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I just got an Xbox 360. After hours of messing around with it, I finally got the IP address settings right. For some reason, it didn't want to get an automatically assigned IP address via DHCP. I had to do it manually. I'm connected via ethernet cable to my iMac, which is sharing my internet connection from Airport. This isn't a problem. I can get online without issue.
My problem is with this stupid ass program. Everyone was singing its praises and it worked great until tonight for some reason. I didn't change a single setting but it decided it no longer wants to work. I've tried restarting my Xbox, disconnecting and reconnecting my cable, restarting my iMac, checking and rechecking my settings but nothing works. I'm at a loss. I'm staring at my console.log to see if anything comes up when I try to connect but there's nothing there. I just get the "can't find any computers running media sharing software" error when I try to connect. Every few minutes, in my log, I'll get this: Code:
2007-01-15 01:30:37.234 Connect360Helper[3947] SSDPServer: Joining multicast on interface(s): ("192.168.2.1", "192.168.0.16", "10.37.129.2", "169.254.2.2")
2007-01-15 01:30:37.234 Connect360Helper[3947] NRSSDPServer: Sending ssdp:discover request to: 239.255.255.250 for ClientType: urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaRenderer:1
2007-01-15 01:30:37.234 Connect360Helper[3947] NRSSDPServer: Sending ssdp:alive broadcast to: 239.255.255.250 for ServiceType: uuid:6dba9c50-3438-a946-1490-39dea7805a65
2007-01-15 01:30:37.234 Connect360Helper[3947] NRSSDPServer: Sending ssdp:alive broadcast to: 239.255.255.250 for ServiceType: urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ContentDirectory:1 My IP address settings are as follows:IP address: 192.168.2.2 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.2.1 (the IP address of my en0 connection) DNS Server: 192.168.2.1 (I've tried 192.168.0.1 for my router that my iMac gets IT'S connection from). Oddly enough, when I go to my sharing pref pane and go to the firewall tab, I've gotten errors that say that I've got another firewall active, etc. But I don't. I wonder if this has something to do with my problems. Any ideas? I hate this program... If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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Do you have any other computers you can try connect 360 on?
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A new tidbit: in my log there's now this error: Firewall Tool: Apple Firewall is off, but there are 3 rules in IP Firewall! WTH?!? I tried flushing all my firewall rules and I still got the message about another firewall being in place... edit: nope. No go. No strange firewall issues, nothing. It just doesn't work. And their website is pathetic for finding any real answers. I wish I hadn't spent that $20. I'm beginning to wish I hadn't bought the 360 at all. If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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Connect360 is an ok program I suppose. I would never pay for it myself because it doesnt do video. I can listen to music anytime and I have no need to loo at pictures.
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torifle, if you ever get it to work can you post a tutorial here..
Or perhaps you can Yontsey. I have a PBG4 as our houses base station, and everything shares off that wirelessly.. My 360 is running off the back of my Wife's Mac over ethernet. XBox Live and so on all work fine. Never had an issue, but Connect360 just doesn't even see my 360 from any machine! EDIT - The only time I have ever seen that other firewall message on my Mac has been twice. Once was when I did foolishly for a microsecond have Norton on my machine, and had that firewall on, even though I had selected it to be off. Fucking Norton! The other was whenever I had VPC running. I have not noticed it with Parallels, but do you have Parallels, and is it running? 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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I have parallels but it wasn't running. In fact, I had just rebooted. I don't know what caused it.
What's so frustrating is that I *had* it working. I had just re-encoded a bunch of avis to wmvs so I could watch them and it didn't refresh the library. So I restarted the sharing and that was the end of it. If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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Yeah, Ill have to see how I have mine set up. I havent used it in forever, because like I said, I dont have a use for it.
Tomorrow when I get a free chance, Ill see what I can dig up. Bare with me though, cuz tomorrow I have a busy day with work, a job interview, and band practice for a big show saturday. Edit: Interesting, I just went over to their site and apparently they are starting to work in video streaming into C360. Currently though, it's only WMA+WVA. Once it gets to .avi, I MAY pay the $20. Die young and save yourself.... @yontsey |
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No, it does do videos. They just need to be in wmv format. I tried it out earlier. Before I did a batch of them. It was actually pretty nice. When it worked...
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Are you even using your 360 for games? That's what it's designed for. If you just need a media center extender, why not buy the Apple TV?
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He had better be using it for games.. I am waiting to kick his ass on Gears of War... and any other AN comers...
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(It'll have to wait until next week when I'll be back in the dorm, and theres an ethernet jack close enough to my Xbox to use.) Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end. |
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Sounds good to me I am 'tehscratt'.
And I am also busy on a project this week so will be short on time.. so yeah, cool lets kick each other's butts and then go kick some other people's butts too next week... Anyone else? 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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I did open GoW yesterday and I discovered 2 things: 1) I absolutely SUCK at video games and 2) all these years being a Mac/Nintendo user have left me completely clueless when it came to how amazing games have gotten these days. If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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one of these days Ill pick up GofW. I play a lot of Call of Duty 3. My gamer tag is Yonts if anyone wants to hit me up.
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torifile, GoW makes me feel old! I have realised how focussed you have to be, and also how dextrous, and also constantly aware of your environment and other peoples strategies... Almost so much to do it's not fun when you are playing online.. I had a massive session tonight and got my ass handed to me so many times, literally! But I think I am getting there, I had quite a long shotgun fight with two Cog tonight and they came off worse than me! HooHar!
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More information on this issue (maybe this should be in GB?)
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Jan 15 14:59:43 iMac configd[40]: rtmsg: error writing to routing socket
Jan 15 14:59:45 iMac mDNSResponder: FoundInstance: _daap._tcp.local. PTR . received from network is not valid DNS-SD service pointer
Jan 15 14:59:46 iMac mDNSResponder: FoundInstance: _daap._tcp.local. PTR . received from network is not valid DNS-SD service pointer
Jan 15 14:59:49 iMac mDNSResponder: NAT Port Mapping (LLQ event port.): timeout These lines occur in my console.log when I shutdown the Xbox and also when it starts up. Other than that, no console.log entries. Any ideas?If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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I'm actually making some headway on this issue. Well, I'm at least beginning to understand what might be causing the problems. I've got 2 suspects right now, but I don't know anything about them:
1) UPnP and 2) dns-sd Anyone know anything about these 2? I've read that UPnP can be problematic. In reading through my console logs, I've found the IP 239.255.255.250 and googling that leads me to UPnP. Further googling led me to some dns-sd command: Code:
dns-sd -R "Xbox" _daap._tcp local 1900 & The port 1900 I got from my search leading to UPnP. I may be barking up the wrong tree, but I think I may be onto something.Can anyone lend a hand in troubleshooting? TIA. If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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Well, motherfucker. Goddamn it. @!#!#@!#%%#**)(%*#
I got it working. Not by all the reading on upnp or dns-sd or anything, but by simplifying the connections. I moved my router downstairs and made my settings all "automatic". Restarted my computer and voila! it worked. I still have no clue why it quit working in the first place and I don't really give a fuck at this point. It's working (and very well!) so I'm happy. Nullriver's support sucks but hopefully I'll never have to use them again. So there. If you've tried this program and it didn't work, try simplifying. I'm an idiot for not trying this 2 days ago. If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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Join Date: May 2005
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Grr. I can't get this to work. I've got a few nice MP4s I'd like to stream over to my xbox 360 but for some reason my computer doesn't show up in my the Computers section of my xbox 360 dashboard menu.
The firewall in Leopard is off, and Connect360 is started. Connect360 finds the xbox, but my MBP just doesn't show up in the Computers list. Any ideas? |
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