votum76
join:2002-01-29
Matawan, NJ
 ·Optimum Online
| Cool
That's Nice, might reduce my need for 3rd party software but I've been able to play almost any video that my computer can decode for months thanks to
»tversity.com/home
On my XBox 360
It's not hard at all to install.
Would be very nice of microsoft and sony to make it easier but I'm not dying for this feature. |
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Goober
Premium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL | I'll Buy the 360 Then
If that's true. I've been using XBMC on my old Xbox as my media center. But, this could make me change. |
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elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | reply to votum76
Re: Cool
does that work over the LAN or like that crappy winamp on that had to go out to the net and back
also how did you getting working on the 360
or is yours moded? |
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Cod
join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC
| reply to votum76
said by votum76  :That's Nice, might reduce my need for 3rd party software but I've been able to play almost any video that my computer can decode for months thanks to » tversity.com/homeOn my XBox 360 It's not hard at all to install. Would be very nice of microsoft and sony to make it easier but I'm not dying for this feature. TVersity works great for the PS3 also...FYI. |
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jaminus
join:2004-10-14
Arlington, VA | How about X264/MKV?
Give me Xbox 360 support for X264 in Matroska container, 1080p and DD+. Then I'll be in heaven.
Ah, "transformers.2007.1080p.hddvd.x264-hv" Such a bad movie, but so amazing looking in Full HD. |
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votum76
join:2002-01-29
Matawan, NJ | reply to elios
Re: Cool
Works over Lan or wireless at full network speed
No Xbox Mod required
Detects it as a windows pc with windows media connect software. |
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Goober
Premium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL | reply to jaminus
Re: How about X264/MKV?
You're right. DivX and Xvid is getting long in the tooth. X264 is where it's at. |
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Miz
WTF?
Premium
join:2002-03-11
Miami, FL
clubs: | reply to votum76
Re: Cool
I tried tversity and I had some issues with it. It kept telling me everything was unsupported or would keep timing out the connection from the computer to the 360.
I use Transcode 360 now and I have no had a single problem. |
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elister
join:2006-07-17
Seattle, WA
| reply to Goober
Re: I'll Buy the 360 Then
said by Goober :If that's true. I've been using XBMC on my old Xbox as my media center. But, this could make me change. I have been using XBMC for years now, the only thing it cant do is HiDef stuff, which is mostly TV shows off Discovery & PBS. It also cant do .TS/.TP files. I have a HTPC (Dual Core AMD system) running Media Portal, but its just not the same as XBMC. I would really like to replace it with a better system. If they do this, ill jump on the Xbox 360 bandwagon, but basically use it for media only (my original xbox is never used to play games). |
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Goober
Premium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| I have a couple of original Xboxes running XBMC. My 5 year old likes to play games on them, but othewiuse the system goes unused except as a media center. My 11 and 8 year old kids love streaming music and movies from the server. They think it's great that the music they listen to on their PC can be cranked over the HTS. |
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CPUYODA
join:2003-01-25
Johnson City, TN | Yeah...
We need these to play HD divx and xvid before I'd even think about replacing my HTPC.
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Anon123129
@comcast.net
| Hook PC up to LCD TV
Doesn't anyone else have their PC hooked up to a fairly large LCD tv? You can surf the net in your comfy chair as well as watch Joost, Joox and others doing this. Get a hand held mouse, Firefox with Mouse gestures(to enlarge text right click and motion downwards) and enjoy the net from your recliner.
I prefer such to having a box solution. |
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Camelot One
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
clubs:
| reply to Goober
Re: I'll Buy the 360 Then
said by Goober :If that's true. I've been using XBMC on my old Xbox as my media center. But, this could make me change. And that is exactly why it boggles my mind that Microsoft hasn't already added support. It would help sell the damn thing.
Despite what anyone claims, pirated material and porn are the top driving forces in people paying for faster and faster internet connections. You don't need, and simply can't justify the cost of a 7000/1000 internet connection for web browsing and email. It's for the content downloaded.
Add Divx/XVid (and in my opinion h.264) support to the XBox and Playstation, and watch them start flying off the shelf.
And to the issue of TVersity and others like it, yes it works, but you are still transcoding the content. I've played with just about every piece of software out there, and I can still tell the difference in video quality. Thats after you get past needing a decent enough host PC to actually do the transcoding.
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DaBears57
join:2006-03-07
Wheaton, IL | reply to Anon123129
Re: Hook PC up to LCD TV
It would be so amazing if the 360 was Xvid compatible. |
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tdouglas22
join:2001-09-25
Memphis, TN
| reply to Anon123129
That's because everyone is not as technically inclined as someone like you and me so they need a more simple method to do something like this. That's why Xbox live arcade and the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console are such a big hit. Everyone doesn't know how to set up Rom software on their pc or connect the computer to the TV. |
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nixen
Rockin' the Boxen
Premium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA
·Cox HSI
 ·Speakeasy
| reply to elios
Re: Cool
said by elios :does that work over the LAN or like that crappy winamp on that had to go out to the net and back also how did you getting working on the 360 or is yours moded? TVersity works in any number of ways. In my case, it installs as a plug-in on my NAS device. My PCs see my NAS as a network share; my XBox360 sees it as a media server; my iPod sees it as an iTunes radio station. TVersity rocks. And, if a given media streaming client doesn't natively understand a format, TVersity transcodes to a format that the client *does* understand. Thus, while Divx/Xvid support has been rumored for XBox 360 for nearly a year now, it hasn't mattered because TVersity's transcoded it for longer than that. 
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Everyday, thousands of new cars are delivered to their new owners with poorly-selected radio station presets. |
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nixen
Rockin' the Boxen
Premium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA
·Cox HSI
·Speakeasy
| reply to Miz
said by Miz :I tried tversity and I had some issues with it. It kept telling me everything was unsupported or would keep timing out the connection from the computer to the 360. I use Transcode 360 now and I have no had a single problem. Hmm... Sounds like when I was first playing with things last year. The problem was because much of my media was stored in AAC. Once I: A) updated my XBox360 firmware; and, B) downloaded the iPod CODECs from the XBox360 Live Marketplace, all of the red slashed-circles went away.
I still get the occasional file that plays oddly, but they're files that my wife either got from friends or via Soul Seek. So, I'm not sure how they were recorded, in the first place. They play, they just play slow and "stuttery".
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Everyday, thousands of new cars are delivered to their new owners with poorly-selected radio station presets. |
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elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | reply to votum76
yea im having issues with it with AC3, h.264, and dual audio files ah well |
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digiblur
Got Sipura?
Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana | XBox Media Center
Divx and Xvid work just fine on my original XBox with XBMC.  |
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DotMac4
Shill H8r
Premium
join:2007-10-26
Huntington Beach, CA | I would love it on the 360
For media center extension. |
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