Xbox One will be DLNA-compatible, support audio CD playback

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News of Xbox One's support for media streaming and CD playback comes in the wake of an announcement from Sony that its PlayStation 4 won't support either feature, despite being supported by the company's current console, the PlayStation 3. Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida later said he was sharing feedback to the announcement with the PS4 development team for "future consideration."

In a statement to Polygon, Microsoft spokespeople said the company is working to get Xbox One DLNA-certified. The Xbox One can act as a Play To receiver, allowing users to stream content from supported devices, like Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 computers and "many Windows Phones."

While Xbox One supports audio CD playback, it does not support CD ripping, a spokesperson said, a feature of the Xbox 360. It also doesn't support MP3 or AAC playback from devices like the iPod, iPhone, Zune or Windows Phone over USB.
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This is likely only making head lines since Microsoft wants to take advantage of the disappointing news tidbits that were released by Sony's camp earlier last week. Either way I'm glad to see the support since it cements the Xbox as a true media center and living room focal point.

via Polygon
 
Good news, just sad that you cant hook up an iPod :( I do have a WP8 so thats good I guess :)
 
Yep, I never had any doubts, especially considering how intertwined Windows OS and Xbox are already.
 
This is great news for the maintenance of the function of DLNA.
I often used it on my PS4 and PS4 will not offer this feature at launch ... it's a bit unfortunate.

It's really great that Microsoft thought about it. It will be useful for many things.
Unfortunately, the two consoles will not support MP3. Why are they doing this to me.

Again, Microsoft has thought of everything, and they offer free Xbox Music service, but with advertising. That's better than paying for the Music Unlimited service PS4.

We'll see what will happen next, but I hope that Sony will take the same direction on such issues.
 
KN1GHTMARE said:
This is likely only making head lines since Microsoft wants to take advantage of the disappointing news tidbits that were released by Sony's camp earlier last week. Either way I'm glad to see the support since it cements the Xbox as a true media center and living room focal point.
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well, that's at the same time good and bad news. I have tons of cd's and i would really like to listen to my Ipod as well. damn
 
the "cementing" is not really a nice strategy, since most people already own a phone, music player, PC etc. It would be awesome if there was a chance to sync it all together, but that looks like a distant dream :(
 
I really don't think people are going to think "Yes! Now I can play all of my awesome CDs! That feature is in low demand and Sony knows it. I don't think it's anything to brag about. It's like if Dell were shouting out that they have a cassette player port. Silly compatibility war.
 
sillylucy said:
I really don't think people are going to think "Yes! Now I can play all of my awesome CDs! That feature is in low demand and Sony knows it. I don't think it's anything to brag about. It's like if Dell were shouting out that they have a cassette player port. Silly compatibility war.
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i disagree. CD's were and are in every music lover's life. The Itunes and it's copies just made the whole process look extremely boring. I remember the days, when we would hunt for CD's, ordering them, especially from local bands. that was a trend. ah, good times
 
Yea but real music lovers dont say "Ooh i think ill play my cd's in my xbox!" no im sure you have tons of other devices you would use BEFORE youd think of the xbox as a media player. The biggest reason is because youd have to have the tv on to interact with this media player, versus just turning on your stereo and popping the cd in.
 
Well, since Xbox is aiming for an all-in-one media center in the room, CD playback is something they are really missing on, in my opinion
 
sillylucy said:
I really don't think people are going to think "Yes! Now I can play all of my awesome CDs! That feature is in low demand and Sony knows it. I don't think it's anything to brag about. It's like if Dell were shouting out that they have a cassette player port. Silly compatibility war.
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I think its peoples ages as I have a couple hundred music CD's I have collected over the years. There was no iTunes or Amazon store
when I was growing up. You bought records, cassettes or CD's and I have a lot of each.

CD playback is VERY important to me.

I also have about 300 cassette tapes still around and if Dell offered that feature I would get it :) as its getting hard to find a decent cassette player anymore.

I also have about 100 records, but no record player. I think vinyl is on the way out for some reason as its getting hard to find a good
record player. :confused:
 
TheMartinG said:
Yea but real music lovers dont say "Ooh i think ill play my cd's in my xbox!"
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That is exactly what I am thinking. :) My Xbox One will be connected to my Denon surround system with a digital optical cable and should sound great. I do not have a standalone CD player and always used my Xbox.
 
rkkeller said:
I think its peoples ages as I have a couple hundred music CD's I have collected over the years. There was no iTunes or Amazon store
when I was growing up. You bought records, cassettes or CD's and I have a lot of each.

CD playback is VERY important to me.

I also have about 300 cassette tapes still around and if Dell offered that feature I would get it :) as its getting hard to find a decent cassette player anymore.

I also have about 100 records, but no record player. I think vinyl is on the way out for some reason as its getting hard to find a good
record player. :confused:
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I totally agree with you, mate.
I am really sad for Microsoft to let out such a useful feature :(
 
i just dont understand how you guys claim to be music lovers and want to play your CD's on an Xbox. CD's arent the best medium for music, and xboxes as powerful as they are for GAMING are not the best machines for playing music. I guarantee you could find a million things to playback your cd's and have them sound better than your xbox. But youre a music lover so you knew that.
 
I think your mistaken. A CD will sound no different played thru an Xbox as thru a stand alone CD player as long as your connected to a stereo. Unless your a purist
playing true D D D quality CD's, which most are not, no one will be able to tell any difference.
 
TheMartinG said:
i just dont understand how you guys claim to be music lovers and want to play your CD's on an Xbox. CD's arent the best medium for music, and xboxes as powerful as they are for GAMING are not the best machines for playing music. I guarantee you could find a million things to playback your cd's and have them sound better than your xbox. But youre a music lover so you knew that.
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The quality of sound is dependent on the speakers and receiver not the Xbox. My XB1 will be connected to a Denon receiver with a 7.1 setup so it would make a viable option
 
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