I've never had a media extender. If I look for a used XBox 360, what would be the minimum requirements to use as an extender?
I see some really cheap ones on ebay, like $25 or so.
Is this already described somewhere?

Thanks

Greetings, I have been using a WMC setup using Win7-32, HDhomerunPrime, XBOX 360 extenders and Comcast for ten years, and am finally joining this forum if anyone is still around! :?

I recently began replacing some worn out XBOX 360 Universal Media Remotes (again). I ordered one factory sealed and...

Hi there I have been having some issues with Windows Media Center and Xbox for some time now and everything I have tried seems to fail. I would do a full clean install but I do not have an external to backup my data so it is not an option unfortunately... Anyways so when I open the Video Library in...

So I don't post much but have been lurking in these forums since the 1st ATI tuner. I am not sure if anyone else has any Experience with Samsung MR-00EA1 extenders. IMHO is was the best WMC Extender that was ever made, and I own, and have used them all. They all have their pros & cons, but the only...

I've been using MCE for a long time now and family still loves it. I did go recently from Windows 7 to 8.1 but other than that stellar experience. I do from time to time get an XBox 360 Slim that will pop up a message you need to re-download the Optional Media Update when watching recorded shows or...

Have some issues here on my old Xbox 360s. Both Xboxes giving me media update require to playback TV. One Xbox was unable to update. It died last night and will not turn on. The other Xbox works but somedays I get the media update message. It's probably close to death also. Anyone else having...

I just noticed on my DMA2100 that when the video is set to 1080p it's only doing 1080p 30hz. The stations in my area are a mix of 1080i and 720p. If I set it to 1080i it is 60hz. What would you guys recommend I set the resolution to? Thanks for your input

It appears that COX cable is now transmitting some of its programs using h.265. The programs play back ok on my Windows Media center PC but on my xbox360 extenders I only get audio with a blank video showing. This leads me to believe that perhaps the 360 possibly needs a codec to play back these...

Hello all,

A bit of a longshot here but maybe someone is able to help?

I still use a HTPC with Win7 Media Center for recording & playback of TV and the HTPC still works fine, HTPC spec is :
Lenovo M700 Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB SSD

I can watch live or recorded TV on the HTPC's monitor no problem.

I...

Hi,

I have two DSM-750 set up as extenders. A couple days ago I noticed that the extenders were now longer decoding 5.1 content but sending 2 channel PCM to my AVR. I had been having some problems with decoding 5.1 content before this. The HDMI cable had not been sending 5.1 content for a while,...

I'm not sure if this is the best place for this post...I think it could potentially apply to three different forums haha. Brace yourself for a long post and a few scenarios!

In the past few months, I have had a very poor watching experience on my XBox 360. The video (live TV or recorded does not...

I have had three XB360 Model 1439 consoles that only act as extenders running without any real issue for a number of years. One of them has recently displayed Update Required. A system update is available from Xbox Live...

If I select Yes, it complains about not having enough storage space. If I...

I recently tried to play an old movie we recorded several years ago that I hadn't played in quite a while through our extender, and got a pop up with the title line Optional Media Update Required , and the text of the windows says A media update is required to play this content. To get the update,...

I have had WMC (Windows 7) with 4 xbox 360 extenders for years. I recently changed my router and now 1 of my xbox extenders is asking me to setup WMC connection by going to xbox.com/pcsetup but that link doesn't work anymore.

Is there any other way to setup the 360 extender manually with the...

I thought this was interesting, and it shows how the Xbox can still hold its own against some of the competition.

My Xbox 360S came down with the RDOD (Red Dot of Death). I opened it and all looks good. Fan spins, heat sink is clean. I removed the heat sink and added a dab more of heat sink compound but no luck. Still have the RDOD. I'm considering getting a used one but the 360 S is an old model. Do any of...

I've been running Windows 7 with Media Center and an Xbox 360 for years without a problem (pretty much as soon as the Xbox 360 came out, had WMC since XP). I have the SiliconDust Connect Quatro for over the air TV. Recently, but I don't know exactly when, the 30 second skip button seems to take...

The HBO Go app on the Xbox 360 will go away Jan. 8. Too bad. There are other good options, but for me the spousal acceptance factor has been excellent on a device that can do WMC, Netflix, Amazon and HBO without the need to switch inputs.

So, having read all the posts here and elsewhere by people frustrated that they aren't able to use extenders with WMC on Windows 10, I decided it was time to get involved and bought myself an Xbox 360 and a Ceton Echo to play with.

The story so far:

On Windows 7, the Xbox 360 and the Ceton Echo...

For the last few weeks I've been getting:

Application Failure: A critical Windows Media Center process has failed. Restart the computer and try again. If the problem persists, contact your hardware manufacturer for assistance.

When trying to play any shows (live or recorded) from my Xbox360....

Now that my Xbox 360-S extender has died (red dot of death), I started to look for alternatives for playing the .wtv files from the WMC PC over the network. I know I'll never be able to find something that will play the DRM protected content but with HBOGo and similar apps I no longer need a...

Hello there, total noobie to WMC.
I have spent about two days using Wireshark, Services, and the Event Viewer to try and find out what the problem is. What happens is upon entering the pairing code, the XBOX and Media Center seem to contact each other, in fact the XBOX media center app changes to...

This started happening after I installed the MSFT January 2019 security roll up updates. The DMA2200 would freeze and need a power cycle to sign in and work again. Then I noticed that when it froze that it also disappeared from Network. I switched the 2200 for another 2200 and had the same results,...

Is it possible to use another PC running WMC as a media center extender, or otherwise access stored recordings and live TV from the primary machine's WMC instance? I know I could assign one or two tuners to the secondary machine, but I want to be able to record on one machine and watch on the other.