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- Kinsbane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm getting tired of sites on here that are linked 3rd- or 4th-hand from the actual site you have to get to. It blows having to click through 3 people's lame-ass blogs to get to the goods.
- Sam334, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's a good start. Hopefully a more streamlined way will come soon.
- jedipimp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When i install it into vmware it stops halfway..........bummer
- gazzaS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sorry, forgot to mention that MCEVideoEncoder offers the ability to Fast Forward, Pause and Rewind the encoding process. It also has a windows client application that can be controlled though windows messages and command files, therefore is great for developing other applications and controlling remotely.
The application is free to try and then 4.99 (GBP) to register. - gazzaS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You may also want to try another simplified application called MCEVideoEncoder. You can download a free app at:
http://www.lightningware.co.uk/software/lwsoftware.asp - bmarko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I've hooked my buddies machine up with MCE and he can now play divx on his xbox 360. It's messed up that we had to go through all this trouble but at least it works. I also hear that the vista version of WMP 11 will allow movies to stream to the 360. Doubt it will allow divx but once they open up streams from something other than MCE I bet people will crack that real fast.
- bmarko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oh just an fyi. Some people are saying you can't use Vmware to do this...but we used it.
- mikolby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just mod the old xbox and use XBMC. Plays nearly any format.
- mseaton80, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now...it would really be cool if you didn't have to have MCE in order to stream video....
- chris_hale, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Link to the meat... http://www.brains-n-brawn.com/default.aspx?vDir=mcedivx360
- THX-7168, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0More:
http://digg.com/software/DivX_and_XviD_on_Xbox_360
http://digg.com/links/Stream_DivX_Xvid_to_your_Xbox_360:_No_conversion_necessary
Please search before submitting. - videosoftware, on 04/10/2008, -0/+0I got an idea on how to convert video to xbox360 either.
See it here: http://www.video-x-ware.com/?p=11
http://www.video-x-ware.com - deadlychicken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Not a hack, it's a feature of MCE 2005, 2nd it doesn't stream divx, it streams wmv (real-time transcoding)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Man, this is the 3rd post regarding this here at digg! Starting to look as an getmyselfmorehits service...
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The 360 can't play video other than WMV formats?
Well, they just lost a sale here, for one. WMV ***** sucks. - shreky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now if only I could get my hands on the xbox 360, I could put this to use.
http://www.westernstudios.net - THX-7168, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Has already been submitted a few times before.
(ie. http://digg.com/gaming/Stream_DivX_movies_to_your_XBox_360_using_Media_Center )
-Digg; Reported as Duplicate Story - ag1010, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Its about time :-)
- kcchesnut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0er, um ... i'm the author. sorry for the server being so slow.
here's the most direct link : http://www.mperfect.net/mceDivX360/ - kcchesnut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0h00ligan, my article gave credit to the xbox.com post and the original German post. and it admits that all i did was put a UI on it. but i have to tell you, being able to control the whole thing without getting out of your chair makes it better. i expect somebody to take ideas from what i did and make it even better.
so my questions to you are :
why did it take somebody a month to add a UI?
why is it getting more links than the original post? - h00ligan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this post is from an xbox forum post made on december 19th - A MONTH AGO. It was then posted on /. and engadget as well as MANY MANY other sites.
No digg for complete lack of originality. - h00ligan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0oh yah, and casey at brains and braun didn't figure out *****.
- BassCadet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"generally, i don't sign petitions, too close to begging, and i only beg if pussy is involved"
rotflmao
So can somebody please explain to me why I have to have a seperate PC dedicated to "Windows Media Center" to do this? Are there actually people who waste so much hardware just to run their home theater? What a joke.
Why can't this work with XP Professional? - snorkle256, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Still would need media center. Guess I'm gonna have to break down and get a copy.
- JTMON, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Make sure you get MCE 2005 and not 2004..
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0blogged: http://www.hdbeat.com/2006/01/15/stream-divx-to-your-xbox-360-no-conversion-necessary/
- mcorcoran, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0jedi0utkast needs to work on his joke recognition skills.
- jackusage, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0wonder if its capable of doing hd quality broadcasts
- Guspaz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0This is so... lame. I mean, kudos to the guy who pulled it off, but having to do it in the first place is lame.
This is, essentially, re-encoding a video for a general-purpose computing platform because that computing platform is locked down.
You know the ironic thing? The 360 itself could do a much better job at transcoding from Divx to WMV than any current PC can. Except if you could do that, you wouldn't need to transcode the video, because you could just decode it in the first place.
One major obstacle I see with this method is that the transcode process (divx -> WMV), which must be done on the PC, requires a lot of processing power. Higher end PCs should be able to do it in realtime at DVD resolutions, but forget about midrange computers. Or HD. - fireface100, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0hacked up, slashed up, jerry rigged factor of a billion. jeesh
- jedi0utkast, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0engalicorn@ : "but does it do divx in REAL-TIME!?!?"
Why would you need the DVD player to encode to WMV in real time? any DivX compatible DVD player will play DivX content, which the Xbox 360 cannot do, that is why the need to transcode into the WMV format.
make sure you know facts before trying to be an "smart ass", because you will end looking like a "dumb ass" instead. - toekneebullard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Can't wait til the chips come out for the 360. I'm still astounded by what my modded xbox can do...can't wait to see what the modded 360 will do.
- Noloco, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Eh screw that. My dvd player does divx video.
- engalicorn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"Eh screw that. My dvd player does divx video."
but does it do divx in REAL-TIME!?!? - ek3s, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Kick ass
- smokembowl, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0now i can't wait to get my xbox 360
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http://www.leve1.com - Gryffydd, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0I think JTMON meant to say "Make sure you get MythTV, not MCE"
Oh, did I mention the Xbox 360 is a huge ripoff? What? That's been said before? Sorry bout that...
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