Connect360 is a Mac OS X application that allows OS X users to stream music and photo files to the Xbox 360. The files are pulled from the local iTunes and iPhoto database and then shared to the console. The program has recently been upgraded to version 2.1. The update is on this server as a zip file and takes up approximately 3.49 megabytes as a download. Below are all changes posted since the release of the first public beta:
VERSION 2.01
- Fixes a content refresh bug
- Improved service shutdown code
VERSION 2.0
- Now a preference pane rather than an application, runs in background
- Adds a menu bar status item
- Fixes firewall auto configuration bugs, improves process
- Media library refreshes are now faster and smarter
- Major networking improvements and bug fixes
- Now uses much less memory
- Streaming start speed improvements
- Photo albums, slideshows are now sorted in same order as iPhoto
- Adds improved shoutcast streaming support
- Fixes shoutcast streaming connection not being closed
- Now completely universal
- Other crash fixes
VERSION 1.7
- Now works on Intel-based Macs
- Fixes AIFF support
VERSION 1.6
- Songs and photos now load and play faster
- Photo albums, slideshows are now sorted in same order as iPhoto
- Adds improved shoutcast streaming support
- Intel mac compatibility bug may be fixed *untested*
- Now completely universal
- Reduced memory usage
- Other crash fixes
VERSION 1.5
- Improved networking / automatic detection
- Added shoutcast streaming
- Added “Add Firewall Entries…” button in Preferences to automatically configure the Mac OS X firewall
- Added options to disable iTunes or iPhoto sharing
- Added control over image quality for image transcoding
- Adds iPhoto 3 & 4 support
- Now works with iPhoto 6 “Copy files to iPhoto folder” option unchecked
- Start on login now works properly
- Fixes spinning beachball problem when invalid DNS servers are defined
- Fixes playback of aliased (linked) files
- Fix memory leaks
- Fixes memory waste when streaming large audio files
- Fixes a potential crash when quickly switching songs or photos
- Fixes crash for albums/playlists/etc with an “@” sign in them
- Fixes listings for artists with international characters
- Fixes beachball when checking for updates w/o an active internet connection
- Speed optimisation
- Minor UI changes
VERSION 1.0
- Now works on Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Added support for AAC, Apple Lossless, WAV
- Added support for RAW, TIFF, PNG, GIF, BMP, PSD
- Fixes count of photos for languages other than English
- Fixes crash on 10.3.9 when detecting Xbox 360 (now should work)
- The Mac will no longer enter sleep mode if Connect360 is open
- Fixes crash when playing back a slideshow of all photos
- Playlists are now sorted in correct order
VERSION 0.91
- Fixes a crash to do with blank album names
- Fixes albums with title containing an ampersand appearing as empty
| Version number | 2.1 |
| Operating systems | macOS |
| Website | Nullriver Software |
| Download | |
| File size |
3.50MB |
| License type | Shareware |