WMV 11 Beta is up

[YankeeH8er]

I just downloaded it and it is really cool so far. Supposedly you can use it to stream videos to your XBOX360 but I have not tried yet. Link. (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360/stream-videos-on-your-360-without-media-center-198200.php)

[jp]

Streaming videos to the 360? Thats fucking awesome!

[YankeeH8er]

Streaming videos to the 360? Thats fucking awesome!

WMV11 has video streaming abilities, and it lists the 360 as a supported device. At the moment the 360 does not support streaming video unless you have MC. I am guessing that there will be a dashboard update in the near future that will fix that. This is really cool of MS, they could have forced people to get either MC or Vista to get this feature instead of giving it away for free.

[Conjoshus]

Really? I thought you couldn't stream videos regardless (yet). JP has MC, let's have him try it out.

[YankeeH8er]

If you have MC, which I do, you press the MC button on your remote and it will launch MC through your 360 and allow you to have WMV videos on your TV.

[Conjoshus]

I wonder how everything will work with Vista...

[YankeeH8er]

If you get vista premier it will have MC built in, if you get vista ultimate then it will have a bunch of new features that MC does not have.

[Conjoshus]

If you get vista premier it will have MC built in, if you get vista ultimate then it will have a bunch of new features that MC does not have.

8| there's a version called "Ultimate?"

Clearly that's the one I shall put on the computer I'm building... if it's really called, "Ultimate," then it's bound to be the greatness!!!

[jp]

Ultimate Media Center 3!!!!

[YankeeH8er]

Windows Vista versions
The client version of Windows Vista is expected in the following versions. Except for Starter 2007, all Vistas will be available in 32- and 64-bit versions. See Windows Vista.

Vista Starter 2007
A 32-bit version for PCs outside of the U.S. There is no support for the Aero interface, and it allows only three concurrent applications to run at once.

Vista Home Basic
Supports 8GB memory, but not the Aero interface.

Vista Home Premium
Supports 16GB memory and Aero interface. Similar to XP Media Center.

Vista Business
Supports 128GB memory. Includes IIS Web server, Remote Desktop, support for dual processors.

Vista Enterprise
Same as Vista Business plus BitLocker encryption, limited virtualization (Virtual PC Express) and Subsystem for Unix Applications (SUA).


Vista Ultimate

For PC enthusiasts. Combines Home Premium and Enterprise versions plus support for podcasting and advanced gaming.