Hasney Help Me!

[Ogen]

Or anyone else who knows about all this jazz.

I use TVersity to stream all the video files on my computer to my tv through my XBox 360, now this works flawlessly and I'm delighted with it. However I know its also possible to stream YouTube videos through tversity but I can't for the life of me figure out how.

I'm looking for a complete idiots guide to getting it to work. I'm talking treat me like a 2 year old here as it should be easy but I can't figure it out. To assist you in spelling it out to me like some sort of mongoloid I would specifically like if your example used the following video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a056OjNHuCw

At least if that works I'll know all 4oD stuff works which is my main reason for all this anyway.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I'm doing this from work, but I found a decent guide, but I can't check it with your specific vid annoyingly.

I'll take another look if you still have probs when I get home (although that will be after a few pints straight from work so I may be less than helpful)

Launch the TVersity client from a Desktop or Start Menu link.

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TVersity Library Interface




The TVersity interface is very basic. Across the top of the program we have buttons to take us to different areas of the interface. Under Library there are two main columns below the button bar. To the left we have our Sources and Library buttons, and to the right is a list of the actual content in the TVersity Library. It really couldn't be easier. In order to Add Items we must.

• 1. Click Library to load up the interface for the TVersity library.
• 2. From the left bar, click File System and then click Files and Folders.
• 3. Click Add Item to bring up a box allowing you to browse for Files and Folders or....
• 4. From the general TVersity buttons click the plus (+) symbol to bring up the Add Media box.

Add YouTube Links




When the Add Media Source box pops up, do the following...

• Type - Change Type to YouTube.
• YouTube Type - You can choose what kind of YouTube content you want to add. You can Add a User, or a tag, or choose Recently Added Videos. You can also leave this field blank and simply Add a direct link to any YouTube video.
• Video RSS - In here put the link to the YouTube video you want to Add to the Library.
• Title - The Title you choose here will be shown on the Xbox 360.
• Tags - You can add tags to the benefit of your Library if you wish to.

When you have filled up the details, click the Submit button.

Media in Library





As shown in the picture above, click YouTube on the left hand side of the program to see the YouTube clips you have added to your TVersity library. You can add as many clips or other content as you wish to the Library and it will be available to stream to the Xbox 360 console.


So now we have setup the necessary software on the Windows computer that is on the same network as the Xbox 360 console, and have added YouTube links and other content to the TVersity Library. Now it is time to watch the content on the Xbox 360 console.

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Xbox 360 Video Library





First you must go to the Xbox 360 video library. On the NXE Dashboard, under the My Xbox menu, scroll across to the Video Library option. If you have not yet ungraded to NXE, then go to the Media blame on the original Dashboard and select Video.

Select Source





If everything has been done correctly, TVersity should be automatically recognised on your home network. If not, make sure that you have the Xbox 360 on the same network as the PC running TVersity. If you just see the option as "Computer", then select it to run some tests with the Xbox 360 and it might help to resolve the issue. In most cases however, TVersity will show up (especially under NXE) instantly.

Select the TVersity option and press A.


TVersity - Internet Sources





On connection to TVersity, you will see something similar to the screen shown above. As this is a guide for playing YouTube content, the option you are looking for here is Internet (or All). Select Internet and press A.


TVersity - Internet Streams





You will now see any YouTube videos that you have in the TVersity Library show up in the list of Internet streams. It can be found by the title you assaigned to it, just like in the example picture. Select it and press A. When the next screen comes up, select Play.


Success!?





The video should now start playing full screen, but it is not uncommon to get an error about a loss of connection or unplayable content. If that does happen, simply attempt to play the video again until it does start playing and it should be OK from there on. Unfortunately because the video is streaming, you don't have many options when it comes to navigating through the video, but it is definitely better than nothing.

[Ogen]

Nah nothing

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Bizzare... Is TVersity playing your YouTube vid on your PC? (just double-click it). Tell me anybody erreor messages and I'll try tomorrow

[Ogen]

Doesn't seem to be actually

[Mike the Metal Ed]

TVersity is great, but it still does the minimum to fix the problem that the 360 will play fuck all.

[Ogen]

It handles nearly everything I throw at it and I throw a ridiculous amount of stuff at it downloaded from everywhere.

[D Mac]

360: Great for games

PS3: Good for games, great for Media and Blu Ray.