Re: Xbox360 as media extender
- From: "Bob [MVP]" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:53:02 -0500
Consumers can burn their home movies to DVD. In fact, some camcorders record directly to DVD. I find it hard to believe that those DVDs would be subject to any laws restricting the *owner's* ability to stream their content over their own home network.
-- -Bob _______________________________ Microsoft MVP Windows XP Media Center Edition http://www.microsoft.com/ehome
"JW" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ekxdqRR8FHA.4012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Last year MS stated that the reason for them not supporting playing of DVDs on the MCE system with an Extender was that it is a DRM issue since there apparently is a law against transferring non MEPG2 Copywritted DVD material over a network and there was no exceptions in the law relative to home networks.
"Bob [MVP]" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23TmiJMH8FHA.1000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxI should have added that, even with its limited video file format support, and the DVD streaming restriction (my two pet peeves)...
I still think the combination of an MCE PC with Xbox 360 extenders is the best solution available today for sharing/viewing Live TV and stored media from a single PC to multiple TVs within a household.
-- -Bob _______________________________ Microsoft MVP Windows XP Media Center Edition http://www.microsoft.com/ehome
"Bob [MVP]" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OutsH9G8FHA.956@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWhat do MVPs think of Xbox 360 not able to do DVD streaming? This is the only limitation that keeps me from buying 360. I have many DVDs that I am copied on my hard disk and which appear under the My Video section. If I can't watch these video using Xbox 360, I am missing a lot.
FWIW, I agree with you. IMHO, there was absolutely no reason to restrict the viewing of non-encrypted DVDs, either from a DVD changer or from the PC's hard drive, using the extender.
Not all DVDs are copyrighted, and those that are copyrighted are almost always encrypted. Microsoft could have restricted the playback of encrypted DVDs on the extender, but allowed the viewing of non-encrypted DVDs, without violating any copyright laws.
Again, this is just my personal opinion, and I'm not a lawyer.
-- -Bob _______________________________ Microsoft MVP Windows XP Media Center Edition http://www.microsoft.com/ehome
"Jatin" <Jatin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6E218308-EB2E-4279-B911-15DA69AA0CD3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWhat do MVPs think of Xbox 360 not able to do DVD streaming? This is the only limitation that keeps me from buying 360. I have many DVDs that I am copied on my hard disk and which appear under the My Video section. If I can't watch these video using Xbox 360, I am missing a lot.
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