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- thenativeraver, on 11/22/2008, -2/+26Long Live XBMC!
- specialK16, on 11/22/2008, -1/+22Complete guide? Far from.
This article is pretty much a basic how to. The fact that all 3 systems are extremely easy to use helps of course. I was hoping this would finally give me a way to stream those large hi def .mkv files I have lying around.
(any ideas?) - ModeSeven, on 11/22/2008, -3/+18The PS3 is probably the best media hub money can buy, it'd almost be worth the money if you couldn't play games on it.
- inactive, on 11/22/2008, -2/+16I wish Microsoft and Sony would get their arses in gear and update their codec compatibility to include .x264/.h264 in avi containers. DivX is soooooooooo last week.
- NathanCH, on 11/22/2008, -0/+13Steaming onto the PS3 (or 360 if I had one) from my PC is such a useful yet underrated feature.
- MarioBrosCom, on 11/21/2008, -5/+18It makes life so much easier to be able to browse all of my videos (in my case, mostly home videos and DRM-free movies) from my PS3. I no longer have to keep a cabinet full of VHS tapes or DVDs (though I mostly record videos to a DVD-RW now, and I import that to my PC), and that saves a huge amount of space.
- sh0rtstop00, on 11/22/2008, -1/+13I just stream AVI files over wifi to my PS3, play with no problem. no need additional software, although i've tried TVersity in the past, it DLs files automatically to its program folder, even after I turn it off, it still DLs audio/video files automatically, I uninstalled that *****.
- coldfusion1970, on 11/22/2008, -1/+13Excellent guide.
I already use Connect360 for my 360. - twoblackeyes, on 11/21/2008, -4/+15Amen. Can't beat TED -> Torrent -> Download Folder -> PS3. Simple as that for TV.
- bakatrinh, on 11/22/2008, -0/+8yeah I hate TVersity
- ModeSeven, on 11/22/2008, -1/+9Yeah it's kinda weird that my ***** £40 generic media player play's stuff my PS3 won't. You'd think Sony would be on top of this stuff considering they always touted the PS3 as a catch all media hub.
- WELLDOITLIVE, on 11/22/2008, -1/+7mkv isn't a codec
- bakatrinh, on 11/22/2008, -0/+6Use GOTSent. Easy to use, free program that takes the video and audio out of MKV files and recontain it into a readable .mp4 file. Rename the file from .mp4 to .wmv and the 360 will see the files just fine. It takes at most 5 min to convert because the program doesn't reencode the video. It just takes it out and put it in a different container.
note: If your .mkv file is larger than 4 gig you'll need to select the "split>4gb" option. - TheThirdWheel, on 11/22/2008, -0/+5OK this misses out (unless I missed the section) on streaming HD to the 360. Most movies you "find" in HD nowadays are in .mkv format. You can get a straight convertor but it can take a ridiculous amount of time to actually convert an HD movie (especially when they can get up to 9 gigs). The best way to do it is to download a free program called "GotSent". This seperates the movie and audio tracks from the .MKV container and demuxes the audio into something the 360 can recognize and then recombines it all into a .mp4. Make sure you select the box that splits any file over 4 gigs so you can stream it. This whole process takes me about 30 minutes on a 3 year old PC.
Streaming 720p movies over my wireless connection to my main TV is pure heaven.
By the way The Dark Knight is on TPB in 720P right now =) - HairyLumberjack, on 11/22/2008, -3/+8I thought guide was complete.
I see no instruction on how to play video on bear pelt. - atchon, on 11/23/2008, -0/+5Really? Time to go search the interwebs never knew it could do that
- dandonia, on 11/23/2008, -0/+4cant believe you got dugg down. News groups are full speed downloads that get released early and the groups mentioned put out data in PS3/360 compatible codecs. I suppose the drawback of paying for this service is enough to put people off, but its still a better service.
- s0m31john, on 11/22/2008, -1/+5All I want to be able to do is play videos with softsubs! Why do you hate anime fans Microsoft?
- staticneuron, on 11/23/2008, -0/+4"Seriously. It's odd seeing so many of the problems people have with their modern "unmodded" consoles that work fine with my old "modded" xbox."
Fixed it for you! Praise XBMC all you want but that isn't a sleight against the 360 nor the PS3 which has added functionality without you having to hack them. - RusskiGuy, on 11/22/2008, -1/+5I've been using my PS3 for that forever. I started off streaming, but frankly, it's kind of lackluster, with serious hiccups when fast forwarding. Saving stuff on the PS3 hard drive works well though. It even remembers where you left off. For those who got a PS3 with a smaller hard drive, and don't feel like swapping hard drives, I'd recommend getting 1-2 USB thumb drives 8-16 GB (20-80% increase in storage from my 40GB). Anyway, it's pretty awesome to be able to play dvd quality stuff on my TV even from purely digital sources...
Dugg for Futurama. - dandonia, on 11/23/2008, -0/+3mattyice11 - thanks for that dude, I have never seen the popcorn hour before. I think I will get my folks it for christmas. They could use a media hub.
EDIT: Just relised it has not disc drive for bluray or dvd - That just killed my investment. What goods a media centre without bluray or at least DVD? - TechCF, on 11/22/2008, -0/+3mkv doesnt work
- JayD16, on 11/23/2008, -0/+3@otdvash I was commenting more on the incompleteness of the guide.
@MaxD Its not going to run Crysis but with yellow dog I can get smooth video playback. It might start to hiccup a little when you're running full 1080p but who has 1080p videos to stream? - inactive, on 11/22/2008, -0/+3This is true. Even some avi's and "divx" encodes files i get wont work on my PS3 or my roomates 360
- inactive, on 11/22/2008, -4/+7My PS3 has got so much use from videos like this it is not even funny.
- bakatrinh, on 11/23/2008, -0/+2Yes, it doesn't re-encode the video, so the video quality is exactly the same as when it was in .mkv
- dizilbdog, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2I still would like to play VLC movies on through Connect 360 someday...
- dekuscrub, on 11/22/2008, -1/+3I also use Tversity for Xbox 360. It does the job.
I tried WMP, but for the life of me it just won't work. You would think that Microsoft products would be compatible with each other. - and303, on 11/22/2008, -1/+3Great guide. I didn't know about Tversity. I've been doing things the long and hard way!
- LedZepAddict, on 11/23/2008, -0/+2It's great, I finally got my router last week and in that time have watched Batman, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Tropic Thunder and i just began adding Arrested Development from Hulu. The streaming is great as long as your machine can handle DVD quality then it looks beautiful.
- thatonekid393, on 11/23/2008, -0/+2Awesome! I haven't tried it out on my PS3 yet, but my iPod Touch and PSP can both do it flawlessly. Never knew about TVersity before!
- MaxD, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2Has linux on the PS3 improved any? Last time I checked it out, it ran like a dog (presumably because there wasn't any real Cell processor support). VLC wouldn't even run a divx full screen for me without being really jerky.
(mind - ps3 with TVersity is pretty hard to beat). - dandonia, on 11/23/2008, -0/+2Yeah XBMC is fantastic but the old xbox is hardly a living room thing. I wouldn't get my parents an xbox for christmas but a PS3 they can see the use for. Bluray, wireless networking, unmodded, under warrenty, etc.
- Acqua206, on 11/22/2008, -4/+6I have both the 360 and the PS3. IMHO, the Xbox 360 doesn't hold a candle to the PS3 as a media server. One glaring fault of the Xbox, long ass buffering times while the PS3 requires no such thing.
- inactive, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2This ^^^
Finding hardsubbed avi can be a bother.. and being forced to watch them on a computer defeats the whole purpose of this. - inactive, on 11/22/2008, -4/+6Why are you answering with a PS3 fix when he said he has a 360?
LOL fanboys. Just ramble on about Sony not even bother to look. I'm seriously choking on my cottage cheese haha.
What you are saying does sound good to me though. Don't get me wrong. mkv? That would be GREAT! - inactive, on 11/23/2008, -0/+2I've tried tversity (eats up too much cpu), doesn't rescan folders soon enough (I put 0.5 minutes and my media still doesn't show), otherwise tversity on paper looked like the perfect solution. I hope the devs tweak it in the future.
-The .debs for mediatomb on ubuntu seem to have dependency issues on 8.10, so I could never get it to run.
Basically I want a unix version of mkv2vob and then in a cron tab of every 1-5 minutes:
ls *.mkv >> mkv2vob
I think that would solve most problems. - slavetolust, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2TVersity is great but will not work with utorrent. I just ordered a network harddrive so that should be the best streaming method for the 360.
- inactive, on 11/22/2008, -2/+4My 360 has gotten so much use of these videos AND it plays the games on my Toshiba laptop with the XBOX controller through Media Center connect.
Not many people know that. - diggGor, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2Can you elaborate a little on how you stream AVI files to a PS3 without additional software?
- inactive, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2Yeah, I'm sure you are an Xbox owner.
Flame bait refused sir - jacksons98, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1Another option is to just use a USB attached Harddrive. I have a 500gb drive just attached thru USB with all my photos, video and music.
- DarkStar3333, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1@otbdavash
Simple fix: delete the optional media update files from your system items folder.
Turn the console off.
Turn the console on and redownload them from XBL marketplace.
Issue resolved. - DarkStar3333, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1WMP11 alone works just fine assuming your able to set it up correctly. Most people forget to make the UDP firewall exceptions for the network service.
- JesusHimself, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1Will Handbrake convert .DTS files too?
- CompanyCalls405, on 11/24/2008, -0/+1Yeah I got rid of that *****...TVersity works like a charm, no skips or anything.
- GarrettGrimsley, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1VLC maybe?
- inactive, on 11/24/2008, -0/+1Oh and it is verified, Tversity (using the detailed steps provided) will stream mkv in 1080 to your tv.
You just need a good PC and network bandwith and it is possible. I'm sorry the instructions don't say "turn up the resolution to 1080" but you are a big boy and you can figure it out.
It just never worked AT ALL when I tried it lol. - TastyLamp, on 11/24/2008, -0/+1Yep.
- LastDitchHero, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1I don't know who dug you down but I dug you back up. You had a valid compliant about OSS software and some people feel it shouldn't be criticized cause it is free/open. Thanks for your input.
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