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[teewurstmann]

I have the super cheap 11b "Pheenet WLAN Starter Kit", connected the box to the access point and the tiny usb adapter to my PC: streaming internet radio, mp3s, mpegs and divx works fine.

TWM.

[X-ace]

QUOTE (trob @ Jun 25 2003, 04:27 AM)

I posted a new product coming out soon.  Its a ethernet wifi adapter that will plug into the xbox and enable it to work on a wifi lan.  I will bump the post.

Wonder what new product this could be there are already plenty of hubs/bridges that let you hook a device to a wifi network either through the Ethernet or usb port. here is a link to one:
http://www.dlink.com...reless/dwl810 /
(they even market the ability to use it for your xbox)

But provided your other nodes are wireless ready, you'll save a few bucks by just placing your wireless router next to your xbox and using one of the wire connections to tap into the xbox.

[jonnymace]

I have a belkin Access point on my Xbox
          a belkin wireless PCI for my PC
          a belkin wireless laptop card

All run on the G network...
I use my laptop to access broadband and xbox to stream movies with relax. Still trying to work out shoutcast
The movies run very smoothly no probs there but if playing AVI(not divx uncompressed) its slow
Also you must have the Pc and xbox away from thick walls and fridges...

I have solved the problem and bought 120GB HD so dump all the  media onto the Xbox and FTP new media when ever...

[mkirk]

Hey guys- I'm a videophile but new to xbox mods and thought I'd share some info...

I have an mpeg2 card as well as a hacked (networked) Tivo. I've collected a number of tv streams which I'd love to expose to my xbox for streaming to my entertainment center. The problem -- my captures are all encoded at 5800kbps (5.8mbps). Streaming those wirelessly *sounds* good -- you have 11mbps, right? Wrong. I've set up and tweaked my system to get max performance. Even still, you only get a percentage of the available 11mbps and in my tests I could never get high enough bandwidth to stream my sources. Users with Divx encodes have reported lots of success because of the high compression and low bitrate of divx (mp4) recordings. Using 802.11b is not viable (hard-wired it worked fine). XBMP says as much on their site FAQ.

Today I'm going to purchase an 802.11g AP and bridge to see if that works (it's rated at 54mbps). I'll report back to let you all know.

Does anyone know what the difference between Ad Hoc vs. Infrastructure mode in terms of actual performance? Which is faster? For a simple network, does it matter which you use (do you lose something)?

[oneeyedelf]

Currently I string a wire to my xbox and stream off a pc that uses a wifi usb adapter (802.11b) The pc is approxametly one floor and one room off my router, I put the adapter ontop of my monitor to get the best results. When ftping to an from my pc to another pc(wired off router) I get around 600K, I also has a laptop that uses a propriatery 22mbp/s spec with my laptop its from Dlink(as well as a router made from D-link) an its called + or some crap like that which gets like 950K. But I have found that this is more then satisfactory for streaming stuff to my xbox.

ADHoc vs Infastructure: *I think this is correct info, but dont hold me to it* I currently use infastructure but am thinking about buying a 802.11b bridge. The way I get it is that infastructure uses say a router as a gateway, meaning between two wireless devices it goes to the router then off the router too the other device, But is good cause the two devices dont need to see eachother. ADHoc means that the devices will go from one straight to the other, and seeing how my xbox is closer to my pc, I think that if I buy a bridge this is the way I will go because I bet it will be faster, cause they are closer. Note all devices in ADHoc Mode need to be able to see eachother.

Wireless is sexy, I like it alot, and thats the reason I am considering buying a bridge cause xbmp kicks mucho butt.

Oh anyone know of a solution like relax&xbmp for just windows, I wanna watch movies on my laptop as well, note videolan wont work as this needs to be a win2k enviroment, and videolan is just not good like relax&xbmp

Edit: anyone know a cheap cheap price for an wireless bridge, 802.11b, dont mind doing a rebate...

[lalani]

MrKirk

How did your tests go with the 802.11g network? I'm curious to see if it can eliminate the skipping on streaming full bitrate dvds. Please let us know how it worked for you.

[mkirk]

Good news-
802.11g worked quite well in my tests last night. Of course this was with a pristine network set up and the wireless AP and bridge 3 feet apart. I streamed a 700MB source (30 min program) that was encoded at 5,800kbps (5.8mbps) and did not have a single stutter. I should also mention I used the faster XBMPS protocal (ccxstream).

My issues now are quality. The codec used to render these files is terrible. On high motion scenes the artifacting is noticable and quite distracting. I'm not sure which codec is being used but the transition method looks like blinds opening and shutting (maybe that means something to others). I've read a bit here and some have said 2.3 has better video quality (not sure if that counts for mpegs).

Also- I couldn't open any of the larger files (2gb+) for some reason. I think it's a known issue but I thought that was just a problem with ISO's not streams.

[pakostevens]

mrkirk,

I have about the same set up as you. I have a G bridge in the living room connected to a hub going to my tivo/xbox/ps2 and a linksys a/g accesspoint in my officeroom connected to a router with 3 pc's on it and my cable modem. I have my cache at 8192 and precache at 100%. The xbox is 3 rooms away from the ap i'd say its about 15-25 feet away, with 2 walls between them. I had some pretty good luck playing movies but still have some studdering. All I play are svcd's mostly cause thats like 90% of the flicks that i got.

Anyways it would be helpfull if others posted their wireless setups and what kind of results they are getting.

[pakostevens]

I was able to watch charlies angels ts svcd last night. It did have a second or so pause somewhere near the start of the first disk and the same thing in the middle of the second disk.

[erexx]

[GT!]

QUOTE (tezmo @ Jun 24 2003, 03:38 PM)

do some sums - the highest bitrate you might possibly encounter would probably be a 100 minute movie split over 2cds - thats 1400megs/100mins = 14megs/minute = 0.233megs/second = 238.9kbytes/sec = 244667bytes/sec = 1957341bits/sec = 1911kbits/sec = 1.86 mbits/sec excuse if theres a little bad arithmetic in there - the point remains that you need less than 1/5 of the optimum 802.11b bandwidth (which should be entirely possible) to achieve the desired results

Actually, the fastest throughput you will get with 802.11b is about 6Mbps.  You will never come close to the 11Mbps theoretical speed.  http://wireless.ziff...,1123513,00.asp

-GT

[erexx]

Sorry..

under Settings : Screen  
There is are two post processing filters that can be turned on

Post processing one
and  
Post processing two

In XBMP 2.4, from what I have observed and I could be wrong, they are not turned on by default.

see if that helps the render quality...

Can never re-encode to a higher quality...
The source is as good as it gets.
A re-encode would probably only lower the quality...
Is there such a thing as a lossless codec?
Only Divx and Xvid come close....

[mkirk]

uggh...
802.11g is NOT a panacea. I moved the bridge down to my entertainment center next to my receiver on top of my TV and can't get better than 6mbps. What the F!? I'm only 30 feet max away through the floor and a wall or two. Old house -- thin walls. This is ridiculous. Is it possible my receiver or TV are interfering? I turned off my 802.11b and tried to also ad hoc instead of infrastructure but still no luck. This is a joke. Any suggestions all - I'm at the end of my rope...