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DESCRIPTION
Rivet allows you to access your digital life on your Xbox 360. Browse, play, and view all of your picture, movies, and video through the Xbox 360's media blade right in your living room.

Rivet will automatically load and give you full access to your iTunes music, iPhoto photographs, and any video or picture folders that you wish to share.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.3:
  • Added using the files thumbnail for custom images, see release blog post for more info.
  • Added automatic clean-up of the thumbnail cache.
  • Added smart sorting. The, A, and An are ignored when sorting movies and photos (xbox still sorts with them). Music is sorted by using the song\'s sort name metadata that can be set in iTunes.
  • Improved photo viewing performance, especially when using Aperture.
  • Improved parsing and start-up speed.
  • Improved navigation for some devices.
  • Reordered the top level listing.
  • Fixed memory leaks.
  • Fixed the issue where you could only add one photo path.
  • Fixed preserving which playlists are selected between launches.
  • Fixed a launch issue due to the computer name not being properly encoded.
REQUIREMENTS
  • Mac OS 10.5 or later
  • iTunes for music sharing
  • Networked Xbox 360 or PS3

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Developer:CynicalPeak Software
Downloads:4,045
  - Version d/l:141
Utilities:File Management
License:Shareware
Date:16 Nov 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$18.95
RATING
****.
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Rivet User Reviews (8 posts)Write A Review
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Aug 20 2009

CASTLE  Loved Rivet, paid for it and it worked a treat with my router setup. Now I'm trying to get Rivet to work with my Xbox via sharing my Mac's internet with it. No dice. According to the Rivet forums this isn't possible with Rivet. But it is with Connect 360. Wasted $20. Well, I did use Rivet for a month or so, so not totally wasted, but if you want to share your Mac's internet with your Xbox you'll want Connect 360, not Rivet.  
(Version 2.2)

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Aug 26 2009

REVCO  Try this:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/31698/playback  
(Version 2.2.1)

praisebury
+1

Feb 24 2009
***..

TAKN  Back to Connect360 I go.... Sorry Rivet

I originally switched from Connect360 to Rivet a few months ago. This was mainly due to stagnant development & non responsive support for Connect360. Rivet also had a few neat features such as auto media updating, and better file organization, both of which appealed to me.

Unfortunately, over the past few months I have become annoyed with the need to constantly restart Rivet in order for it to function properly (both with the 1.x and 2.x versions). This can be caused by:

1. Moving between wireless networks. Once I reconnect to my home network, the Xbox won't detect my MBP until Rivet is restarted.

2. Sleeping. Once the MBP has been woken up in the morning, Rivet must again be restarted.

3. Occasionally, Rivet also stops working when new movies are added to one of my shared folders. This I can't explain.

It has come to a point where 50% of the time when I want to use Rivet, it needs to be restarted before anything will work properly.

Although Connect360 lacks a few features, it is ROCK SOLID on the network side. As long as the MacBook Pro is turned on and connected to my wireless network, it always works! No fiddling required.

If you have a desktop computer, definitely get Rivet. But when it comes to a laptop and network connectivity, Connect360 just can't be beat.

P.S. - This review was censored on the Cynical Peak forums.   
(Version 2.0)

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Jul 22 2009

CYNOMYSO  I agree with this. If it worked reliably, I would prefer Rivet. I prefer the way that it presents data on the XBox, requiring less digging through long lists to find the content I'm after. I have also gone back to Connect360 however because I'm simply tired of running upstairs to restart it everytime a piece of content won't load on the TV. It has just gotten to where it doesn't work more often than it does whereas Connect360 works fine. I should note that my situation sounds similar to the other commenter in that my network situation changes a lot. Everything is hosted/served from my laptop that changes network environments many times a day. If you have a server that never moves in your house, your experience may be far better.  
(Version 2.2)

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Jan 22 2009

ZAPH47  This app does exactly as described and works great. Rivet does a much better job than the rarely updated Connect360 managing your media as you have it setup without the user accommodating the app. Though 2.0 wasn't a major update for XBOX360 users, it's still a sigh of relief to see the developers are actually continuously working on it...A+  
(Version 2.0)

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Sep 13 2008

BLAFUSEL  This is a great app. It does exactly what I was looking for. Recommended over Connect 360.  
(Version 1.2)

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Aug 19 2008

TOURNESOL  Works great! To bad Xbox 360 wont recognize any video formats at all.  
(Version 1.2)

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Apr 24 2008

REVCO  Why is Rivet's interface identical to Connect360? Did you have anything to do with Connect360?  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Apr 22 2008

JOBBY  Looks good, but a couple of nits:

If you have a load of playlists in iTunes, and you're trying to share just a couple, you *really* could do with a "deselect all" button in the Music tab :)

I see "share photos from iPhoto"... but where's "share photos from Aperture"? I don't want to have to export all my photos just so my 360 can see them (one copy of each is quite enough to have lying around)  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Apr 16 2008
*****

XPANDER  I got in on the beta for this app and it totally demolishes the competition (Connect360). It allows you to share multiple folders, and I'm not plagued by Connect360 pegging both my cpu's for no reason. If you are considering connect360, do yourself a favor and get this instead. Great app.  
(Version 1.0)

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