Xbox 360 UI video shows iPod integration!

[jared_kipe]

Check this video out, we all thought that hooking your ipod up to the new xbox would be a line in. Oh how wrong were we.

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/articles/644/644608/vids_1.html

Now, if they can do that, and sync with windows media center like that. Just MAYBE they can stream music from itunes. That would be more useful then hooking up my ipod, wirelessly streaming music from my G5. How sweet that would be.

[mrgreen4242]

Check this video out, we all thought that hooking your ipod up to the new xbox would be a line in. Oh how wrong were we.

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/articles/644/644608/vids_1.html

Now, if they can do that, and sync with windows media center like that. Just MAYBE they can stream music from itunes. That would be more useful then hooking up my ipod, wirelessly streaming music from my G5. How sweet that would be.

I doubt that Apple would have licensed FairPlay to MS, so even if the Xbox can mount an iPod (and why not, it's just a USB mass storage device) I don't think you will be able to play any of your iTunes purchased music or use the iTMS. Also, the XBox360 doesn't have a wireless connection does it? At least it doesn't come with one... are they going to sell one as an add-on up front?

[EvilDoc]

Yes the xbox 360 has a wireless addon.. but its $99 bucks

[jared_kipe]

Well that depends, it may be able to just control the ipod, and the sound comes through like an aux in. Or maybe they have a way of getting the decoding file from the ipod just like how hymn used to work. Meaning if a file is playable on the ipod, it will play on the xbox 360.

Apple should make itunes software for the xbox 360.

[raggedjimmi]

So the XBox360 supports iPod yet Media Player doesn't? strange.

[CHROMEDOME]

Im betting right now it won't work with my non windows formatted iPod...

[jared_kipe]

Thats a good point, either it mounts the disk, or it simply controls the ipod and allows it to play audio. Like... Say ipod in your BMW. The BMW doesn't acutally play the mp3s and aacs, it just controls the ipod. I imagine they worked out a similar thing.

[Jedi128]

Apple should make itunes software for the xbox 360.

ummm.... NO. This is a microsoft product we're talking about here? Why is there any discussion about it. It will suck...no one will buy it...move along.

I'm looking forward to PS3. And I could really care less about iPod integration with any console.... What is the use of playing ur iPod through ur console system. Please tell me how this could be benefitial......

[Phat_Pat]

Please tell me how this could be benefitial......
You could listen to your 10,000 song library without having to rip all 150 cds (exaggeration i have no idea how many discs 10,000 songs would take) on to your xbox, but instead plug one cord in an listen away while racing on PGR :cool:

[raggedjimmi]

The whole ripping CD's thing was a pain. and naming them... total nightmare. iPod integration is a good thing.

what a mess the whole Xbox thing is. why couldn't it just come with a cheap 10Gb HDD... but thats for another day.

[GFLPraxis]

Anyone notice the Aqua button on the bottom when he first goes to the homepage? It's EXACTLY like the one in OS X. I mean EXACTLY.

EDIT: (Still watching video)
I've gotta admit that visualizer rocks.

[AoWolf]

This is pretty amazing from the company that plans to kill the iPod. I wouldn't have thought that it would be able to play the music. If anything it just shows off apples market share.

[DrNeroCF]

Well, considering the music files are merely hidden files on the iPod's mounted disk, I don't see why a system couldn't search them out and still use the naming tags.

I'd watch the video but my school network is being teh suxxors at the moment... is this the visualizer they're showing? http://www.llamasoft.co.uk/neon.php

[Phat_Pat]

I'd watch the video but my school network is being teh suxxors at the moment... is this the visualizer they're showing? http://www.llamasoft.co.uk/neon.php
I think so.... but i'm not 100% sure

[jared_kipe]

I never understood visualizers.

[GFLPraxis]

They're gimmicks. I mean, it's better than having a dull "Track currently playing:" text being the only thing on the screen. But they're cool gimmicks.

[spaceballl]

Okay is it just me... or it is even more ironic that right after they unplug the iPod, they plug in a PSP.

Also, who likes listening to music on their TV anyways?

[kuyu]

is this the visualizer they're showing? http://www.llamasoft.co.uk/neon.php
Yes, that's it.

The Xbox 360 will stream music from an ipod. It will also stream music from a PC across a LAN. So, I'd imagine they'll code something to make it work with a mac too (or a mac developer will).

Also while playing a game one person can select a playlist on their computer/ipod, and it streams the music via Live to everyone playing in that instance. So if you and 7 friends are battling in Perfect Dark Zero, one of you could select a playlist for everyone to listen to. Cool use of tech IMO.

Of course this is an option, so you don't have to listen to whats being broadcast. It effectively turns every xbox360 into an internet radio station.

[WhiteSavage]

Its a stupid idea. Thats what stereo's are for. If I want music I push play, I don't turn on my Xbox. I hope Microsoft gets sued. Just like they're sueing Apple right now for copyright infringements on the iPod.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13411878,00.html

Sickening. Get a life Bill.. get off Apple's poop. Make your own.

[iJon]

ummm.... NO. This is a microsoft product we're talking about here? Why is there any discussion about it. It will suck...no one will buy it...move along.

Clever words from a clever 16 y/o :rolleyes:

jon

[Capt Underpants]

ummm.... NO. This is a microsoft product we're talking about here? Why is there any discussion about it. It will suck...no one will buy it...move along.

I'm looking forward to PS3. And I could really care less about iPod integration with any console.... What is the use of playing ur iPod through ur console system. Please tell me how this could be benefitial......

*cough* fanboy *cough*

Honestly, dude... it's way too early to say which consoles will fail and which will prevail. A lot of people like to listen to music while they're gaming. It's a personal thing.

Oh and isn't windows a MS product? And doesn't Apple have a version of iTunes for windows? I'm not saying iTunes for xbox360 will happen (it probably won't), but still.

[jared_kipe]

Those of you complaining about playing music through your TV.. Obviously you don't have a good home theater hi-fi system. The speakers hooked up to my mac are $15 Creative pieces of shite, I don't have a stereo on the litteral sense. But my mac is also running optical out to my receiver/Klipsch speakers/HDTV.

[applekid]

If I'm not mistaken, the X-Box 360 is probably accessing the iPod as a USB Mass Storage device. That's how the PSP is "connected" to the X-Box 360.

[risc]

The XBox 360 looks like a nice media centre, but is it too much to ask to see game footage?

[kuyu]

Its a stupid idea. Thats what stereo's are for. If I want music I push play, I don't turn on my Xbox. I hope Microsoft gets sued. Just like they're sueing Apple right now for copyright infringements on the iPod.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13411878,00.html

Sickening. Get a life Bill.. get off Apple's poop. Make your own.

My stereo is a surround receiver hooked to the HDTV. With this I can have all my music, on my stereo, controlled by remote. I'm sick of only having my songs in the office and on the ipod.

[kuyu]

The XBox 360 looks like a nice media centre, but is it too much to ask to see game footage?

Ask and you shall receive...

Ghost Recon
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/736/736206/vids_1.html

Kameo
http://xboxyde.com/news_1853_en.html

http://www.gametrailers.com has pretty much everything in WM and quicktime.

[ReanimationLP]

Xbox 360 has one flaw.

No firewire.

What are us peoples who got 1st and 2nd Gen iPods gonna do to hook em in? :(

[Lacero]

I watched it twice, but must've missed the whole iPod integration thingie. The presentation was so boring I lost my concentration. Someone wanna summarize in 5 words the gist of it?

[risc]

Ask and you shall receive...

Cheers. :)

[kuyu]

I watched it twice, but must've missed the whole iPod integration thingie. The presentation was so boring I lost my concentration. Someone wanna summarize in 5 words the gist of it?

Sure. The ipod's usb plugs into xbox 360. You can use any songs/playlists from ipod during any game, and stream the songs to other people online with you.

You can also stream songs from a PC via a LAN, but no word yet on streaming from a mac.

[Moria]

Its a stupid idea. Thats what stereo's are for. If I want music I push play, I don't turn on my Xbox. I hope Microsoft gets sued. Just like they're sueing Apple right now for copyright infringements on the iPod.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13411878,00.html

Sickening. Get a life Bill.. get off Apple's poop. Make your own.


Why's it stupid? I don't have a stereo system next to my games consoles. I don't even have a half the CD's I have on my iPod - I got loads of them from iTunes. Why would they get sued for doing this? I don't think MS are the stupid ones...

[corywoolf]

Xbox 360 has one flaw.

No firewire.

What are us peoples who got 1st and 2nd Gen iPods gonna do to hook em in? :(


I don't think there is that big of a demand for old ipods to work with the 360, buy a new one or find a firewire to usb converter.

[shadowmoses]

Its a shame manufacturers are slowly turning a blind eye to firewire as i feel it is far better than USB2.0, iPods should still ship with firewire and they probably still would if they were not so geared towards windows user's,

ShadOW

[Jedi128]

Its a shame manufacturers are slowly turning a blind eye to firewire as i feel it is far better than USB2.0, iPods should still ship with firewire and they probably still would if they were not so geared towards windows user's,

ShadOW

I like firewire too, and thats what my good ol 3rd Gen iPod is using. Its the same as USB 2.0..... Oh, well..... I guess everyone wants to be compatiable with Windows.......

[jared_kipe]

Meh, firewire, like ppc, is dead. Get over it, and move onto newer technology. Nobody sits around complaining about how he like SCSI so much. When newer more standardized technology presents itself. You can't expect companies to support the old stuff, especially when the company never tried to support it in the first place.

[iJon]

Meh, firewire, like ppc, is dead. Get over it, and move onto newer technology. Nobody sits around complaining about how he like SCSI so much. When newer more standardized technology presents itself. You can't expect companies to support the old stuff, especially when the company never tried to support it in the first place.
Maybe dead for iPods but try telling someone FireWire is dead in the Video industry, they will probably laugh.

jon

[rendezvouscp]

Meh, firewire, like ppc, is dead. Get over it, and move onto newer technology. Nobody sits around complaining about how he like SCSI so much. When newer more standardized technology presents itself. You can't expect companies to support the old stuff, especially when the company never tried to support it in the first place.

Dead? Are you kidding me? Firewire is anything but dead. And what is this new, standardized technology that you speak of? *shakes fist*
-Chase

[AoWolf]

Maybe dead for iPods but try telling someone FireWire is dead in the Video industry, they will probably laugh.

jon

I did laugh :o