How to play and stream zune media to xbox 360
January 3rd, 2007 by 
Mike Recently we put together a small video just to show the overall speed and quality with which the xbox 360 uses the zune to play all media.
But we definitely didn’t go through the steps on how to do it. In this post I’ll explain step by step on how to play and stream all media with and to xbox 360.
Play zune media with xbox 360:
- Connect one end of the sync cable to zune and other end to USB port on you xbox console.
- From the xbox dashboard, select Media, then select Music, Pictures, or Video.
- Select your zune device from the list of available devices.
- Select your desired music, video, or pictures from your Zune device.
Streaming zune software media to xbox 360:
- Open the zune software on your PC.
- Click Options, Library, Media Sharing.
- Select Share my media.
- Check the media types you want to stream to your Xbox 360 console.
- Choose whether you want to Share with all Xbox 360s or only share with these Xbox 360s.
- If you chose to share only with specific consoles, click to check (share) or uncheck (don’t share) consoles in the list.
- Click OK to begin streaming media.
- From the xbox dashboard, select Media, then select Music, Pictures, or Video.
- Select Computer and select an item to play it.
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February 18th, 2007 at 10:24 am
This does not work, I have a zune, I’ve tried every usb port on the god damn thing and it doesn’t work.
April 7th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I’ve been trying to connect my pc and my 360 together for 6 hours now and nothing works. The Zune software won’t work because when I set everything up and choose my #60 and hit ok nothing happens and and when I hit apply nothing happens.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
hmmm i just simply try to stream music from my zune to my 360 and it plays..for about 15 seconds and then it stops and says the zune isnt connected….
October 7th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Hi, I’m using Zune SOFTWARE to share my music from my PC to my Xbox360 on a cable network. I’ve sorted out all the sharing bit, all the music shows up on the 360, but when i try and play any song, it doesn’t play, and it just comes up with a sort of stop sign next to the song. CAN ANYONE HELP????
October 13th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
yea i have been trying to connect my zune to my 360 for a couple of weeks i have registered my zune its has my name on it but it wont play when i click the zune button on my media dashboard its ask as if its recognizing the device then the zune button un-highlights itself and i am no longer available to select it PLEAS SOMEBODY HELP !!! i thought this was “a simple plug and play” device! any suggestion would be appreciated!
November 8th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
On my first 360 I had no problem wth plugging and playin and viewin pics from my zune to the 360. I sold that 360 and I rebought a core system now I can’t even get it to recognize that i have it hooked up but it does charge my zune?????????
December 20th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
when i try and play a zune song on my xbox it wont play and a circle with a slash across itappears
January 5th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
All these sites keep putting out bogus info. Why does Microsoft itself address this issue. The Media sharing thing is not just simple operator error.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
plug it into the controller port and it will work!!! I had the same problem in the beginning. It will show up on the list as the name of your player… not as a music player itself… Hope this helps!!
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
. . . ok lets see here
- Windows media Center,DID NOT WORK
- Windows Media Player 11, HA NO!
- Zune, Did Not Work
Conclusion. . . I’d like to stab the person who told me to buy a xbox 360 in the leg with a plastic fork, THE TURD WONT STREAM MUSIC OR ANYTHING and it FREEZES UP ALL THE DAMN TIME!
March 9th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
I have spent 3 months trying to get this working and I doubt if it can work. I have a wireless network and now at least my XBOX can see my pictures but I am still having problems trying to see music on my second drive (where My Music is). Ironically My Pictures are there ans there is no problem!!!! I see no evidence that zune software streaming works and customor support is useless. They should just say ‘It wont work’ and then at leats I can say time messign around with this stuff!!!!
April 5th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Will someone please just acknowledge that there is a problem with the Zune disconnecting from 360 after 15-30 seconds of playing music or vid???? I can’t get an answer and it’s driving me mad. It worked great for 24 hours then this problem happened. I wonder if it’s a sharing issue? Someone please address it.