An editor of a dutch Xbox fan site called 'Xlife' let us know that at a recent MS press party in Rotterdam called 'Mission 360', MS revealed that Xvid and DivX playback would be heading to their system within 2 months. It was also emphasized that they plan on rolling out alot of new colours for the Xbox 360 console
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It dosn't say if this is streaming video or just playback from attached storage. _________________________________________________________
JAy3k1 360-HQ Elite Member
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:58 pm Post subject:
I done a news item on this a little while ago. And you are thinking the same as me eltsha, i'm willing to bet that so long as you have Media Centre installed you can stream XviD and Divx videos.
But i really do hope that they will allow you to bung some vids on a dvd and allow them to playback, i just doubt it as there is no money to be made from that. _________________________________________________________ JAy3k1
aweirdguy 360-HQ Elite Member
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject:
the news i saw the other day sounded a lot more reliable and realistic... that VC-1/H.264 codecs would be enabled in the 360 dash in the next couple months. check the post here. now the question is.... is vc-1/h.264 the complicated name for a divx codec? its all mpeg4, after that its kinda gibberish to me.
it is possible to stream divx to the 360 already, but it is because of a MCE app that converts the divx to wmv on the fly. check tut here, i assume this works but i havnt tried it (just easier to use xbmc instead of installing MCE) _________________________________________________________ .
eltsha 360-HQ Experienced
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:19 am Post subject:
JAy3k1 wrote:
I done a news item on this a little while ago. And you are thinking the same as me eltsha, i'm willing to bet that so long as you have Media Centre installed you can stream XviD and Divx videos.
But i really do hope that they will allow you to bung some vids on a dvd and allow them to playback, i just doubt it as there is no money to be made from that.
Sorry for reposting a news story , i did have a quick look to see if it was reported on but couldn't see it.
There seems to be a lot of noise on the internet about xbox 360 being able to stream video when Vista and Media Player 11 come out, and people saying Microsoft will allow it with Win XP and Media Player 11. IF they allow you to stream Xvid/Divx then you should in theory be able to burn a disc to watch.
But it's like you said wheres the money it, Microsoft may be to short sighted to see that enablerling these features will sell more 360's _________________________________________________________
JAy3k1 360-HQ Elite Member
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:34 am Post subject:
Not a problem at all eltsha, its always good to have people willing to post news on the site, as its far to easy for us (half blind admins) to miss good stuff.
Well i'm hoping that you will be allowed to stream Divx and XviD from the standard XP install and WMP 11. But i guess streaming video is different than the console itself supporting the formats. But like Microsoft said, there should be a firmware upgrade soon; so hopefully it will allow direct playback. _________________________________________________________ JAy3k1
kutteke 360-HQ Newbie
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject:
Quote from dutch site:
Na afloop had ik even een kort gesprek met de presentator en ik vroeg hem of er ooit ondersteuning gaat komen voor DivX en XviD. Tot mijn grote verbazing begon hij me te vertellen dat Microsoft hier heel hard mee aan het werk is en er binnen twee maanden een firmware update gaat komen waardoor het mogelijk is om Divx en XviD rechtstreeks op je Xbox 360 af te spelen.
translation:
after the event ended, i had a short conversation with the person presenting the xbox360 at the event. i asked him if there ever was gonna be divx/xvid support. at my big surprise he told me that microsoft was working hard on this project and that within to months from now a firmware update would come supporting divx and xvid, and giving the possibility to play it straight from your Xbox 360.
untill then lets just hope its true ^^
forahobby Administrator
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Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:49 am Post subject:
Ive been seriously considering purchasing or making my own Media Center PC anyway.. Lots of guys have already released programs which will allow you to stream divx etc already I read somewhere.. (probably 360-hq hahah)
I know we have a few members who already have their own MCE machines and are quite happy..
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Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject:
I've read somewhere that you can download the media files that are used in Media Centre PC's onto a standard WinXP install and it will allow you to stream videos. Not an option I would choose tho. _________________________________________________________ JAy3k1
MY2NADS 360-HQ Experienced
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject:
It's almost end of December and yet no Divx/Xvid update oh well I'm assuming it was for WMV update anyways back then. Curse you M$ it means that I have to either build myself a MCE puter or get a PS3 with linux which is even more redundent!
Yes we all know that XBMC has really spoiled us but I really want the h.264 running full speed on it but since it's processor related there's nothing we can do about it.
BTW if any of you people who actually got the dreamXbox with upgraded RAM and processor does XBMC run full speed on HD videos?? Because I converted most of my animes into MP4 format with h.264 encoding and it skips alot so I rather buy a Dreamxbox if it ran at full speed then going to buy a PS3.
forahobby Administrator
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:28 am Post subject:
MY2NADS wrote:
It's almost end of December and yet no Divx/Xvid update oh well I'm assuming it was for WMV update anyways back then. Curse you M$ it means that I have to either build myself a MCE puter or get a PS3 with linux which is even more redundent!
Yes we all know that XBMC has really spoiled us but I really want the h.264 running full speed on it but since it's processor related there's nothing we can do about it.
BTW if any of you people who actually got the dreamXbox with upgraded RAM and processor does XBMC run full speed on HD videos?? Because I converted most of my animes into MP4 format with h.264 encoding and it skips alot so I rather buy a Dreamxbox if it ran at full speed then going to buy a PS3.
Why not look into TVersity server for your pc.. You can stream WMV/DIVX or XVID etc and it will transcode the file to wmv ready to be viewed on your 360..
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, i did have a quick look to see if it was reported on but couldn't see it.
