5509

So say I redeem an XBox Gold code for my XBox One. Does that transfer over to the same username that’s on my 360, or once you activate it on the One is it exclusive to the one?

Because I’d love to get Gold for the One but still play online with my 360.

5510

Xbox Live is tied to your account, not any particular console generation. So it will apply to both 360 and Xbox One.

5511

First, the DLNA UI sucks and Plex is extremely pleasant to use. Second, DLNA won’t transcode video and the X360 and Xbone don’t support a ton of formats. Unless all your video is MP4 h.264 with AAC audio, it probably won’t play via DLNA. So you need to convert all those MKVs and whatnot before watching them, and that’s no fun.

Your NAS probably isn’t fast enough to transcode video. You’ll have to run the plex media server on a real computer.

5512

I don’t have a ton of video, but what I have is MP4’s with h.264, because to get it into a usable format, I have to use Handbrake, and that’s the output format for Handbrake.

5513

DLNA will work fine for you, then, but Plex is still a much nicer UI.

5514

Supposedly the Xbox One media player is a high priority for the development team, and the interface will be improved. As it is now, scrolling through my music to the albums starting with the letter “J” takes around three and a half minutes, and then the app crashes. I’m still using “Play To” from my PC. I’m not sure any console interface can be faster than a mouse and keyboard. But if there were a Plex app for Xbox One, I’d give it a try.

5515

Anyone know if there’s a media center extender app in the works? My 360 died, and I’m on the fence about whether to get an Xbox One to replace it or just do without. The main things holding me back are the lack of media center extender capabilities and the inability to use it with a standard TV antenna. I know they put out something in Europe to address the antenna issue, so I’m hopeful they can do that in the US, too, but the media center extender is kind of a must-have for me.

5516

I still use my 360 as my media center extender to watch shows recorded over the air. I haven’t heard of any news about the extender coming to the Xbox One. I hope it is in the works. I don’t think Plex can record off the air broadcasts. Can Plex play shows that have been recorded by Windows Media Center? Anyone know?

I still use my 360 for three main things: NBC news app, Media Center Extender, and HBO Go.

For HBO Go, I’ve transferred some of my usage to the Chromecast but I hate it when I’m using my phone to control what’s playing, and in the middle of the show, I get a phone call. Now the HBO Go app is not what’s displayed on the phone anymore and I can’t pause the show, and it’s awkward to answer the phone with a show playing in the background. So the 360 is still the best way to watch HBO Go for me.

5517

Isn’t MS moving ditching MCE in general? It’s not even a core part of Windows 8. I’d be very surprised if they released an app, which is a shame as it was much better than the 360s DLNA support.

5518

They should have hooked up with the makers of XBMC to get it as a baseline app on the XBONE (and 360 before it). It was funny how the only good media apps on the XB and PS3 were those made through reverse engineering and ‘freeing up’ the platforms.

5519

Plex is now on Xbox.

5520

Which would be great, if Plex were a media center extender app. Unfortunately, while it’s a great app, it doesn’t integrate with media center in a useful or user-friendly fashion. Don’t get me wrong – Plex is great at what it does for making files available for streaming across the network. However, at least the last time I checked, it doesn’t integrate well with media center (to whit, it doesn’t pull any of the useful metadata from .wtv files and organize it in a way that makes it useful to browse and select files), which means that I’m just pulling a file based on its filename, rather than the episode description or other info that’s actually useful and family/spouse friendly.

5521

How are you defining “media center?” Plex shares my 40TB of movies and TV series just fine with art and metadata based on, yes, filenames. That makes it a …media extender for me?

5522

Sorry, I should have been clearer.

When I said media center extender, I meant Media Center Extender (MCE) – that is, an extender for Windows Media Center, which essentially acts as a front end for the WMC box that purrs away in my basement, recording TV shows. The Original Xbox and Xbox 360 both had MCE (originally via a disc, then built in) and it works beautifully. The Xbox One should be able to do this as an app – hell, there’s an app that runs on my old android phone that isn’t half bad – but for some reason* MS decided not to include it.

  • The reason is likely MS abandoning WMC after windows 8.
5523

He’s specifically talking about shows recorded off the air by Windows media center.

So can Plex:

  1. Record shows off the air from local channels using HD Home runner?

  2. Play shows recorded by Windows Media Center off the air?

  3. Label said shows properly like Alek was saying, with all the info Windows Media Center pulls over the net regarding shows off the air.

5524

Yeah the writing was on the wall that Windows Media Center was dead was its half-assed support in Win7. I gave up on doing things that way after trying Windows XP MCE. Yeah, I get now that the Extender part is he’s recording live TV compared to me just downloading it.

5525

Plex can play WTV files, yes. But it’s not a DVR, you can’t schedule recordings, see the programming guide, or trick play live TV. It won’t pull all the MCE metadata.

XBMC/kodi can do those things (poorly), but it’s not on Xbone.

5526

New update being rolled out today:

5527

I like it. They’ve tightened up the interface and the new snap controls are exactly what I’ve been wanting; I use Kinect to snap, but the problem was that I couldn’t figure out how to move back to control of my game with the snapped app in place.

I’ve been trying to get DLNA to work; it can see my SiliconDust HD network tuner, but it can’t find any channels. I hope SiliconDust or someone releases an app for that.

5528

Halo remake requires 65GB space for download and a 20 GB mandatory (for MP) download for retail disc.

Buried in Friday’s official “gone gold” announcement was word that the Xbox One’s remastered edition of the first four Halo games, which is currently available for pre-loading, would actually be bigger than a standard 50GB Blu-ray disc. Rather than splitting the 65GB across two discs for the retail edition, Microsoft has decided to include 45GB of data in the box and require players to download a 20GB day one “content update” to access “some features and multiplayer content.” Players will be able to play the bulk of the single-player content while the 20GB content pack is downloading and installing, Microsoft says.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/10/a-huge-halo-master-chief-collection-clocks-in-at-65gb/
-Todd