You Can Stream Video to the Xbox 360 with a PC, Why Can’t you with Linux?
Erm, You can.
When Microsoft decided to add Windows Media Center features on their Xbox 360, they didnt create their own protocol to do the job. Instead they used a set of network protocols called UPnP; Universal Plug And Play. Note the word “Universal”. For this reason it is possible to stream music, pictures and video off a UPnP Media Server using a Linux distro. On this page, we’ll be focusing on setting up a Media Server on Ubuntu 9.04. (update: should work for Ubunu 9.10 as well)
So.
There are many programs available for Ubuntu that can set up UPnP media server, such as MediaTomb (works nicely for PS3 also), some use Amarok, but in this guide, we’ll be using something called uShare.
1. Install uShare on your Ubuntu System. Open up terminal, and type in this command
sudo apt-get install ushare
2. Now configure your uShare Media Server by typing
sudo dpkg-reconfigure ushare
This configuring process will include creating a name for the server, which port you want it connected in and some other extra stuff. If you’ve got the Xbox connected through you’re ethernet port, set the port as etho0, if you’ve got a wireless adapter on the 360, set the port as wlan0.
My setup looks sorta like this:
USHARE_NAME=Inz Linux USHARE_IFACE=wlan0 /*(the name of which ethernet adapter you’ll send the data over)*/ USHARE_PORT=49153 USHARE_TELNET_PORT=1337 USHARE_DIR=/home/inz/music USHARE_OVERRIDE_ICONV_ERR=yes ENABLE_WEB=no USHARE_ENABLE_XBOX=yes /*(the USHARE_ is missing in the file you need to add it)*/ ENABLE_DLNA=no
4. Now to start uShare, you’ve got to do it from terminal. Its a simple command, and not hard to remember.
ushare -x
The -x is for the xbox compatibile mode, so when you boot up you’re xbox you’ll find it.
5. Boot up the Xbox 360, go to any of your librarys (Music, Video, Pictures.. doesnt matter which) and you will be asked to select a source from where your stuff is kept. Select what you put down for the “USHARE_NAME”. Your media server should come up where the “Connect Your Windows-Based PC” usually is. Except we’re not using a windows-based pc.
Happy Streaming!
Note: This guide should work for all you PS3 users out there too 
