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October 11, 2010 07:31 PM

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TekWarren

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It sounds like some functionality was lost with recent firmware updates but I am a new owner. Anyway I think my PP is stable now after a rocky start. I wanted to watch some videos that are in MKV format but my xbox360 won't read them directly. I usually use media center extender mode to watch formats that are not natively supported. So I install the PP app on my media center machine and have tried to point windows media center at the drive to index but I get crashes or just nothing as it doesn't index. Within media center I can't even view subfolders of the PP drive letter so I just select the whole thing but it doesn't appear to be reading it. Is anyone else using media center and the pogoplug successfully? And if so what are your suggestions? I know samba would probably solve this and honestly I don't know its not available as this box has so much potential or so it seemed.

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October 12, 2010 7:08 AM

I'm using openpogo with samba configured

I have PS3mediaserver running on my laptop, which sees the pogo samba shares, and from there streams to my PS3.

Allegedly, PS3mediaserver also streams to Xbox360, but I haven't tried that.

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October 12, 2010 8:22 AM

Hrm thanks for the reply, I'd like to keep the simplicity of "access anywhere" that the PP offers but I may have to consider going openpogo.

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October 12, 2010 1:02 PM

Yes, PS3mediaserver CAN stream to the Xbox360. I used it before I started using my Dockstar, and am currently using it while waiting for the firmware fix.

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October 12, 2010 5:24 PM

So are both of you running open pogo then? As it stands I dont see any other way to get windows media center to see my data.

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October 12, 2010 5:57 PM

I am not using OpenPogo, just the stock firmware.

Sorry, I'm not familiar with Windows Media Center and don't know if I can help you with that. I'm running XP with PS3MS in place of WMC. PS3MS is able to locate the drives attached to my Dockstar without requiring open pogo.

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October 13, 2010 3:35 AM updated: October 13, 2010 3:36 AM

Oh really? I thought you would have needed samba running for PS3mediaserver to see anything.

I need to run openpogo for other reasons anyway. (I run sabnzbd on the pp and use it as my primary d/l box)

And you can still use my.pogoplug.com with openpogo. (not that I use it very much, my upload speed is shocking)

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