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> How-to: Web Browsing On Xbox 360, Using Media Center Extender
SilentWatcher
post Nov 29 2005, 01:33 AM
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My quick tutorial on browsing the web/running programs on your 360. no mouse though sad.gif

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Running Programs and Web Browsing From Xbox 360
by The Watcher (Silent.Watcher at gmail.com)

Through its Media Center Extender fucntionality, the Xbox 360 acts as dumb terminal to your Windows Media Center 2005 PC.

Aside from streaming video, it can also run additional programs and plugins, found in the "More Programs" heading on the Media Center main menu. Note that none of these programs are running directly on the Xbox- they are all running in some form on your PC. However, we can exploit this feature to run additional software(like web browsing) on the Xbox 360. Currently, there is no way to have mouse support using the 360 controller or media remote- however, the controller can be used as a keyboard.

To add an entry to the "More Programs" listing that will show up in Media Center on your Xbox:


1. Go to the directory C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Media Center\Media Center Programs
2. Create a new text file with the name of the program you want to run(For example Browser.txt)
3. Put the following line in your file:

<application url="url_here" name="name_here" />

If you want to do web browsing on your Xbox 360, you can simply enter a URL. To open a program, enter its exact path. For example:

<application url="http://www.google.com" name="Google" />

4. Change your file's extension from .txt to .mcl .

In Media Center on your 360, go to More Programs and select the file you just made.

Enjoy web browsing on your 360! Or try to see what other programs from your PC it will run.


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sp3cialk
post Nov 30 2005, 09:25 PM
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Intresting... Can we get some pics of you on different sites through your xbox 360?
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post Dec 1 2005, 02:11 AM
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Am I the only one that actualy tried this? When I go to More Programs after I've done this, I don't have any new item. I can check or uncheck them in the settings, but i'm not able to launch any of the ones that I added...

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post Dec 1 2005, 04:46 AM
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yes ive tried it, i used vlc to maybe try and stream apps, but as stated there is no mouse support, so i couldnt run anything...although when i did try to run it, a message popped up with your usual "this program may not be safe to run, are you sure you want to run it?" and i noticed that i could navigate using the d-pad and the left thumbstick and it would highlight like you would using a keyboard and the tab function and i was able to tell it to run...but then after that i couldnt highlight anything else...
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post Dec 4 2005, 03:41 PM
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^ how'd you get vlc to show up? can you try gameex? its made for mce and will stream videos.
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http://www.aegisnetworks.com/icons/anger/x360_webbrowser.mov

Little bit of changes to the media center interface and web browsering.
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post Dec 5 2005, 03:12 PM
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I have an ebay plugin for MCE but dont have my 360 yet has anyone tried it?
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post Dec 6 2005, 07:40 AM
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QUOTE(sp3cialk @ Nov 30 2005, 09:32 PM) *

Intresting... Can we get some pics of you on different sites through your xbox 360?


Ask and ye shall recieve:

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has anyone try to use Skype in the 360?
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post Dec 6 2005, 04:47 PM
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QUOTE(scooby_dooby @ Dec 6 2005, 01:47 AM) *

Ask and ye shall recieve:


Nice man... I just (last night) got my MCE box setup... been looking over a lot of documentation... wondering if what you did was strictly what was posted above or if you did more... until I get a new capture card I can't watch TV on it.. mine went bad and the spare I had in my XP machine doesn't work with the media center
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QUOTE(sp3cialk @ Dec 6 2005, 04:54 PM) *

Nice man... I just (last night) got my MCE box setup... been looking over a lot of documentation... wondering if what you did was strictly what was posted above or if you did more... until I get a new capture card I can't watch TV on it.. mine went bad and the spare I had in my XP machine doesn't work with the media center


strictly what was posted above
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post Dec 12 2005, 03:00 PM
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QUOTE(sp3cialk @ Nov 30 2005, 09:32 PM) *

Intresting... Can we get some pics of you on different sites through your xbox 360?


I couldn't get this to work either ... placed this in the folder .. anyone has a suggestion ... how you can add the programms? They don't show up on my pc either
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post Dec 13 2005, 03:44 AM
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blink.gif Very nice. I personnally dont have a 360 yet, but is having a media center PC the only way to do that?

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blink.gif Very nice. I personnally dont have a 360 yet, but is having a media center PC the only way to do that?


Yes yopu must have MCE 2005
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scooby_dooby:
I know where your mind was at while you were testing this out happy.gif

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