Is there good free media server for OS X to stream movies to an XBox 360?

Posted by Nick Haddad on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Nick Haddad
Published on 2009-07-15T12:37:31Z Indexed on 2010/03/19 20:01 UTC
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I have a mac mini running OS X 10.5 that is filled with movies and I am looking for a good way to stream them to and Xbox 360?

Anyone have any suggestions for a media server (UPnP) for mac?

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