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The Digital Nomad 2.0: Windows 7 Media Center
February 7, 2009
Are you ready for the highly-technical, convoluted guide to streaming media around your home with Windows 7? OK then, here we go…
Connect your Xbox 360 to Windows Media Center, and then add the root of the relevant hard disk to Windows Media Center.
That’s it.
No file sharing, no workgroup networking, no format problems, in fact, no messing about with Windows at all. Even your mum could set it up. Every file is accessible, playable, easily findable, and pops-up like it’s got a pole up its ass. Windows will read your iTunes library and automatically prioritize files it finds in there within the audio portion of Windows Media Center (hereafter, referred to as WMC). Podcasts are segregated appropriately, and all album art and release notes are transposed correctly.
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