Monday, March 20, 2006
TwonkyVision Adds Xbox 360 to List of Supported Devices
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 05:00 AM
"To say the least I was shocked when I spoke to TwonkyVision's CEO Angela Scheller at IDF, and she told me that as of version 3.1, TwonkyMedia now supports the Xbox 360 for audio and photo streaming (see device compatibility list). Why is this good news? One, because everyone likes alternatives to company issued products (i.e. Windows Media Connect). And, two, because TwonkyVision's DLNA certified, UPnP A/V media server is probably the best product on the market that offers support for formats that WMC doesn't offer."
The TwonkyVision folks do add this disclaimer - "Microsoft only allows to stream music and pictures. Microsoft neither allows video streaming from Windows Media Connect Servers nor from 3rd party UPnP servers." which seems fine because at least you are getting the music and picture streaming. TwonkyMedia, as most others have pointed out, needs fewer resources and is faster than most other UPnP Media Servers, but still provides the most features which help the user to enjoy large media collections.
The TwonkyVision folks do add this disclaimer - "Microsoft only allows to stream music and pictures. Microsoft neither allows video streaming from Windows Media Connect Servers nor from 3rd party UPnP servers." which seems fine because at least you are getting the music and picture streaming. TwonkyMedia, as most others have pointed out, needs fewer resources and is faster than most other UPnP Media Servers, but still provides the most features which help the user to enjoy large media collections.
