Well this was a tricky one. I installed Windows 8 Enterprise and found that my Xbox 360 VIDEO APP would not connect to my Win8 PC… or should I say any of my Win8 PC’s. Very frustrating considering they are all tied together by a Home Group and the Xbox was activated as an Extender to my Media Center machines.
I thought this had to do with authentication. I wanted to figure out how to enter my Windows 8 credentials in Xbox but, as you can see in the screen shots below, the solution was not so dramatic .
On your Windows 8 PC:
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Thanks for this. Been googling for days and finally the right solution pops up! Very annoying this isn't common knowledge.
im sorry but what does this help you do, all i want to do is connect my xbox to my laptop so i can stream movies
I should help you connect your Xbox to your Windows 8 PC so that you can stream music and video content.
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I don't have media centre, must be a basic version of w8.
How do I connect?
If you have Windows 8, you have to BUY media center as an addon... see: http://www.urtech.ca/2012/05/solved-where-is-windows-media-center-in-windows-8-and-why-dont-dvds-play/
how can you play mkv videos with windows 8 and no media center on desktop
I would use Media Player Classic or VLC:
http://mpc-hc.org/
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
i spent 2 hours trying to work this out i can,t believe how simple it actually is. Thank you so much!!!!!!!
Thanks for a good tutorial :)
I cant find the Xbox like you in the last Picture. why?
Sorry Melack; I am confused. If you don't see that error then this article is not for you. The point of it is to explain how to "correct" that problem.
Ive tried this and i still cant connect, its still working on my wifes laptop running windows 7 but i have windoes 8 pro and the media center app but its not connecting, im picking up the xbox as xbox and xbox extender but they wont connect to each other.
has anyone got any idea's.
I would have your PC leave the Home Group all together and then try to rejoin it.