Topic: Run Windows Media Center On Windows Xp (Read 171 times)

xmos · « **on:** June 05, 2006, 03:57:00 AM »

I'm not sure if this has been posted already, my apologies if it has.
There appears to be a way to install MCE on XP, it's rather complicated and i haven't tested it myself but i thought it might be interesting to some people:

http://blog.dreamprojections.com/archive/2005/03/07/651.aspx

protovision · « **Reply #1 on:** June 26, 2006, 03:59:00 AM »

I'm running MCE in a VMWare instance on my XP box. So far, so good.

xmos · « **Reply #2 on:** June 29, 2006, 03:09:00 AM »

QUOTE(protovision @ Jun 26 2006, 12:06 PM)

I'm running MCE in a VMWare instance on my XP box. So far, so good.

does it run fast enough for something like transcode 360?

jo7a · « **Reply #3 on:** June 29, 2006, 03:41:00 AM »

i got mce in vmware with transcode and works just great , it's nice to see the divx in my 360

protovision · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2006, 12:25:00 PM »

QUOTE(xmos @ Jun 29 2006, 10:16 AM)

does it run fast enough for something like transcode 360?

Not bad on my PC (cel 2.93ghz, 1 GB ddr), but what I ended up doing is enabling transcode's renderfarm function, where it uses a separate pc to do the encoding. The other pc was the same pc, but outside of the VMware instance, so it had access to all my pc's resources (mem, hd, etc), not sure if it made a difference (and it makes my head hurt thinking about it

)

(I'm still not happy with the way transcode streams ripped dvd's, I have a much better way, but combining the C++ source with my C is killing me. Transcode: there's no need to recode Mpeg2 streams!)

One thing I forgot to point out is that running MCE inside of VMware allows for streaming of media (video, audio), but it does not allow for tuner cards, or any extra hardware.

protovision

Clay_Trainor · « **Reply #5 on:** July 26, 2006, 01:55:00 PM »

sorry wrong topic

This post has been edited by Clay_Trainor: Jul 26 2006, 08:55 PM

flashfreak · « **Reply #6 on:** July 26, 2006, 03:41:00 PM »

VMWare im guessing is pretty much a PC emulator? (Running on a pc? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) )

And obviously u need mce in some form installed. I have a dual boot here, but only use xp cos i didn't wanna have to install all my programs again on mce.

So if i got VMWare, i could somehow load up my MCE in another window and setup transcode?

whatnub · « **Reply #7 on:** August 03, 2006, 02:26:00 AM »

is there another link for this??

is there another link for this??

MaxP · « **Reply #8 on:** August 03, 2006, 11:10:00 AM »

QUOTE(flashfreak @ Jul 26 2006, 10:48 PM)

VMWare im guessing is pretty much a PC emulator? (Running on a pc? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) )

And obviously u need mce in some form installed. I have a dual boot here, but only use xp cos i didn't wanna have to install all my programs again on mce.

So if i got VMWare, i could somehow load up my MCE in another window and setup transcode?

VMware is a Virtual Machine emulator.
or as some people have started to refer to as "Parrallel Operating System"

but in essence it is a PC Emulator as you suggest.
its pretty good actualy as you can install a choice of diff OS
plus each virtual PC only has to take up a few GB of HD space.

however as mentioned the Virtual PC is not going to be able to run as fast as your host PC.

just install MCE...its only XP woth a few bolt ons.

whatnub · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2006, 02:00:00 PM »

so where do you get this "vmware" ??

albatorsk · « **Reply #10 on:** August 05, 2006, 08:23:00 AM »

http://www.vmware.com

Get VMWare Server, it's free.

Though I am curious how you're doing it, protovision. Do you have the media you're sharing available locally in the virtual machine? Whenever I try to stream from a network share, it never works. I can add the folder allright, but the Xbox360 won't read from it.

This post has been edited by albatorsk: Aug 5 2006, 03:34 PM

whatnub · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2006, 01:31:00 AM »

I'm downloading the iso right now, I saw on a tutorial the guy used VMware W5. I use that right?

Ok, So I download the iso, throw it onto a disk and use VMware?

kesava108 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 08, 2006, 03:28:00 AM »

I used a mce converter successfully on xp and xp pro but could only connect x360 on xp pro mce. And I can't remember exactly what i did but it was so much stuffing around i was nearly ready to just go out and buy windows mce.

But it is worth it. Streaming all downloaded xvids to watch on couch in front of the tv is great.

mcbraders · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2006, 03:11:00 PM »

ive converted it successfully i used xp pro and it connects fine ... can stream many things using transcode ie

zakat · « **Reply #14 on:** September 02, 2006, 07:21:00 AM »

I did some tricks that I found in this guide: http://www.x64bit.ne....php?t2318.html
which allowed me to install all of the MCE stuff on Server 2003.

BUT

XboxMCEFULL-ENU.exe seems to only want to install on XP, so I'm basically out of luck since my media is on the Server 2003 host.

I'm going to try VMWare since it was mentioned in this thread. Hopefully that will work better.

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