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DESCRIPTION

Connect360 automatically indexes your iTunes library, iPhoto library and Movies folder and shares them to your Xbox 360. You can then use the Xbox 360 Dashboard to browse and play your media, organized in the exact same way that it is on your Mac.

  • iTunes smart: You can browse and play your iTunes music by song, artist, album, genre or playlist. As you add and remove content to/from your iTunes library, Connect360 keeps your Xbox 360 up to date.
  • You can even listen to your iTunes songs while playing a game on your Xbox 360! Now that's entertainment.
  • Further, Connect360 can automatically update your iTunes play count and play date for songs played on your Xbox 360.
  • Shoutcast streaming: Connect360 now supports streaming of live Internet radio broadcasts to your Xbox360! Simply add any station to a playlist and enjoy the live tunes from your Xbox!
  • iPhoto in big: With Connect360, you can view your iPhoto photo library on your television screen, they're especially beautiful in vivid high definition.
  • Browse by photo album or watch a slideshow, its all easy and fun!
  • What formats are supported?: Connect360 supports MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF and Apple Lossless for Music. For Photos, Connect360 supports: JPEG, RAW, GIF, PNG, BMP and TIFF. For video, Connect360 only supports WMA+WMV codecs in the WMV container.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.3.6:
  • Fixes "Share only checked photos"
  • Fixes playcount updates to be more accurate
  • Added setting to limit the refresh interval for iTunes
  • Fixes incompatibility with MediaLink, update MediaLink too
  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later is now required
REQUIREMENTS
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
  • An Xbox 360 with a network connection
  • iTunes for music sharing
  • iPhoto for photo sharing

  • SCREENSHOT

    Developer:Nullriver Software
    Downloads:37,500
      - Version d/l:2,181
    Utilities:File Management
    License:Shareware
    Date:12 Aug 2008
    Platform:PPC/Intel
    Price:$20.00
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    Aug 17 2008

    MGRIDGAWAY  STILL no support for folders in folders or multiple locations? I made the plunge for Connect360 right before Rivet was released and since then have been a bit unsatisfied with my purchase. Yes, it still plays the files but the unorganization of it all is killing me (Not to mention that the vast majority of my movies are stored on an external hard drive). Nullriver took about 3 months to pump out another version and it is barely an upgrade, just a few tweaks. If they can't keep up with Rivet I'll have to switch but hopefully it won't come to that.  
    (Version 3.36)

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    Aug 13 2008

    REVCO  Still no support for folders within folders. Unbelievable.

    Why would I want my music and movie library scanned at a maximum of every two hours? How often do you think we add movies/music to our libraries. Off or manual rescan is needed.  
    (Version 3.36)

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    Jul 8 2008

    ZEWS  I want to play back movies form an external dedicated hard drive. Connect360 does not seem to allow this, it will only play back movies that are stored on the internal drive of my iMac.

    Is there a way to play back movies from an external drive, or am I out of luck on this one.

    BTW, I have emailed this question to the developer about half a dozen times. They do not seem to be all to interested to respond and support their software, since I have not received a response from them.  
    (Version 3.35)

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    Aug 24 2008

    JOMIX24  All you have to do is make an alias of the folder where you saved the videos and then move the alias into the movie folder. So that way it can read the movies off of the external hard drive.   
    (Version 3.36)

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    May 20 2008

    JOSHK  I love what this product is capable of. However, the folder hierarchy problem needs to be fixed ASAP. Fix that and you'll have another paying customer.  
    (Version 3.35)

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    May 19 2008

    DUKENUK12  ok, i couldnt figure it out for the life of me and someone's complaint was my answer. after sifting through complaints regarding the iphoto problem - if your iphoto library is stored on another disk (external), connect 360 will not find it - i found the fix. create an alias and put it in the pictures folder on your local disk. remove the "alias"tag at the end of it so it is just called "iPhoto Library" and BAM, connect 360 starts indexing. maybe most of you knew that but i saw that a couple people were having this issues and google-ing it got me no-where so this is me putting in my google contribution to answer some frustrated users!  
    (Version 3.35)

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    May 12 2008

    EDSTATE  This program has a lot of potential, but there is next to ZERO documentation/support for this thing. Sure, you can email the dev, who is darn responsive, but there are little, annoying issues that can creep up, and all you can really do is email the dev. They have a FAQ, but it's hi-and-miss. For sure, a user-supported forum is needed. But at the very least they need a manual of some sort.  
    (Version 3.34)

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    May 6 2008

    TIROGER  While i love this app, this update seems to have broken it. I've deleted all the preference files and reinstalled but it does not start up.

    Reverting back to version 3.31 fixed whatever the issue is.  
    (Version 3.33)

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    May 6 2008

    SIDDHARTHA  same problem here-no longer shows connection to XBOX 360

    I got one message saying I needed to free up some ports (never got that one before) but it disappeared with a restart.

    Wish there was a discussion forum on the developer's website  
    (Version 3.34)

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    Apr 27 2008
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    HUXLEY  I bought this software a few months ago, and I've had an absolute blast using it. It works well, is easy to set up, and makes my Xbox 360 useful as a media-streamer in ways I wasn't able to access before. Kudos! One small caveat, though: While music and photo streaming work very smoothly from my iMac G4 1.25gHz machine (my main media server), streaming video is choppy at best. However, streaming video from my 17" MacBook Pro 2.33gHz is silky-smooth.  
    (Version 3.31)

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    May 6 2008

    XPANDER  That's odd because I stream HD video from my dual 867mhz MDD and it's as smooth as butter.  
    (Version 3.33)

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    Apr 26 2008
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    SIDDHARTHA  Fantastic product-works just as it should, professional-grade software.

    Very pleased with this!  
    (Version 3.31)

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    Apr 26 2008

    REVCO  Spoke too soon. Do you think it's possible to add support for folders within folders? That is for folders to retain their position within folders instead of every folder appearing at the top level.

    Also, do you think you can add a manual option to "Rescan Movies folder every:..."

    Thanks.  
    (Version 3.3)

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