I wrote an article Amazon Unbox Puts Movies on Windows Phone, and we received a decent number of comments and personal emails on this topic. This got me thinking, while Amazon movies can be watched on your mobile phone they are just as well viewed from your TV’s via a Media Center PC or even your XBOX 360. Here is what you need to do
Step-by-Step
1. You will need to install the Amazon Unbox Desktop Application on your Media Center PC (I covered this step in my original article).
2. Once Unbox is installed and configured go into Settings | Preferences and take note of the Video Folder Location. This is where the downloaded Movies are stored.
3. Launch Media Center and go into the Movies or Videos section (the choice is yours I prefer Movies. The names could be different based on what version of Media Center you are running. The images below are from Windows 7)
4. Right click in an open area and choose Manage Library
5. Choose Add folders to the library then click next
6. Choose On this computer then click next (You are not allowed to use a network location to download your movies to in Amazon Unbox. (As stupid of a limitation as this is, I am going to ignore it as we don’t need a rant)
7. Navigate to the folder where your Amazon Unbox movies are downloaded to. This is the folder I asked you to take not of in step 2. To expand the folders click the plus signs. Once you locate the folder check, this tells Media Center to watch this folder.
8. The last screen is for you to confirm your selection so select YES then click finish.
9. Now wait a few minutes for Media Center to update the library. When your movie shows up click on it.
10. What are you still reading for? Hit play and watch your movie
If you want to watch your purchased movie in another room, just turn on your XBOX on and connect to your Media Center PC. Your Amazon Unbox Movies can be streamed from the Media Center to the XBOX!!
Enjoy