How To Make Xbox One A Media Center
The xbox one is finally here and we ve had time to setup with a windows media center pc.
How to make xbox one a media center. You can watch our video walk through of the features below. Personally i started out using this thing as the ultimate media center watching tv streaming apps gaming streaming content from my pc to the tv etc. At a high level we can definitely say that windows media center does work with xbox one s tv features but we wouldn t give it much more praise that just working. Highlight the box and press the a button to load your xbox one settings.
Open the xbox one settings menu. This makes the kodi software come full circle as it was originally known as xbmc or xbox media center when it was developed for the original xbox. The kinect had a huge role in this i was able to easily train my family to walk in the room and say xbox on xbox watch tv. Here s how i rolled all those devices into one awesome media.
Go to my xbox. Xbox one x as a media center. Look for the one that says my xbox and hit. Look through your apps until you find a box that says settings with a gear icon.
On the left side of the screen there are a series of tabs that you can click on. Anyone who chooses the xbox one s as their living room media hub will want perhaps need two related hardware devices. While kodi is an impressive piece of software that can transform the way you consume media the build for the xbox one is still in alpha. A classic xbox duh those of you without an xbox but interested in building a media center on the cheap you could easily score one on ebay for under 100.
Planning to get this next week along with a minix u9 for my media center needs however i was wondering if xbox x can play uhd h265 hdr files from external hdd be it on the native media player or plex app also can it passthrough dts dts ma atmos i dont want to end up with 2 boxes.