Comments on: Playback: Streaming your Mac to a PS3 or Xbox 360

By: Darren

Darren — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:01:12 +0000

Does playback able to stream to Sony Blu-ray players? If not, that would be great to add in the near future.

By: Janirorial Services

Janirorial Services — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:56:55 +0000

I am using playback and connect 360 to stream from a ppc mac connected to a 1 TB WD external hardrive to an Xbox 360 via wifi. Connect 360 seems to index a bit quicker but playback has better indexing function. I have used both for hd movies and music. So far I prefer playback. I can also grab content of my mac from a few different iphone apps via playback.

By: Pollo Loco

Pollo Loco — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:48:49 +0000

Im using MediaLink 2.0 beta and its a good choice too, I tried all of the above and ended with MediaLink. Plex did work for me, but since it uses more CPU resources and crashes sometimes I´ll keep using this one.

PS: Im also using file sharing (SMB) on OSX to stream to boxee on other PCs/Macs in the house,…

By: g7whatever

g7whatever — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:35:33 +0000

I bought and use Rivet – not knowing that Rivet will not play the new supposedly DRM “free” music from itunes.

Tested Connect360 – it will at least transcode the “protected” AAC from itunes to mp3 so i can truly listen to my whole library – so I may buy this because of how many songs I have purchased from itunes thinking that they would play on my xbox- sense the are DRM free NOT.

Playback like Rivet should be more clear – in that it can not clearly playback ALL of you media from you mac – only some, but I guess that would not be a great sales line. “Stream most of, or some of you media from your mac to….”

By: Anotherspot

Anotherspot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:03:08 +0000

Over the years I have used Connect360, Rivet and a trial of Playback.
Out of those I preferred Rivet.

Recently I have really enjoyed “PS3 Media Server” price is too hard to refuse, and with built-in transcoding of other formats provides access to even more media than ever before.

I have found the stability of PS3 Media Server my only reason to fall back to using Rivet.

By: FactRobot

FactRobot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:02:07 +0000

I’d have to agree with the votes for PS3 Media Server. The fact that it’s free and can stream MKV should crown it king.