MCE Browser xbox 360

[drewster2k]

Morning all,

Now im trying get to grips with this great machine has anyone tried the MCE Browser for the xbox 360 which allows you to surf the net?

http://www.anpark.com/software.aspx

It is for windows media centre, but because xbox does have this you can transfer it over.

Some of the features include:

• Browse to home page or favorites
• Navigate favorites subfolders
• Enter a URL to browse to
• Scroll around within web pages
• Highlight and select links within web pages to navigate
• Form support - fill out edit boxes, combo boxes, list boxes, select buttons, etc.
• Mouse and keyboard support
• Zoom in and out for 10-foot style surfing
• Compatible with Media Center Extender devices
• Multilanguage support (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese)
• Support for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 or Windows Vista Media Center

some instructions

Anthony Park has invented [COLOR=#fda50c! important][COLOR=#fda50c! important]software[/COLOR][/COLOR] that will allow you to browse the internet with the Media Center Edition remote. While not directly made for surfing on the Xbox360, we have put together just how to use it to do so. You can go to the more programs tab on your Xbox360 and run the program, then use the remote to surf the [COLOR=#fda50c! important][COLOR=#fda50c! important]internet[/COLOR][/COLOR] on your Xbox360. (Thanks, 9).

STEP BY STEP

NOTE: You NEED [COLOR=#fda50c! important][COLOR=#fda50c! important]WindowsXP[/COLOR][/COLOR] Media Center Edition, it will not work with [COLOR=#fda50c! important][COLOR=#fda50c! important]Windows [COLOR=#fda50c! important]2000[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] or any other form of Windows XP

1) Go to http://www.anpark.com/software.aspx
2) Click on "Download Now (591 Kb)"
3) Double click on MCEBrowserSetup.[COLOR=#fda50c! important][COLOR=#fda50c! important]msi[/COLOR][/COLOR] and just click next
4) Start your Xbox360 and go into Media Center
5) Go into "More Programs" and choose the "Browser" Entry.
6) Add Favorites to your 360 from your PC, by going into:

C:, then "Documents and Settings" folder, then the "MCX#" folder

(# is a number, it depends on how many times you did manually
reconnect the 360 to the PC , so it changes for everyone....
The highest number is the latest, so choose that folder)

Go into the Subfolder called "Favorites" and either add links
by drag'n'drop from Internet Explorers Address Bar to it, or
right click and choose "Create Shortcut", enter the URL, click
next, and now Enter the Name of the Website (This will be how it
appears on the 360)

7) Choose One of your "Favorites" on the 360 and enjoy!

It says that you cant input text but on his website it now says you can. I dont know which to believe I should be trying it out this weekend

Other details from http://www.gamersreports.com/news/12...-your-xbox360/

Cheers

[rotchmond]

Xbox 360 does not have MCE, it can be used as a Media Center Extender - slight difference.

In other words you still need a PC with MCE (switched) on, which you then link up to the 360 and your 360 can act as a front end (extender) for it. You then can run specific plugins on MCE that will in turn work on the 360.

So technically you can surf the net with your 360 using it as a MCE extender with the correct plugin - however its the PC doing all the work and not the Xbox, which begs the question that you may aswell use your MCE PC to browse with anyway

[drewster2k]

Originally Posted by rotchmond

Xbox 360 does not have MCE, it can be used as a Media Center Extender - slight difference.

In other words you still need a PC with MCE (switched) on, which you then link up to the 360 and your 360 can act as a front end (extender) for it. You then can run specific plugins on MCE that will in turn work on the 360.

So technically you can surf the net with your 360 using it as a MCE extender with the correct plugin - however its the PC doing all the work and not the Xbox, which begs the question that you may aswell use your MCE PC to browse with anyway

ahh thats a shame, thought it might be to good to be true. I only have a pc at my sisters now so was hoping this would work. Hope they bring one out for it soon.

thanks very much

[rotchmond]

Hopefully a web browser is one feature that will appear. As there is going to be a text input expansion for the controller, then there is a strong possibility that one will eventually turn up.