Post by: kfernandes29 on November 28, 2005, 01:11:00 PM
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.
Post by: Dannydeman on November 29, 2005, 06:59:00 AM
Post by: mkjones on November 29, 2005, 09:02:00 AM
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.
Post by: Nounou on December 04, 2005, 05:39:00 AM
Post by: sp3cialk on December 09, 2005, 03:22:00 PM
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Post by: KeiKun on December 14, 2005, 03:38:00 PM
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))
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Post by: scooby_dooby on December 14, 2005, 06:25:00 PM
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.
Post by: ssj4android on December 21, 2005, 05:24:00 PM
Post by: SilentWatcher on December 21, 2005, 07:28:00 PM
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Post by: tyraen on December 27, 2005, 01:58:00 PM
Post by: enixn on December 27, 2005, 02:43:00 PM
Post by: blueoasis on December 27, 2005, 03:00:00 PM
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Post by: mkjones on December 28, 2005, 07:51:00 AM
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.
Post by: blueoasis on December 29, 2005, 10:54:00 AM
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.
Post by: bin_jackson on December 29, 2005, 11:38:00 AM
QUOTE(tyraen @ Dec 27 2005, 09:29 PM) 
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.
Can you provide us with the codec's u used to get this working?
Post by: wmadoss on December 29, 2005, 11:48:00 AM
Post by: Avenger 2.0 on December 29, 2005, 12:13:00 PM
Post by: tyraen on December 29, 2005, 09:16:00 PM
I'm really sorry to have made such a claim and now seem like an idiot because it won't work for anyone. I'll mess around tomorrow and see if I can get it back to working, sorry to disappoint...
Nick
EDIT: Honestly, I could've sworn it was working. The only thing I can see is getting which screen I was on mixed up?? I have a horrible memory to begin with. But I could swear that it was playing just fine. This is going to drive me insane before tomorrow...
EDIT2: Well, my memory MUST be horrible, and myself full of crap. From the Media Center Extender FAQ, you can't allow playback of other video formats by new codecs on the PC, but new audio codecs can be added. So I don't what the heck I was seeing, but it wasn't divx on 360. Apparently... I'm still not completely convinced, but in the meantime, I apologize for misleading anyone (and everyone).
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Post by: wmadoss on December 30, 2005, 02:04:00 AM
Post by: OpticNurv on December 30, 2005, 11:24:00 AM
Post by: wmadoss on December 30, 2005, 01:02:00 PM
QUOTE(OpticNurv @ Dec 30 2005, 07:31 PM)
no need for divx compatibility on the 360, wait until a modchip comes out for that, but for now check out videora xbox360 converter, i have it and am currently converting beavis and butthead do america from xvid to WMV. it's been about 10 min. and i'm already at 67%, definitly worth a lookin into if you ask me... but that's just my opinion but i also have win MCE as well
Well a modchip is far far away and using videoora works but not good in my opinion.
Converting an already lossy format like divx only makes the quality worse and it takes about an hour per movie, I for one cant stand that...
Post by: ssj4android on December 30, 2005, 06:04:00 PM
QUOTE(Avenger 2.0 @ Dec 29 2005, 01:44 PM)
Maybe it just didn't fit inside the 16MB flash. Don't forget divx started as a hacked MS mpeg4 codec. Maybe that's the reason they don't want to support it.
But now it is a standard mpeg4 codec. Same with XviD.
Post by: tmaxx23 on January 03, 2006, 12:23:00 PM
Download Windows Media Encoder 9 from here and then Install.
Put your divx video in My Videos and then open up notepad, in the document write - mms://*INSERT PC IP ADDRESS*:8080 and then save your notepad file as *name of video*.asx
screen shot of what your notepad document should look like. (note ip address replaced with X's)
**for example if your video is called perfectdarktrailer.avi the notepad file would be saved as perfectdarktrailer.asx**
save the file to the directory of the video your wanting to watch.
Open up Windows Media Encoder
In the wizard dialogue popup box click Custom Session screen shot
In the sources tab change Source From to File and then browse and open up the video you want. screen shot
Use the other tabs to change the quality of the output. In this case we have set it as DVD quality video screen shot
When youre happy with your settings click apply and then start encoding.
Open up media center on your 360 and locate the .asx file and play it, you should now be able to watch it on your xbox 360 J
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And thats how it is done folks enjoy.
Post by: wmadoss on January 03, 2006, 12:59:00 PM
QUOTE(tmaxx23 @ Jan 3 2006, 07:54 PM)
Playing Divx on media center
Download Windows Media Encoder 9 from here and then Install.
Put your divx video in My Videos and then open up notepad, in the document write - mms://*INSERT PC IP ADDRESS*:8080 and then save your notepad file as *name of video*.asx
screen shot of what your notepad document should look like. (note ip address replaced with X's)
**for example if your video is called perfectdarktrailer.avi the notepad file would be saved as perfectdarktrailer.asx**
save the file to the directory of the video your wanting to watch.
Open up Windows Media Encoder
In the wizard dialogue popup box click Custom Session screen shot
In the sources tab change Source From to File and then browse and open up the video you want. screen shot
Use the other tabs to change the quality of the output. In this case we have set it as DVD quality video screen shot
When youre happy with your settings click apply and then start encoding.
Open up media center on your 360 and locate the .asx file and play it, you should now be able to watch it on your xbox 360 J
Written by
Pezer and Pro Evolution
And thats how it is done folks enjoy.
Hehe read that before.. That "solution" is even worse than converting every divx movie u got...
Post by: detect on January 07, 2006, 09:08:00 AM
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