Topic: Playing Some Movs (i.e. Spiderman2 Trailer) (Read 93 times)

ZakMcRofl · « **on:** May 02, 2004, 11:44:00 PM »

Hi all,
I am a little confused about which content _should_ run on XBMC with all codecs installed. I mean obviously xvid, mp3, divx and such work fine, but for quicktime and real media files, I am never certain if it's just me or if it's not supported by XBMC.
Take the spiderman 2 trailer for example, it won't run on my XBMC 28-04-2004. Is there any way around this, has anyone gotten it to work? How does "quicktime alternative" for windows and "real alternative" manage to handle those files (relatively) fine without having the original players installed?
So please let me know how much trouble everyone else has with playing .rm, .rmvb and .mov

Regards, Zak

JayDee · « **Reply #1 on:** May 03, 2004, 12:04:00 AM »

Maybe if you check pinned threads you would have found this link...

http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/cgi-bin/foru...st=&&#entry8633

Qu-Bit · « **Reply #2 on:** May 04, 2004, 10:56:00 PM »

There is a little file converter that works fairly well on movie trailers. I have never tried a full length movie as I doubt the quality is acceptable but for trailers it is fine.

It will convert mov to avi and it only takes a few minutes for a trailer. It is buggy and crashes occasionally but it lets me watch the Spidey2 trailer

http://www.winmpg.com/

ZakMcRofl · « **Reply #3 on:** May 05, 2004, 12:11:00 AM »

Well like I said I do know what is theoretically supported. However this post is about 2 months old now and in terms of XBMC development that is a lot.
Also it says realmedia is supported which apparently isn't 100% accurate because last time I checked, some .rm files didn't play correctly. But it has been some time since I last checked, so it might be better now.
And since some .mov files play the situation is not as black and white as the mentioned post points out... the grey zone is what I was curios about, i.e. which mov files should play and which won't, same applies for realmedia.

However it does explain the codec situation very well, let's hope someone manages to port quicktime to xbox.

Regards, Zak

Butcher_ · « **Reply #4 on:** May 05, 2004, 03:52:00 AM »

Most realmedia content will play IF you have the codecs installed. Without the codecs only a small subset will play.
Very little quicktime content will play except stuff using old codecs.

Musashi · « **Reply #5 on:** May 05, 2004, 11:45:00 AM »

they should start making codecs for these types of media!

JayDee · « **Reply #6 on:** May 05, 2004, 09:36:00 PM »

NYCT · « **Reply #7 on:** May 06, 2004, 06:30:00 AM »

JayDee · « **Reply #8 on:** May 06, 2004, 06:47:00 AM »

No, since the pinned thread COVERS all those questions about new codecs etc....

If there will be full .mov playback sometime you can be sure the we in the xbmc team will make a post about it.

Untill then you get what the post from Frodo says.....

This post has been edited by JayDee: May 6 2004, 02:18 PM

Los Benitos · « **Reply #9 on:** May 28, 2004, 11:33:00 AM »

I just downloaded the latest release (20/05/04) of XMC and it plays a 1.3gb MOV file perfectly. Looks like they have coded in support!

Loto_Bak · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2004, 12:34:00 PM »

Most likely the release you downloaded already had these codecs included. No new quicktime support has been added

simbot82 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2004, 03:21:00 PM »

From what I have read and experienced it will support up to quicktime 5 ,no higher, so some .mov files will play and newer one's won't. But like JD said this is all in the pinned topic

DJDrEvil · « **Reply #12 on:** June 01, 2004, 02:44:00 PM »

Those "Pinned" topic would be really great if they didn't end up as dead links...

JayDee · « **Reply #13 on:** June 01, 2004, 08:50:00 PM »

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