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[Desisuperman]

QUOTE(micro23 @ Feb 8 2006, 08:34 PM)

thank you so much bro. Thats awsome im going to test it now. To up the bitrate edit the .prx files in the folders and double click on target bit rate in the middle of the screen that brings up a window where you can set it to (Video bit rate: xxxxK bps)

Lemme know if you understand or i need to re-explain

ill let you know if i notice any quality increase.
what is the value for 1080I? How are you calculating this value? Figured it out.... it's actually the first number times the second number... it would be 2073600

going to try both settings right now and see if i notice an improvement. Changing the bitrate alone showed NO improvement at all.

No problem man. Just sharing what i got By the way i just finished experimenting with the resolutions including 1080i (2073600) and didn't notice a difference. How about you, you notice any difference?

Also, as fas as bitrates go. It didnt do anything for me either. I tried a range from 100Kbps to 20 mbps. And to get a true feel of bitrates I used a Divx HD file. My cpu is old (athlon 2100) so I knew it wouldn't be able to play the file smoothly but I was experimenting to see if the smoothness in the playback would improve. Unfortunately, I didnt notice one bit of a difference. It played exactly the same no matter what bitrates I used.

Hope this helps man

[scooby_dooby]

QUOTE(micro23 @ Feb 9 2006, 12:44 AM)

How did you set your res to 720? what did you set the dimensions. and i do understand the 8000k bitrate. did you see the quality increase when you did? Can you show screenshots? What files did you edit?

basically there's 3 prx files in the install directory, double click them to edit. 1 is for all video's below a set resolution, the other two are for all videos over that resolution one is for 4x3 vid's, and one is for 16x9.

to set the minimun resolution edit the transcode.config file with notpad and set the 'HiResolutionThreshold' setting to whatever you want. 720p is 720x1280=921600. that will make all video's under 720res use the base prx file (Transcode360.prx)

Then just edit that profile set whatever bitrate you want, make sure the video size is set to 'same as source'

[hutiu]

QUOTE(micro23 @ Feb 9 2006, 02:47 AM)

buddy try this out... I could not get xvid's to work without a codec... this is what i used... give it a shot install it and restart your xbox and your media center... download it unzip it and right click the inf and click install. Tell me what happens and post a log.

Download this....
http://www.free-code...php?d=1070&s=52

p.s. have you read the whole thread and tried all known fixes including making sure you type in the username and password of the MCE box? There have been a bunch of fix tips posted by Runtime.

Yes I have read the entire thread.  I have also typed in the username and password for the MCE box.  The link you gave is to the Xvid 1.1.exe, I can't extract the exe.  I've already tested the transcode with the 1.2 xvid codec install but  to no avail.

[a5568]

hi i have a problem whenever i try to do this i always did error blablah bnlah Underlying Socket was closed ne 1 have the answer? here is the log

08/02/2006 8:36:49 PM       Starting Transcode360 service (1.0.0.0).
08/02/2006 8:36:49 PM       Loaded configuration settings.
08/02/2006 8:36:49 PM       Service is ready to accept requests.
08/02/2006 8:42:24 PM       Add-in enqueued: OMGWTFDvDrip[Eng]-aXXo.avi
08/02/2006 8:42:26 PM       Loaded encoder profile: Transcode 360 Normal
08/02/2006 8:42:26 PM       Loaded encoder profile: Transcode 360 480x360 (Fullscreen)
08/02/2006 8:42:26 PM       Loaded encoder profile: Transcode 360 480x270 (Widescreen)
08/02/2006 8:42:26 PM       Stream opening.
08/02/2006 8:42:26 PM *ERR* Windows Media Encoder threw an exception: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040155): Interface not registered
   at WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayerClass.newMedia(String bstrURL)
   at Transcode360.MceServer.GetSourceDimensions(String filePath, Int32& width, Int32& height)
   at Transcode360.MceServer.GetProfileFromSource(String filePath)
   at Transcode360.MceServer.StreamFile()

[micro23]

QUOTE(scooby_dooby @ Feb 9 2006, 02:27 AM)

basically there's 3 prx files in the install directory, double click them to edit. 1 is for all video's below a set resolution, the other two are for all videos over that resolution one is for 4x3 vid's, and one is for 16x9.

to set the minimun resolution edit the transcode.config file with notpad and set the 'HiResolutionThreshold' setting to whatever you want. 720p is 720x1280=921600. that will make all video's under 720res use the base prx file (Transcode360.prx)

Then just edit that profile set whatever bitrate you want, make sure the video size is set to 'same as source'

upon reviewing th eonly setting that i think makes a difference AT ALL is the resolution setting in the .config file. I have my tv running 1080 and this setting but i really dont feel like its working right.... Also the quality is better but still no where's near as good as it is on any other method of playback. I even switched my config to quality VBR and wmv9 advanced profile and quality to 100. Really dont think these settings are being applied. Am I doing something wrong? Is there anyway to improve picture quality?

[rubarb007]

QUOTE(frogsmasha @ Feb 8 2006, 05:11 AM)

AHHHH noo
damn I am really not digging the whole encoding bit
I want pure quality

Oh well thank you for the response

no need to encode the .ts files . simply use a tool called HDTVtoMPEG2 to save the file as with an mpeg extension. it will make the necesary header changes in the process and you can then play the files on your 360. quick and simple.

[rubarb007]

First off let me apologise if this has already been clarified in the thread, but i read up to page 7 and didnt see anything.

most people are saying that you must have divx 6.1 installed on your MCE pc to have this transcode program work, well if thats true then something is not right with my installation. See i dont and NEVER will install and divx codec produced by divx networks. I hate them end of story. So i simply downloaded the xvid codec from here http://download.divx...0-30122005.exe installed that and hey presto, bobs your neice, it all worked first time.

Props to a super piece of software and heres hoping things only get better.

[shaggyarotten]

Maybe this question doesnt belong here, but ill take the chance on getting flamed. What is the best way for me to make backups of my original dvd movies to an xvid. tried several programs like winavi and gordian knot, was just wondering what you guys think is the best and easiest way to go about this. Have tons of hdd space, so im going for quality. Am i just better off using xbmc? Trying to phase out my old xbox.

[a5568]

my comments for the software:


Its a great piece of software enabvling you to play DivX and Xvid video however it is not ideal for larger file( ie movie as it takes years to trancode well al least for me    but is azaimg for home movies and smaller files

otherwise great software works nicely

[scooby_dooby]

20 second load time for me with 90 minute movie...

Micro, the setting in the config file will do nothing for your image quality, that just determines which PRX setting file you wil use. If you saw a difference when changing the number, it's probably because it switched to one of the other profiles.

Just set the number very high(2500000), and that ensures it will only use the base PRX file, any changes you make to that profile will work.

[tnalder]

QUOTE(RUNTiME @ Feb 8 2006, 05:38 PM)

tnalder: useful log, i'll do some more testing, by the looks of it you are playing one movie and then starting transcoding of another, instead of first stopping and playing another - only explanation i could thinking of looking at the times next to each of the events in the log.  its a small time frame involved so its possible T360 is getting confused.  stopping playback first before trying another file may be a short term work around
Yup "Common Issues" paragraph three  

Well I tried what you said, and waited till one was finished before starting another and it still gave me the time out error.  One thing that I noticed was that it works once every time I restart the computer, if i try to transcode a second video file, I get the time out error.  Here is another log file and the error that I get.  I have yet to read back through the post to see if others have posted similar error messages and solutions.

2/8/2006 10:38:37 PM       Starting Transcode360 service (1.0.0.0).
2/8/2006 10:38:37 PM       Loaded configuration settings.
2/8/2006 10:38:38 PM       Service is ready to accept requests.
2/8/2006 10:40:51 PM       Add-in enqueued: Simpsons 08x05 - Bart After Dark [rl].avi
2/8/2006 10:40:52 PM       Loaded encoder profile: Transcode 360 Normal
2/8/2006 10:40:52 PM       Loaded encoder profile: Transcode 360 480x360 (Fullscreen)
2/8/2006 10:40:52 PM       Loaded encoder profile: Transcode 360 480x270 (Widescreen)
2/8/2006 10:40:52 PM       Stream opening.
2/8/2006 10:40:56 PM       Transcoding video to WMV using profile: Transcode 360 Normal
2/8/2006 10:41:07 PM       Stream opened.
2/8/2006 10:41:07 PM       Stream started.
2/8/2006 10:41:23 PM       Client connected.
2/8/2006 11:02:32 PM       No clients are connected and connection timeout interval has been reached.
2/8/2006 11:02:32 PM       Client disconnected.
2/8/2006 11:02:32 PM       Signalling thread to stop streaming.
2/8/2006 11:02:32 PM       Stream closed.
2/8/2006 11:02:46 PM       Add-in enqueued: Simpsons 08x06 - A Millhouse Divided [rl].avi
2/8/2006 11:02:46 PM       Resetting encoder.


2/8/2006 11:03:27 PM
MceUiAddIn.Launch
System.Exception: Transcoding request timed out!
   at Transcode360.AddIn.MceUiAddIn.WaitForStream(Int32 connectionTimeout)
   at Transcode360.AddIn.MceUiAddIn.MS.MediaCenter.AddIn.IAddInEntryPoint.Launch(AddInHost host)

[frogsmasha]

QUOTE(jubilex @ Feb 8 2006, 08:05 AM)

"Sorry to throw a wrench into the gears, but does this help out at all with High Def .ts files?"

Why would you need this for .ts? The 360 will stream and play .ts files just fine as long as you have HDTVPump installed on your PC.

Has anyone tried Runtime's prog with Xvid HD movies?

Is the quality degraded at all?

[jooperloop]

works rad but no 5.1? only stereo?

[TIME2PLAYDAGAME]

This is the msg im getting when i go to transcode, "A socket operation encountered a dead network". Anyone know what that means?

[TIME2PLAYDAGAME]

Could it be possible that i dont have a name & password that is causing the problem? This may sound n00bish but my uncle installed MCE on my comp like a year ago, I rarely ever use MC except for lately of course.