HOWTO: Stream mp4/m4v to Xbox360 from Windows Media Player 11

[Gooberlx2]

With the most recent Fall Update Microsoft has finally allowed us to stream divx/xvid .avi files to our Xbox 360s...awesome. Earlier this year they enable mp4/m4v streaming...also awesome. But many users have probably run in to a snag. Streaming both file types using only one program. WMP11 does not natively support mp4/m4v files...so you need to share with the Zune software. The Zune software does not support .avi files. So you also need to share with WMP11.

If you're OCD, like me, you hate having two programs to do the same thing, and have memory being wasted (the ZuneNSS process is something like 50MB last I checked).

Sooooo: To the registry for the rescue.


From Here:

1. Install CCCP (ffdshow + Haali)
2. Configure Haali: Autoload VSFilter=yes, Show tray icon=no, Enable thumbnails Extraction=yes
3. Load in registry file (WINDOWS XP ONLY....I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF VISTA):
4. Restart Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service

***NOTE, I'm not responsible for anyone farking up their system from messing with the registry***
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;----- m4v file type -----
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4v]
@="mp4_auto_file"
"Content Type"="video/mp4"
"PerceivedType"="video"
"Zune.BAK"="mp4_auto_file"
"MP2.Last"="Custom"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4v\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4v\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}"

;----- mp4 file type -----
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp4]
@="mp4_auto_file"
"PerceivedType"="video"
"Content Type"="video/mp4"
"MP2.Last"="Custom"
"Zune.BAK"="mp4_auto_file"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp4\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp4\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}"

;----- mov file type -----
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov]
@="mp4_auto_file"
"Content Type"="video/mp4"
"PerceivedType"="video"
"Zune.BAK"="mp4_auto_file"
"MP2.Last"="Custom"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}"


;----- MLS extensions for Media Library -----
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\MLS]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\MLS\Extensions]

"mp4"="video"
"m4v"="video"
"mov"="video"


;------ m4v extension for Media Player -----
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions\.m4v]
"PerceivedType"="video"
"Permissions"=dword:0000000f
"Runtime"=dword:00000007
"UserApprovedOwning"="yes"

;------ mp4 extension for Media Player -----
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions\.mp4]
"Runtime"=dword:00000007
"Permissions"=dword:0000000f
"UserApprovedOwning"="yes"
"PerceivedType"="video"

;------ mov extension for Media Player -----
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions\.mov]
"Runtime"=dword:00000007
"Permissions"=dword:0000000f
"UserApprovedOwning"="yes"
"PerceivedType"="video"


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Works for me. Feel free to comment or make suggestions.

 

[bowdenball]

Is that just for Vista? Or, would that work on XP? And what about Media Center Edition?

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: bowdenball
Is that just for Vista? Or, would that work on XP? And what about Media Center Edition?

I have no knowledge of Vista, so I really couldn't tell ya if the registry entries are the same (or if there's a registry at all in Vista).

I'm running Media Center Edition 2005 so I know it works fine there.

 

[poncherelli2]

Can't get it to work on Vista Business

EDIT: nm, it works through wmp11