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What be tis DIVX you speak of. Is that that thing that's been used by non-industry folk for YEARS. Welcome to the 90s.
No AgentMOO. That's the disappointment. I really don't want to have to reencode my movie collection to some format that the PS3 supports either. And, I'd rather not use a streaming solution like TVersity either. It should play these damn movie files off of a USB HDD, CD, DVD, network, whatever I throw at it. Yet it doesn't.
Wasn't that in the (rumored/unofficial/total bs) list of stuff for the fall update that popped up a couple weeks ago, DivX and/or Xvid support?
Has anyone used TVersity? Obviously, if MS supports DivX it would be awesome, but I heard some good things about TVersity.
Great. Now do x264 support so I can watch Heroes S2 hd rips! TVersity works, but it's slow as hell. Unless you are a patient man that is.
AgentMoo: Out of the box? I'm not sure. After a firmware update it connects to almost any streaming media server, but I don't know what version they come out of the box with now.
bhive01: To be fair, both ps3 and 360 have limited format support currently (though this might fix that). The PS3 will play media off any connected device if it's in the right format.
bhive01: To be fair, both ps3 and 360 have limited format support currently (though this might fix that). The PS3 will play media off any connected device if it's in the right format.
The new initiative supports 802.11n, whereas the 360 wireless adapter "only" supports a/b/g. "a" is more than capable of streaming double ended wireless HD content.
The divx/xvid support would be a welcome addition though.
The divx/xvid support would be a welcome addition though.
@agentMOO
Um, you don't need Media Center Edition, guy. All you need is the latest Windows Media player or the Zune program. Just have it installed and there. You don't ever have to turn WMP ever again. Simple, guy.
So, yeah. Guy.
Anywho. On to the thing. Uh, good idea. I have a few videos that I'd not like to waste hours on trying to encode. This would be nice. I'm suprised they don't support AVI either. I have a few videos in that format too (I don't know why). Why don't they just search every format and do it in one update? Instead of trickling that shit down like they're doing now. If you're going to do Divx and Xvid, why not?
Um, you don't need Media Center Edition, guy. All you need is the latest Windows Media player or the Zune program. Just have it installed and there. You don't ever have to turn WMP ever again. Simple, guy.
So, yeah. Guy.
Anywho. On to the thing. Uh, good idea. I have a few videos that I'd not like to waste hours on trying to encode. This would be nice. I'm suprised they don't support AVI either. I have a few videos in that format too (I don't know why). Why don't they just search every format and do it in one update? Instead of trickling that shit down like they're doing now. If you're going to do Divx and Xvid, why not?
I use riverpast video cleaner. It usually converts a standard 1-1/2 hour divx movie to .wmv in about 45 minutes. way better than vista.
I wound up running a 50 foot VGA cable and audio under my house from my office to the TV room and got an ATI all-in-wonder Remote (RF) it works great. Before I broke down and went the low tech route of running cables under my house I tried using TVersity (never got it to work properly) and then tried ORB. ORB worked right off the bat and will stream to a Wii or PS3 via their web browsers as well. It was a little to jumpy for my liking, but reading the boards on the ORB site it seemed to be an issue with the latest release (and that was about 5 months ago) probably been new releases since I tried. Divx & Xvid on the xbox would be a welcome addition as it wouldn't tie up my computer if all the heavy lifting was done by the 360.
@vexed alex. I'm gonna sound like a total A/V douche, but AVI is only a wrapper and in no way indicates the type of video codec it uses. If you want to know what codec the AVI file is encoded as try using Gspot it will tell you what the codec is and if your computer has the files to play it. It's a great program when you wind up with a video that doesn't want to play and your trying to figure out if it was just a bad download or some weird video format that is only used during leap years in the Ukrane.
@vexed alex. I'm gonna sound like a total A/V douche, but AVI is only a wrapper and in no way indicates the type of video codec it uses. If you want to know what codec the AVI file is encoded as try using Gspot it will tell you what the codec is and if your computer has the files to play it. It's a great program when you wind up with a video that doesn't want to play and your trying to figure out if it was just a bad download or some weird video format that is only used during leap years in the Ukrane.
I swear that they already announced that they were adding DIVX support with the upcoming fall update. I am too lazy to look it up but I read about it months ago. But the question is, they may support divx, but will XVID work as well?
A nice option. I feel its late in the day though. I can bag a Div X dvd player for next to nothing, without any streaming crap. If this was available actually on the 360 as an update, then I'd invest in it.
@Catalyst:
I use TVersity to stream to my 360 downstairs and it does work well. It took a bit of fiddling to set it up right, and it is still beta, so does crash every so often which is a bit of an arse, but overall it's pretty awesome.
I use TVersity to stream to my 360 downstairs and it does work well. It took a bit of fiddling to set it up right, and it is still beta, so does crash every so often which is a bit of an arse, but overall it's pretty awesome.
transcoding FTW! it is slightly annoying but still gets the job done. I wonder if it will come with an interface update like seen on the IPTV features for the 360?
I see another weaksauce attempt to use something else to sell the turd that is vista.
I really wish I could stream to the xbox w/o a recode session and w/o buying vista.
Keep trying to create that need to *cough* upgrade MS
I really wish I could stream to the xbox w/o a recode session and w/o buying vista.
Keep trying to create that need to *cough* upgrade MS
Find a guy who can softmod your xbox. The original XBox can last longer than your 360 without them red rings.
Heh, yeah, I have a few friends that have had their original modded xbox as media centers for years now. They work like a charm, and a significantly cheaper than a 360 these days.
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