XB Stream v1.0 - RSS Feed Aggregator Software for Xbox 360
Date: Saturday, September 16 @ 03:01:07 UTC
Topic: Xbox 360


PG4 has released information about a new tool he just released that will allow you to stream text and audio feeds on your Xbox 360

This new tool would work great with the HQ Network RSS Feeds which are located around the site.. It would mean that all xbox 360 users could keep up-to-date with the .rss feed of their choice.

From http://www.xbstream.com:
I'm emailing you today to share with you a piece of free software I have been working on for the past few months - XB Stream. XB Stream in a nutshell allows you to view XML (rss, rdf, xml, podcasts, blogcasts, itunes) based feeds on your Xbox 360. XB Stream also downloads audio feeds (blogcasts, podcasts) and builds them into playlists.

The software works on all versions of Windows XP (Home, Professional, Media Center) as well as with Windows Vista. To get started make sure you have Windows Media Connect or Windows Media Player 11 (or higher) installed/configured and download a copy of XB Stream.

XB Stream automatically will download text based content feeds and render them into images that can be viewed on your Xbox 360 (media > pictures > computer) blade. Text feeds support html formatting and images, and will break up large feeds onto multiple images/feeds for easy navigation on your Xbox 360 console.

XB Stream also will download audio feeds and create playlists which are fully supported on Xbox 360. To listen to playlists on your Xbox 360 (media > music > computer> blade. You can now play your Xbox 360 games and listen to podcasts and blogcats from the vast gaming community on the internet.

XB Stream is fully configurable, allowing you to add new xml based feeds, edit and delete feeds you no longer wish to subscribe to. Not only that you can also set the frequency of how often XB Stream should update and determine the max number of content feed items to store for each content feed. XB Stream will even manage your content feeds and delete older feeds, thus freeing up important disk space on your computer!

XB Stream brings the Xbox gaming community together by consolidating all of the important gaming websites into one area where gamers can listen to and read about Xbox news, reviews, gossip and become participants in the emerging blogging craze.

The software is completely free of charge and is available to anyone with an XBox 360 video game console, and a Windows XP/Vista computer.

News-Source: http://www.xbstream.com
Download: here







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