Re: Vista and Xbox 360

OK Todd,

Here are my findings:

Wired connection, everything works fine.
So I thought I try wireless in the same room as the wireless router. Well
that also worked fine. This made me start to think it was a wireless range
issue. I looked at the network connection monitor that is in media center and
the weird thing is that over wireless I was getting a lower reading (2-3
bars) than in my living room where I have the problem (normally getting up
into the yellow).

So this leaves me with a couple of problems/concerns.

It does seem to be a network range/bandwidth issue. But the behaviour that
once it drops and can't play it doesn't recover is bad.

Also I swear I didn't have this problem until the xbox dashboard update. I
know they did some fiddling witht he media center stuff so maybe it had an
impact.

Finally do you think it is worth getting an 802.11a router, will the faster
a router compensate for the slowdown because of range?

Or an alternative like the ethernet over powerlines or something.

Any suggestions?

"u2jrmw" wrote:

Actually TV doesn't work after. Once the Xbox gets the error it gets the
error for everything except photos...

I can consistently drop out to dash and come back in and get 2 or 3 songs...

Haven't moved the xbox and TV around to try the hard line connection yet.

"u2jrmw" wrote:

Video has the same problem, recorded TV seems OK as do photos.

You mean plug the xbox onto the wired network? I will have to shuffle a few
things around to get the Xbox and a TV near the wired network.

If it makes any difference media connect via the Xbox media tab works just
fine.

"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:

Couple other questions:
- Does TV/video content play okay?
- If you temporarily connect your Xbox 360 directly to your PC using an
Ethernet cable (wireless adapter unplugged), do you see this message?

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"u2jrmw" <u2jrmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No I don't, I even turned off the Windows firewall to see if that would
help.
I am running over a wireless connection using a G network and the MS Xbox
adaptor. I only had the Vista box running for a few days before the
dashboard
update, but it was running perfectly. I am crushed that it's stopped
working,
and I am killing myself trying to figure it out.

I did just discover that I do not even have to shut off the Xbox, just
exit
back to the 360 dashboard and then come back into media center and it will
play. I just did that and it played 1 song. It never stops in the middle
of a
song, always at the end/start. The exact error message that I get is:
"Audio
Error
A firewall or network configuration issue is preventing media playback.
Search Windows Vista tm Help for information on how to set up your network
and firewall."

"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:

Do you have any third-party firewall/intrusion detection/anti-virus
software
installed?

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"u2jrmw" <u2jrmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask a Vista problem.

I am running Vista RC1, I wasn't quick enough to get RC2. I was loving
using
my Xbox 360 as a MCE Extender. That was until a few days ago. Now when
I
play
music (or video) throught the extender, all is well for about 4 songs
(sometimes none and sometimes 30, but usually around 4), then it will
pop
up
a message saying that media can't be played due to a firewall or
network
configuration issue. After that I will just get Audio Errors every time
I
try
and play a song. If I restart the xbox I get four songs again...

Now all that changed was the new dashboard update. I am worried that in
their fiddling they made it work better with RC2 an d broke it with
RC1. I
even reinstalled Vista, same problem.

Can anyone help me...







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