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PeterStoba
22-10-07, 00:01
Not too sure if it goes here, but...

By the end of christmas I want my own media hub, so I my videos, my other videos http://www.2bouncy.co.uk/gaff/style_emoticons/default/happy.gif and my music all synced through all of my hardware. Well this is an image of what im trying to get at:

http://www.2bouncy.co.uk/gaff/style_images/pinkdreams/img-resized.png
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/981/52500921hs8.jpg

So, could I have a usb hub type thing, plugged into my drive, then splitting off into 2 cables one into the pc and one into the xbox.. or would I have to buy an RJ45 and basically a network drive?
alexnifty
22-10-07, 11:40
As I understand it a USB hub extends the number of USB ports the device it is connected to has. I don't think it is intended for networking.

Where you have written 'internet' how about putting 'router' > 'internet' and connecting the Media drive to the router if it can do it by RJ45.

This would allow all your devices to connect to your media drive via the router and access the internet. You would need a router with a 4 port hub built in. You might even be able to get a router which has a USB hub of some sort, if the media drive can't do RJ45.

The other alternative is to connect the media drive to your pc via usb and then set the pc up to share it on your routers network. This is a bit clumsy though because all requests would have to go via the router then to the pc, then to the drive. If you can manage some sort of router setup then that would work best.
PeterStoba
22-10-07, 14:16
Thanks, i'll look into it more

By usb hub i meant external hardrive by the way.
PeterStoba
22-10-07, 14:31
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5701/32042660sf0.jpg

Better explanation of what i want to do.
Micky007
22-10-07, 14:48
what?

Its the same picture
tystar
22-10-07, 15:02
What is it your trying to acheive with the USB hub?

Is that for holding all your media files? Also what o/s are you using because you can just add the 360 as a media extender and stream from the pc anyway without the need to connect a usb device to the 360.
Micky007
22-10-07, 15:04
I want my own media hub, so I my videos, my other videos http://www.2bouncy.co.uk/gaff/style_emoticons/default/happy.gif and my music


that doesnt make sence
PeterStoba
22-10-07, 15:04
What is it your trying to acheive with the USB hub?

Is that for holding all your media files? Also what o/s are you using because you can just add the 360 as a media extender and stream from the pc anyway without the need to connect a usb device to the 360.

Windows XP pro, is it possible in windows, to do the latter?
Micky007
22-10-07, 15:05
Windows XP pro, is it possible in windows, to do the latter?

yea but explain more, what is it you trying to do.
PeterStoba
22-10-07, 15:10
Access all my files from my external hardrive on my 360 and pc, which are both connected to the TV and my router/internet, aswell as the wii, which really doesn't need to come into the equation
tystar
22-10-07, 16:01
If you have media player 11 installed then yes you would be able to add the 360 in media player and stream your music, videos & pics to the 360 from the pc.
alexnifty
22-10-07, 16:08
If you have media player 11 installed then yes you would be able to add the 360 in media player and stream your music, videos & pics to the 360 from the pc.

+1 For that one!
Lynx
22-10-07, 16:30
IF you have a pendrive with music on, you can use that on your 360, or just plug in your ipod and play any unprotected songs on there, and everythings comes up in the itunes folder layout too :)
coiler
22-10-07, 17:14
+1 For that one!

How do you give someone a +1 reputation?

Tystar good idea on simplifying it!
PeterStoba
22-10-07, 17:16
How do you give someone a +1 reputation?

Tystar good idea on simplifying it!
Click the scales under their avatar.

Thanks tystar
jman
26-11-07, 13:13
If you wanted to share your files without having to leave your pc on all the time - you might want to consider a network attached storage caddy. Basically it's a hard disk with a USB port and an RJ45 network port on the back. It has a very small embedded operating system which allows you to log into it via a web server and most allow you to access it as you would a normal windows shared folder. Some of them even use UPnP which should make it even easier to access from your 360 / other devices. Not sure if aria sell them or not - think i've seen a couple there.
cleggypdc
01-12-07, 12:45
try one of these

28534

A lot of NAS comes with its own file-system so it needs extra software, meaning it won't work on the xbox360, this is fat32 so i'm guessing it doesn't need extra software to read the disks. Place one of these on your router and your sorted :D