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[kfernandes29]

If everyone is saying the MCE PC does all the work and the 360 only displays it, then wouldn't it make sense that you would only need the codec on your comp?  Since the 360 is only acting as a "monitor for the MCE PC" all the decoding would come from the PC itself and not the 360. Maybe MS has something in the Local Settings for MCX1 in the Documents and Settings folder of the PC that restricts the streaming of other video types. Just speculating......but it does seem to make sense to me. Any thoughts on it?

I've looked through "\Documents and Settings\MCX1\Local Settings\Application Data\MS\Windows Media\10.0\WMSDKNS.XML" on my pc and it appears to be Internet Streaming settings/formats. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. There must be a similar file for decoders/allowed formats somewhere in the MCX1 user settings.

[Dannydeman]

And what about subs? Guess Subtitles will never happem

[mkjones]

QUOTE(kfernandes29 @ Nov 28 2005, 09:42 PM)

If everyone is saying the MCE PC does all the work and the 360 only displays it, then wouldn't it make sense that you would only need the codec on your comp?  Since the 360 is only acting as a "monitor for the MCE PC" all the decoding would come from the PC itself and not the 360. Maybe MS has something in the Local Settings for MCX1 in the Documents and Settings folder of the PC that restricts the streaming of other video types. Just speculating......but it does seem to make sense to me. Any thoughts on it?

You really should look on Media Center specific sites. Find out if NORMAL extenders can/can be made to play DivX files. If they can then there is no reason the 360 cant be modded in a similer way.

[Nounou]

I speak French and I use a translator but I have to find very a thing very interessant I have do one to seek in my register under the name of "MCX1" and I have to find all full with beautiful thing has you to look at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MS\MediaCenterPeripheral\DeviceTable

[sp3cialk]

No media Center Extender will play Divx... it's stated in the Media Center's SDK... your x360 is only a media center extender... it clearly states that the media center wasn't coded for either the x360 nor set-top extenders to play but what has been specified.  Sorry Fellas..  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

This post has been edited by sp3cialk: Dec 9 2005, 11:25 PM

[KeiKun]

Hi !  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

The x360 (like all Media Center Extenders) is acting as a "monitor for the MCE PC" only for menu, pictures and online contents (same way as Remote desktop for Windows XP).
But for music and video it's by streaming ! This mean x360 will receive the video (or audio) as it is : if it's a mpeg file the 360 needs to decode the mpeg stream , if it's wmv so x360 needs to decode wmv stream... and if it's divx so the x360 needs to decode divx stream BUT x360 haven't a divx codec !!! (you can see a "missing codec" error) and actually there is no way to add codecs in x360  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) !

x360 can only decode : mpeg, mpeg2, wmv (wmvHD too), and dvr-ms (it's mpeg2 when you record TV with MCE on PC)

x360 can't play nor DVD, nor CD from PC (but when you share the cd drive it works like a folder on a shared computer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )
Another thing, x360 doesn't interfer with MCE2005 settings on PC because x360 use a different session on MCE

I Hope what will help you ((IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif))

This post has been edited by KeiKun: Dec 14 2005, 11:51 PM

[scooby_dooby]

the only way we're gonna get DivX is if we can get a DivX coded installed on the 360 itself.

I've tested playing back DivX through internet explorer, and the performance is terrible. There's nowheer near enough bandwidth to stream uncompressed video on a 100T network (8mb/s)

So even if you manage to make the MCE machine decompress the DivX file, it will not work. Unless you can find a way it have it decompress DivX, then recompress to WMV or MPEG2 on the fly and stream it.

[ssj4android]

Can it play mpeg encapsulated in an avi? Can it play uncompressed avi? Would it be possible to transcode divx into mpeg, mpeg2, or WMV on the fly? Would it be possible to make something like avisynth to do that? Also, can the media center extender play back WMV streams? Can you play asx files? If so, wouldn't it be possible to set up VLC to encode the video and stream it in a particular format? Then you could play the VLC stream on the 360?

[SilentWatcher]

Xbox 360 MCX functionality is locked so it only works with Windows Media Center- not any other video streaming server. Theres no way to transparently transcode to AVI on the fly, and it would be too slow anyway. The closest thing is Videora Converter, which does one-click transcoding. No AVI playback of any kind. it's not so much about codecs as it is about MS-imposed restrictions.

[ssj4android]

So, I suppose it doesn't play asx streams then? Try downloading and trying to play this to test. Does the xbox/media center pc even see it?

This post has been edited by ssj4android: Dec 22 2005, 04:46 AM

[tyraen]

Hopefully this won't just be some retarded reply, buuut, yes, the 360 can play divx and crap from a MCE PC.  The MCE PC just needs the codecs.  All I did was install the divx codecs and now it'll stream Bleach (xvid) just fine to the 360.

[enixn]

uhh....anyone tried what this guy said?  ^^

[blueoasis]

I have a windows media pc w/ the divx codecs loaded w/ a ton of divx video on it and the 360 can't play any of it. It plays the .wmv though

This post has been edited by blueoasis: Dec 27 2005, 11:01 PM

[mkjones]

QUOTE(blueoasis @ Dec 27 2005, 11:31 PM)

I have a windows media pc w/ the divx codecs loaded w/ a ton of divx video on it and the 360 can't play any of it. It plays the .wmv though

He said Xvid.

[blueoasis]

QUOTE(mkjones @ Dec 28 2005, 07:58 AM)

He said Xvid.

Fine. I have both divx and Xvid codecs on my windows media pc. I can play videos in both formats fine on the pc, but not streamed to the 360.