party and don’t want anyone to mess with your computer while the music’s pumping? The How-To Geek weblog highlights a lesser-known feature of Windows Media Player that allows you to lock the screen in fullscreen mode, enter a 4-digit PIN, and leave your computer safely pumping out tunes. It’s not groundbreaking, but I can say that I do wish iTunes had something similar for fullscreen Cover Flow mode.
Lock The Screen While in Full-Screen Mode in Windows Media Player [the How-To Geek]For some people, desktop media player applications are a very personal thing. Rather than living life in the vanilla world of iTunes and Windows Media Player, these music lovers prefer media players they can tweak, customise, and personalise to their heart’s content. Today we’re taking a look a look at user-submitted pictures of their always impressive and often enviable desktop media players. Hit the jump to take a look, and if you see one you like, find out how they did it.
