Brewology

When i try to watch videos from my PC i get the media Update error. The problem is i got banned from xbox live recently and before that happen i watched videos with no problem. My xbox can still access files from my computer I just cant play them and i think its because im not on xbox live. I was wondering if i cant get around it somehow. And if not is their anything else i can use to play video files from my pc to my tv without the xbox.

theres probably a update floating around that allows you to do an update to watch videos from a flash drive.

Iv been "banned" before as well when I did the NXE early...thankfully it was until the update was actually released.

I tried looking for a downloadable media update but i had no luck. i guess just have wait to get a new xbox.

No that I think about it..it wouldnt surprise me if you couldnt watch videos after being banned. I mean, I know you cant play games from HDD if you get banned so it wouldnt surprise me

Yes, once your xbox is banned you can't use the media extender. Basically banned xboxs are useless now unless you know how to use a con resigner, in which case there only use is to play burnt games and get achievements on your xbox live account. But aside from that you can't use the media extender, rip games to the HD, and transfer gamesaves/profiles without some computer knowledge.

So yea, if you wanna use it, sorry bud you gotta get a new xbox

Unfortunately, theres nothing you can do with a banned console, but for future reference, a way to get media streaming + the media update working while offline, here is what you do:

1. Make sure the profile you are signed in to was created ON THE CONSOLE YOU'RE USING. If the profiles you have were not made on the current console, make a new silver account.
2. If you have the media update installed, go into your system memory and delete it.
3. Sign in to any profile that was made on your console, and download the media update.

Thats it. The trick is to use it offline, you have to download the media update with a profile that was created on that console. I have 2 xbox's in the house for the sole purpose of media streaming, one is banned and streaming all my pc content via wifi.

Another thing you can do to bypass the media problems is to use a secondary server program like Tversity (although I don't recommend that one.) It sounds weird, but I use a program called PS3 Media Server to stream mkv content to my PS3 (Works incredibly by the way) and that server also shows up on the 360, and streams most content, so check that out. If you have any questions about media streaming, that is my main source of tv content in my house, so I'm very familiar with it, hit me up via PM or AIM.