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iLife 09 support 
- Version: 3.36, 4/9/2009 02:41AM PST
vsvirtan
It's very nice program, but I hope developer will add iLife 09 support soon (new iPhoto libraries are now supported).
Buyer Beware - Version: 3.35, 8/6/2008 07:27AM PST
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pixelblot
I have been using Connect for about 2 years and until now have been quite happy. After upgrading to 3.33 it stopped working. Developer told me 3.35 would fix my issue but it did not. They asked me for some logs. I sent them and now get absolutely no response from them. The support area of their site is still under construction after at least a year. So be forewarned if anything goes wrong YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN and it doesn't matter to them whether you paid or not.
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Connect 360 works with some limitations. Other XBox sharing software has fewer limitations. - Version: 3.35, 5/15/2008 01:45PM PST
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mar5
I've been using Connect360 for about 8 months now. In general, Connect360 works as advertised -- allowing you to easily access music, video, and photos stored on your Mac through the XBox 360.
Version 3.31 added the feature of displaying video files in folders on the XBox 360. Earlier versions of Connect360 just showed a flat list of video files. Unfortunately, the implementation of the folders view is very poor. Instead of showing the full hierarchy of nested folders, Connect360 flattens the folder structure and only shows the leaf folders. That is, if you have a folder "MyFavoriteShow" and then folders "Season1", "Season2", and "Season3" underneath "MyFavoriteShow" then Connect360 will list the folders "Season1", "Season2", and "Season3" without showing the higher level folder "MyFavoriteShow". If there are video files in the higher level folder, then Connect360 will show "Season1", "Season2", "Season3", and "MyFavoriteShow" all at the same level.
A competing software product named "Rivet" from Cynical Peak Software correctly shows the nested folder structure and allows the XBox 360 to navigate the folder hierarchy.
Connect 360 allows the user to only specify a single source folder to read video files from. This would not be a limitation if Connect360 correctly interpreted OS X aliases or symbolic links since you could add an alias that points to other video folders into your main videos folder. Unfortunately Connect360 does not correctly handle aliases so you are forced to use one folder on one disk volume to store all of your video files.
The "Rivet" program mentioned above allows the user to specify multiple video source folders. This allows you to store your video files across any disk volumes connected to your Mac and have all the video files shared to your XBox 360.
Version 3.31 added the feature of displaying video files in folders on the XBox 360. Earlier versions of Connect360 just showed a flat list of video files. Unfortunately, the implementation of the folders view is very poor. Instead of showing the full hierarchy of nested folders, Connect360 flattens the folder structure and only shows the leaf folders. That is, if you have a folder "MyFavoriteShow" and then folders "Season1", "Season2", and "Season3" underneath "MyFavoriteShow" then Connect360 will list the folders "Season1", "Season2", and "Season3" without showing the higher level folder "MyFavoriteShow". If there are video files in the higher level folder, then Connect360 will show "Season1", "Season2", "Season3", and "MyFavoriteShow" all at the same level.
A competing software product named "Rivet" from Cynical Peak Software correctly shows the nested folder structure and allows the XBox 360 to navigate the folder hierarchy.
Connect 360 allows the user to only specify a single source folder to read video files from. This would not be a limitation if Connect360 correctly interpreted OS X aliases or symbolic links since you could add an alias that points to other video folders into your main videos folder. Unfortunately Connect360 does not correctly handle aliases so you are forced to use one folder on one disk volume to store all of your video files.
The "Rivet" program mentioned above allows the user to specify multiple video source folders. This allows you to store your video files across any disk volumes connected to your Mac and have all the video files shared to your XBox 360.
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Wow! - Version: 3.34, 5/6/2008 08:25PM PST
bbattis
Maybe I'm just a new person to these types of things, but I was fully expecting never being able to host stuff for my 360 with my mac. This product more or less just 'worked'. I haven't had extensive testing so this review could possibly change, but I was able to view photos with minimal effort and videos worked, though no fault of this product, I had to do some things with my xbox(sign up for a live account and download a few video codecs). This is the first application that I use that I'm willing to pony up the money to pay for, so thanks for this useful application!
Documentation as of 5/6/08 was non-existent but they are updating the site, or so they say. Fortunately the application does it's part easily enough, you just need to figure out how to view it on your xbox(not hard at all)
Documentation as of 5/6/08 was non-existent but they are updating the site, or so they say. Fortunately the application does it's part easily enough, you just need to figure out how to view it on your xbox(not hard at all)
3.31 problems after update - Version: 3.31, 5/3/2008 04:45AM PST
pixelblot
Tried to upgrade to Connect360 3.31 and it won't work. If I try to open it I get a Preferences Error Could not load Connect360. Tried trashing Prefs no good. Tried reinstalling old version no good. Checked crash log and it seems like it is having problems with the helper but not sure how to fix it.
Oddly enough it turned it back on on another machine I had it turned off on to tell me there was an update.
Been a long time user and really enjoy this product but I would sya use this version with caution.
Oddly enough it turned it back on on another machine I had it turned off on to tell me there was an update.
Been a long time user and really enjoy this product but I would sya use this version with caution.
Will not work with EyeTV sharing enabled - Version: 3.3, 4/26/2008 03:44AM PST
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ffookyUnfortunately you cannot run Connect360 and EyeTV sharing simultaneously. Even more annoyingly simply disabling sharing in EyeTV temporarily will not work; you have to reboot.
I'm guessing there is precisely zero chance of Microsoft changing the ports that the 360 uses so unless Elgato either change theirs or give you an option of selecting alternative ones, there's just no way of running the two apps simultaneously which is a real shame.
3.2 avi! divx! - Version: 3.2, 12/6/2007 06:11AM PST
glennarbor
between dash update and this update I'm very happy. Thanks for putting the update out 1 day after the dash.
Dec07 Dashboard frame dropping in movies - Version: 3.1, 12/4/2007 07:18AM PST
rubberchicken
Once I realised they had changed the way you select the media source in the new dashboard, by default it had changed back to the Xbox instead of my laptop, then I could see music and videos. However the 360 wanted me to reinstall the ipod AAC playback download before it would play movies. When I did that, videos now play with a lot of frame dropping. Audio seems OK.
One plus seems I can now play some free podcast videos of Happy Tree Friends that did not work previously.
Can't submit feedback at Nullriver website due to Safari bug...
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Leopard 10.5.1
One plus seems I can now play some free podcast videos of Happy Tree Friends that did not work previously.
Can't submit feedback at Nullriver website due to Safari bug...
Safari can’t open the page “http://www.nullriver.com/index/mailto/support/nullriver.com” because it cannot redirect to locations starting with “http:”.
Leopard 10.5.1
does not work with fall 07 dashboard update - Version: 3.1, 12/4/2007 06:19AM PST
glennarbor
my mp3's weren't recongnized under leopard, now with fall update my 360 won't see my mac at all, i hope there is an update soon as this was a great program for the price.
Problems connecting - Version: 3.1, 11/19/2007 01:18PM PST
RobGordon
I am also having trouble after updating to 10.5.1 connecting to my 360. My computer sees my XBox, but I can't access any media on my computer.
