Topic: Streaming X264 Movies On Vista Media Center (Read 149 times)

zerolimit21 · « **on:** August 26, 2007, 05:11:00 PM »

http://www.vanillahd.com/index.php/playing...edia-player-11/

I have not tested this myself but a friend of mine has tested it and works. No Transcoding or Encoding needed

NOTE: ONLY WORKS ON WINDOWS VISTA MEDIA CENTER

newone757 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 26, 2007, 11:51:00 PM »

i tired it and it got the files to show up with thumbnails but still they dont play.

however, on my vista pc side they play fine, wonder why that doesnt translate to the 360?? ive only tried xvid avi's though, maybe thats the problem, but i dont see how when they play form media center on my pc

do you know what your friend did to get it to work??

zerolimit21 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2007, 12:36:00 AM »

ill ask my friend to post here!....

someone try .mkv file

jacanuck · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2007, 06:10:00 AM »

The xbox 360 will not play mkv files either. The reg edit mentioned in this article is only how to get different file types to show up in media center from a PC, not an extender device such as the xbox 360.

wmadoss · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2007, 07:57:00 AM »

Sorry this doesnt work on 360.

I can play mkv files and other hd files on my PC with Vista Media Center but it wont work on the 360.

zerolimit21 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2007, 11:38:00 AM »

sorry guys i was told it was working! I was gona install vista today! nvm hehe!

jacanuck · « **Reply #6 on:** August 27, 2007, 02:23:00 PM »

This entire thread should be removed from the forums

zerolimit21 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2007, 12:18:00 AM »

close thread!

VinnySem · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2007, 10:41:00 AM »

Don't post that something can be done if you've never tried it!

"I was told it works"

BAH!

Halaster · « **Reply #9 on:** September 08, 2007, 10:21:00 PM »

This is just step one to allow you to play these file types.

You will still need to install something such as Transcode360 or VME to get the files to actually play.

This does make them appear in the list thought so they CAN be Transcoded.

On my setup with Transcod360, as soon as I did this and the files appeared, they streamed with no problem.

vgplayer · « **Reply #10 on:** September 24, 2007, 12:33:00 AM »

mkv is a container format as well as mp4. Many of the new mkv I have actually have h.264 video playable on the 360. Using a tool like MKVEXtractGUI its possible to extract the video and audio files out the mkv file and repackage them into the mp4 container using YAMB and MP4box. So far I have been able to get the video and audio working but they are out of sync.

vgplayer · « **Reply #11 on:** September 24, 2007, 02:03:00 AM »

Got it working on some other files. Subtitles and dual audio are not supported though.

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