The one thing that Windows did do well (most of the time) was to stream video and audio to the xbox 360. There’s a few solutions out there, but I thought I’d share the solution that worked for me.

Firstly install ushare from the Synaptic Package Manager (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager). The DLNA codec library will also be installed as a believe it’s a dependency.

Once applied the packages will install as per normal.

OK, now it’s installed you need to set up the config file, this file tells ushare which directories you want your xbox to be able to see, as well as which network connection to to share the directories on.

Open up a terminal window and type the command below:

sudo gedit /etc/ushare.conf

All being well this will fire up the text editor gedit (if you;re using KDE you’ll need to change gedit to which text editor you prefer)

So make a note of the directories that you want to share, i share my entire home folder, you can share multiple directories by separating them with a comma.

USHARE_DIR=/home/danny/

Next look up the connection you’re using, easiest way to do this is to look under System > Preferences > Network Connections

It’s most likely to be either:

eth0 - if you're using a wired ethernet connection

wlan0 if you're using wireless

Enter the correct connection as shown below:

USHARE_IFACE=wlan0

Finally make sure the setting below is set to yes:

ENABLE_XBOX=yes

Now save the file and close the text editor.

Now you’re all set to go, in order to start the service you need to run it from a terminal window by using the command below:

ushare -x

You should now be able to see the share in your video library on your xbox 360, by default it’ll be called “ushare”, you can change this by altering the value below in the config file.

USHARE_NAME=uShare