Watch Youtube in Media Center via Xbox
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Watch Youtube in Media Center via Xbox
I use a Xbox 360 as an extender to connect to my HTPC, but I don't have a Xbox Live Gold account. Is there a way to go to Youtube while in Media Center using my Xbox?
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You can use PlayOn and VMCPlayit.VictorTheGeek wrote:I use a Xbox 360 as an extender to connect to my HTPC, but I don't have a Xbox Live Gold account. Is there a way to go to Youtube while in Media Center using my Xbox?
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Jack Luminous' TV Library plugin contains a YouTube plugin that works on extenders:
http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/vie ... ous#p16603
http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/vie ... ous#p16603
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I don't think a lot of the videos won't play on the Xbox unless they are transcoded to something the Xbox supports.
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It plays the .mp4 streams - he built it specifically with extenders in mindlithium630 wrote:I don't think a lot of the videos won't play on the Xbox unless they are transcoded to something the Xbox supports.
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Just installed the TV Library plugin. Holy crap is it slow! Just sits there buffering....
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I know Youtube accepts a lot of different formats. Do they convert everything to MP4?staknhalo wrote:It plays the .mp4 streams - he built it specifically with extenders in mindlithium630 wrote:I don't think a lot of the videos won't play on the Xbox unless they are transcoded to something the Xbox supports.
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Does this plugin download the whole video before playing it?
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I believe they have for a while. Some really older ones might be flv only.lithium630 wrote:I know Youtube accepts a lot of different formats. Do they convert everything to MP4?staknhalo wrote:It plays the .mp4 streams - he built it specifically with extenders in mindlithium630 wrote:I don't think a lot of the videos won't play on the Xbox unless they are transcoded to something the Xbox supports.
Doesn't buffer long on my end, maybe for a second or two at most. This is on WiFi on a DMA 2100 also. Don't know why it's being so slow for you....you can post your problem in the author's thread over at WEC (link is in the post I linked you to).VictorTheGeek wrote:Does this plugin download the whole video before playing it?
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Well, it's probably cause my Internet connection is crap. Just ran a speedtest on it. It maxed out at 2.9 Mbps.