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Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: Xbox-Scene on May 13, 2007, 10:39:00 AM

Connect360 v3.0 Posted by XanTium | May 13 12:03 EST | News Category: Xbox360

NullRiver released a new version of Connect360(info), it's a tool to stream your music, images and videos from your Mac OSX to your Xbox 360 console. What's fixed/new: * Choose where your videos are stored * Support for H.264 and MPEG4 videos in MOV and MP4 containers * Support for iTunes Podcasts in the above formats * Bug fixes Official Site: http://www.nullriver.com/index/products/connect360 Download (free trial): here

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: tx81 on May 13, 2007, 10:42:00 AM

is there something like this for pc?

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: Acill_MOS on May 13, 2007, 12:05:00 PM

Damn I have been waiting for this release since the update and none of my movies I converted for mp4 format for my ipod work in here, What a shame. Maybe i will try to convert them all to H.264 instead? Anyone have luch with it? So far most of te video podcast work well.

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: cavemonkey50 on May 13, 2007, 12:22:00 PM

Acill_MOS, I found a bug in the way Connect360 works with iTunes imported / downloaded videos. I sent an email to the developer to see if he can resolve it. If you don't add the files to iTunes you should be fine playing them through the regular Video folder.

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: Acill_MOS on May 13, 2007, 01:02:00 PM

I'll move them out of itunes and see what happens then. I have a few other movies saved in the movies folder as well i havent tried yet.

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: tabsaid on May 13, 2007, 02:45:00 PM

Anyone know if this works with a direct connection from the mac to the 360 via cat-5 cable?  The site seems to say it requires a hub or router.  I just use my 2nd ethernet port to stream from the G5 in vista and it works great.  Curious about this before I go "unsyncing" the 360 from media center.  Its definetly a pain to switch back and forth.

This post has been edited by tabsaid: May 13 2007, 09:46 PM

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: Acill_MOS on May 13, 2007, 03:37:00 PM

You need a hub or router, direct connection does not work.

Also, I cant play any of the movies I converted from DVD to mp4. They all work on my ipod fine, but I get an error on the 360 telling me its not supported. It doesnt matter when i ut the movie or tell it where they are.

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: ITALIANO on May 13, 2007, 04:17:00 PM

support h264 video in 5.1 channel or STEREO?!?

becouse the 7may update support onli h264 video in stereo...

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: edwinmcdunlap on May 13, 2007, 04:47:00 PM

QUOTE(tx81 @ May 13 2007, 11:42 AM)

is there something like this for pc?

Windows Media Player 11/Windows Media Connect

or Windows Media Center

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: cavemonkey50 on May 13, 2007, 10:08:00 PM

QUOTE(Acill_MOS @ May 13 2007, 05:37 PM)

Also, I cant play any of the movies I converted from DVD to mp4. They all work on my ipod fine, but I get an error on the 360 telling me its not supported. It doesnt matter when i ut the movie or tell it where they are.

The problem is the extra crap iTunes adds when importing them into your library. The Connect360 guys saids they're trying to find the root of the issue. For now, save a copy of the video that has not been imported into iTunes.

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: geoffmac on May 14, 2007, 04:00:00 AM

Anyone know the perfect app fo macosx for converting avi's etc to mp4/mov I tried visualhub but it would play for 1 min or so then give me unsupported error.

Cheers

Another thing is it just me or are there issues with fast forwarding through movies shared with connect360?
Like it just gives up and gives you an error if you flick forward more than once or twice and if you ff and press play it stops. It can get annoying if you've watched most of something and it stops and you want to get back were you were up to.

This post has been edited by geoffmac: May 14 2007, 11:09 AM

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: Acill_MOS on May 14, 2007, 06:18:00 AM

Try ffmpegx. Its a bit complicated but works well.

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: Bigft64 on May 14, 2007, 09:41:00 AM

Geoffmac, I've been having the same issues.  I don't understand why a video will work just fine and then suddenly stop.  I've tried using different source videos and encoding to different formats and they all seem to have the same problem.  Converting to .wmv seems to have the best results but still will "black screen" if you try to ff or skip around.  All my .mp4/.mov files (H.264 or not) will black screen out by itself a few minutes into a video.

I read in another forum where a guy from the Xbox Team itself said they used VisualHub as a tool to encode test videos for the new video codecs in the 360 so it seems like everything should be peechy.  Something is squirrelly though and I just haven't figured it out yet.

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: geoffmac on May 16, 2007, 03:54:00 AM

Bigft64, nice to see its not just me!

And I cant seem to make a mp4/h264 movie that works properly on the 360 yet.  Hopefully an app will come out specifically for that.

Title: Connect360 v3.0
Post by: Sir Mix Alot on May 23, 2007, 07:22:00 AM

i've figured out acidentaly how to make it works with two nics
i don't have hub or router here, then i already reported these guys about this and they do nothing and probably will don't.

if you have here azureus app (yes, the torrent client)
open it first
then turn on your 360
you will listen the discovery xbox coming from mac

voila!
but works