Hooking up an XBox 360/Wii to computer - is it possible?

Is it possible? I have a pcmcia tuner for a windows laptop that I have - I hooked it up to that, but there is about 5 seconds of lag with it...
Does anyone know of a solution to hook up a system to the Mac Pro/display? I wouldn't mind also having the ability to watch TV.

How much lag would there be with one of those?
From their website:
Game Mode
Connect game consoles to your Mac. The Game Mode feature operates with
USB 2.0 and turns off hardware encoding for virtually no latency game play.
You could also look at getting the Hybrid, rather than the 250, which also allows digital HDTV signals to be input. You can see the difference here:
http://www.elgato.com/matrix/index.php

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Is there a way to hook up a xbox 360 to a macbook pro?

Is there a way to hook up a xbox 360 to a macbook pro? I'm about to move to college and I don't have a tv but I want to play my xbox if its possible.

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Can i hook up my xbox 360 to mac pro 27

i wnat to know how or if i can hook up my xbox 360 to my mac pro 27 as a screen to play games

I suppose you can. You're talking about the desktop Mac Pro, right?
just takin' a stab at it here, but I think elgato has a game capture box which might be helpful. It does mention xbox 360 and ps3. if it's for a MacBook Pro, I can't say for sure. Maybe blackmagic??
JB

Need help with hooking up my Xbox 360 to my X-Fi I/O Bay via Toslink (Optical)...it's not worki

So here's the deal:
I have connected a Monster toslink optical audio cable to my Xbox 360's component cable. I have that toslink cable running to the Optical In jack on the I/O bay of my X-Fi. I'm trying to get the audio from the xbox to play through my computer speakers, which are hooked up to my X-Fi card, but no sound is coming out!
I have absolutely no idea what to do. Can anybody help me?

Please, can't anyone help me on this? I'd hate to think that I wasted $80 on my X-fi.....

I am having a problem hooking up my Xbox 360 to my new Toshiba 32" 32DT2U TV...

I just purchased this 32DT2U tv and have an older Xbox 360 with the red, white and yellow AV cables. I hooked up the Yellow (video in) to the Green port, and finally got the sound working, but the screen is grey and white. I see the game and all, but there's no color. Any suggestions? Should I just get an HDMI cable to fix this? Thanks for your help.

There are two types of connections that look similar.
Composite cables are colored red, white, and yellow. The red and white ports are for stereo audio and the yellow port is for video.
Component cables are colored red, white, blue, green, and another red. The red and white pair are exactly the same as the composite ones. They carry stereo audio. However, the HD video is split into components (hence the name) and carried by the blue, green, and red.
Your TV does not have composite ports, and connecting the yellow composite cable to any of those component videos ports will not work.
I thought that the older Xbox 360s came with a cable that had both. In other words, it had the stereo pair for the audio, the three for component video, and the one for composite video. If that's the case, simply ignore the yellow cable and connect the other five. There should be a toggle on the base of the cable that plugs into the 360 with a toggle for SD and HD. Switch it to HD.
Of course, this is all from memory, and I'm definitely not a 360 technical support agent. I'm guessing if your cable was like this, you would have tried, so they must have shipped with different box contents at some point.
You could purchase a component cable or an HDMI cable if you only have a composite cable. Personally, I would go for HDMI.
- Peter

Using Airport Extreme as a wireless adapter for an xbox 360 and/or computer

I have a wifi network that is successfully broadcasting internet, i also have a spare Airport Extreme that i would like to use as a wireless adapter for my xbox 360.
My Existing network is being broadcast from a D-Link modem so it doesn't support "extending a network" with airport extreme
What i want to achieve is:
Wifi Internet being broadcast by d-link, received by Airport Extreme WIRELESSLY, then sent via a WIRE to my xbox 360's ethernet port so that i can access internet on my xbox 360.
Unfortunately:
My Xbox 360 doesn't have built in wireless
Connecting to the d-link network wirelessly (with the airport extreme) doesn't seem to give me a wired internet connection (from the airport extreme)
I don't want to extend the network wirelessly
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks in advance to any users who know how to solve my (probably simple) problem

Welcome to the discussions, DanSwiggsD!
If you have a non-Apple device as your main router, unfortunately the AirPort Extreme has almost no chance of compatibility with your main router.
If you do have an Apple router as your main device, please post back with your model number and we'll let you know how your devices should be configured.
If you don't have an Apple device as your main router you have a few options to connect the xbox:
1) A pair of ethernet powerline adapters could be used if you did not want to run a regular ethernet cable from your main router to the xbox.
2) The new AirPort Express 802.11n model does have a feature called Proxy STA which should allow it to receive a wireless signal from any wireless router and allow the ethernet port to be enabled.
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Hooking up xbox 360 to my mac

i was wondering if there was a way to hook up an xbox 360 to my mac so I can use the macbook pro's screen as a tv of sorts. I am in college and dont have a tv, nor want to cart my 360 to the lounge to hook it up. it would be easiest to hook it up to the macbook pro but i am not sure what cables are needed or how to go about doing it, if at all possible. feedback is appreciated

In short form, the answer is no you dont want to do this. It is possible by using a tv type input or capture card which can either interface with usb or express card slot. The extreme downfall to doing this is there will be significant lag. Such as when you press a button on the controller for the character to shoot, you wont actually see it on the screen for over a second. The reason for this is the capture card has to convert the video signal into the something the computer can display, and this takes time. Again its possible, but the delay would make it impossible to play proficiently... My advise as a college student my self is to hit up a garage sale for a cheap tv to put in your dorm..
~Ryan

27-k150xt hook up xbox 360?

I want to hook up a xbox 360 to my 27-k150xt does anyone know if it can be done?

Hi,
Please try the following setup:
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03065127
Good luck.
BH
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Is there a way to connect an Xbox 360 to an HP TouchSmart 520-1030?

I have had this HP TouchSmart for well over a 2 years. This one question came to mind. Can you hook an Xbox 360 to an HP TouchSmart 520-1030? I have looked and Looked and found nothing helpful on the web.
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WRT310N gives my wireless Xbox 360 terrible connection when PC is wired

When my wired PC is linked to my WRT310N, my wireless Xbox 360 has a terrible connection and is repeatedly disconnected. When my PC is not hooked up, my Xbox 360 gets a perfect connection, just like it's wired. I've had this router for around a year and just ran into this problem 4 days ago. Discovered the problem an hour ago.

If the above settings didn't made much difference to the connection on your XBOX, then i think you need to upgrade the firmware of your Router.
Go to website linksysbycisco.com/downloads.........insert model no of your router in search tab......select proper version of your router........download the firmware file......save that file on desktop...
Follow these steps to upgrade the firmware on the device : -
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on a computer hard wired to the router...In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1...Leave the Username blank & in Password use admin in lower case...
Click on the 'Administration' tab- Then click on the 'Firmware Upgrade' sub tab- Here click on 'Browse' and browse the .bin firmware file and click on "Upgrade"...
Wait for few seconds until it shows that "Upgrade is successful" After the firmware upgrade, click on "Reboot" and you will be returned back to the same page OR it will say "Page cannot be displayed".
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Playing Xbox 360 through a MBP ... picture included

Hey, so I've been digging around trying to figure out a way to play my xbox360 through my MBP. I'm in college, so its really nice having a mobile screen, compared to having to lug around a computer monitor or t.v.
Apparently, the most common problem with most devices is that they give some sort of "lag" when playing the game. However, one guy said his layout worked fine, and he provided a picture. Naturally, he didn't specify the details of his setup. Here's the picture he provided though, if that helps anyone.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h42/s4alex/XBox360/360Laptop.jpg
So what can I do?
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Do a search on google, there seems to be a fair amount of stuff which will help you.
I found this article which explains how to hook up a 360 to a mac mini, but the procedure should be pretty much the same for a MBP.
http://gearfatuation.com/2008/03/03/how-to-hook-up-your-xbox-360-to-your-mac-min i-or-macbook/
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Wifi and xbox 360

A couple weeks ago, I hooked up my xbox 360 through my router. In order for the xbox live connection to work, I had to reset the router. The wifi on my phone no longer worked, but after some trouble-shooting, I figured out I had to go back to using the factory password. The wifi has worked ever since until 2 days ago. I reset the network connections on my phone, turned the wifi on and off, turned the 3G and cell data on and off. Nothing works. It always says "Unable to connect." But my computer can still connect to the same wifi without a problem. Any ideas?

I've actually got it all boxed up to return to Cisco, so no screenshots. Really at my wits end. I've tried literally everything; updated the firmware, reset to factory settings, reset the Xbox, changed channels, bandwidths, disabled security, turned of the 2.4GHz network, turned off mixed mode, etc.
I can include the first chat session I had with tech support to show some of the things we went through. I've since chatted once more, and called 3 times. All to no avail. One time the rep admitted that there were reports of the issue, but that no official solution was being worked. The other time they said, "Of course it works with the Xbox-- we have millions of customers with Xboxes."
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Xbox 360 will not connect to WRT54G Wired connection

OK I just bought a xbox 360 and the Linksys wrt54g router I updated the firmware on the router and have 2 pcs currently connected and working great i also have a wii connected wirelessly and it works great.
I connected the xbox 360 to the router and it doesnt even detect that its connected. Ive tested the cables tried 4 different ones and nothing i unhooked the router and just ran the xbox 360 to the cable modem and it worked fine so i know its not the xbox or the cables its the router thats giving me probs. i called linksys was on the line with them for 2 hours and they couldnt tell me nothing. Ive read that ppl have this router and there xboxs work fine
on microsofts site this router is listed as compatible. im lossing my patience and getting very mad about this.
no lights come on the router and the xboxs say the cable is not connected when running to the router but when connected direct to the cable modem works fine.
can someone please help or shed some light on this i would be greatful
thank

I amp having the same problem. I tried what you had said about using the xbox settings but no luck. I found a link that told me to open these ports:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/mediacenter/firewall.mspx#EMG
It says Inbound and outbound, but I have no idea what that means. I basically went to Port Range Forwading (I have the BEFSX41 wired router by the way.). It would only allow me to put in 10 . Also there is no incoming and outgoing!!?? So if there was just 1 number for the port I put that number in both Start and end, and if it had 2 number I put the 1st one as start and the second one as end.
Can anyone help me. This is redamndiculous that a person has to go through this much trouble to hook up an xbox 360.
Also I have a SD216 switch. I don't know if that matters at all.

Need major help, I have a WRT54G Wireless-G Router and theres too much Lag with My Xbox 360...

I cant host a game on Gears of War no more on my xbox 360 cuz it also drops and when i play on someone else's game, i get dropped from the middle of a game.
I have Comcast Hi-Speed Internet and that shouldnt be a problem,
I have my PC and my Xbox 360 hooked up and thats it,
On my computer i have McAfee Security, but i dont kno if that would slow it down??
Well when i unplug my router, and do a direct connection to my xbox 360, it is pretty **bleep** good connection. So what is there I can do to fix this slow connection with the router being hooked up?? i have my router in the same room too as my pc and 360.

yes the ethernet cord is hooked from the xbox 360 to the router

Connecting an XBox 360 & Audigy for 5.1 with HDA-

Hi all,
I am attempting to hook up and Xbox 360 through my Audigy SB060 in order to obtain true 5. surround (running Windows Vista Ultimate).
I have obtained a Hitech HDA-X0 which gives me Optical inputs for the Audigy card and connects to the Audigy via a 20-pin extension header.
Basically I need the sound to go 360--->optical input of X0--->connected to Audigy by 20 pin header--->decoded by Audigy--->analogue outputs to my Logitech 5. speakers.
I have been assured by the people who sold me the X0 that this would work.
Unfortunately the manual is all in Korean!
As best I can make out it says that I ought to set the SPDIF settings in AudioHQ to AC-3 SPDIF-In.
This presents two problems:
. The current drivers for Audigy cards in Vista use Creative Audio Console not AudioHQ and
2. In Audio Console under SPDIF I/O, there are options only for Default and SPDIF Bypass.
When set to SPDIF Bypass there is no sound at all.
When set to default, I get sound from the 360 but only if the 360 is set to Digital Stereo output.
When I set the 360 to Digital 5., the sound sto
ps.
I think my problem lies in the lack of an AC-3 SPDIF-In setting in Audio Console.
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Message Edited by lachyzee on 2-03-200704:06 AM

Solved my own problem.
Took a look at the Audigy Vista driver release notes and saw that decoding has been disabled.
Once I dual booted into XP, the surround worked perfectly.
Guess I'll be trying out the nomoregoatsoup drivers so I can get it working in Vista too.
Come on Creative, get your act together.

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