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- Lynn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28Support for streaming WM-DRM protected content from a PC
Folder view for video content on connected devices
H.264 video support: Up to 15 Mbps, Baseline, Main, and High (up to level 4.1) Profiles with 2 channel AAC LC and Main Profiles.
Added MPEG-4 Part 2 video support: Up to 8 Mbps, Simple Profile with 2 channel AAC LC and Main Profiles.
This is awesome. Great news.
- FireStrife, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28ever look at the two ports beside the headphone jack?
- Talez, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Indeed. Microsoft was basically the last big holdout of H.264. With their endorsement we finally have a standard codec that people can get behind for universal playback on devices.
I think 640x480 and 640x360 content encoded with H.264 will become increasingly popular over the next couple of years. One file and you can play it on your iPod, Zune, PS3, Xbox 360, Mac, PC, MPEG-4 based DVR. - rewen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16If it already has what you want, then what's the point of your comment?
- Talez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Actually when you plug the headset into the Xbox 360 controller hooked up via USB it turns up as a USB audio source. I guess Microsoft must have some USB logic in the controllers themselves.
- rewen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1421/m/canada
you can find me outside your window without any pants on. I'll be the one pulling your covers off with a hook on a pole. - OwenX, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17Microsoft needs to add support for 1680x1050 and 1440x900 for the VGA adapter people.
Come on, the two most common 16x10 resolutions! - CraigCarlyle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12So the only requirement up until now that would classify the Xbox 360 as a computer is access to an instant messaging service?
... - rewen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Apparently.. I guess that's all he does on his PC.
Maybe he posted his comment with a microwave oven or something.. because I know he couldn't do that on a 360 - which means he couldn't have done it using a PC. - theonlyvlad, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12@neutrino15
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2007/0408-im.htm
That's the fullest explanation of the features. It states H.264 and Mpeg support.
These are some great upgrades. I doubt the Xbox will ever officially support Divx. It's associated most with downloaded rips (ie, illegal) and supporting it is for them almost like supporting piracy.
But *more* importantly, I feel like Divx isn't as relevant anymore. In the age of HD, the Divx hd codec doesn't look as good (at least in my opinion) as H.264 or even WMVHD, and more and more HD rips online are coming in the h264 flavors. So really, I'm not missing divx too badly at this point. - RoskMachine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Uh-oh, look out! Microsoft is trying to provide YET ANOTHER service! How will we ever stop such a devious, evil company?
- Kevinok, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Very cool, I can't wait.
- rewen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9There are 2 pins next on each side of the headset port. 4 pins and a ground (the headset jack has the ground) sounds like it could be (wait for it...) USB!
It's probably not *actually* USB but regardless, there's data, not just audio. - joser916, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8The Spring Update is free beginning the week of May 7 and will be easily accessible to every Xbox 360 owner through Xbox Live or on Xbox.com.
You may not even notice all the new features, but they are all designed to enhance your Xbox Live experience. Some of the other features in this upgrade include:
The name of game in tray is now displayed in the dashboard.
When the tray icon is highlighted, a list of achievements, game icon and gamerscore for that game is displayed.
Video trick modes are enabled for content that is being progressively downloaded from Video Marketplace.
Playback progress bar indicates download completion.
Improved skip forward, skip back functionality during video playback.
Switchable aspect ratio now available during video playback (Auto to Letterbox, Zoom, Stretch, Native).
Player and friends lists now quickly show session presence information for quick identification of users that are joinable.
Support for streaming WM-DRM protected content from a PC
Folder view for video content on connected devices
H.264 video support: Up to 15 Mbps, Baseline, Main, and High (up to level 4.1) Profiles with 2 channel AAC LC and Main Profiles.
Added MPEG-4 Part 2 video support: Up to 8 Mbps, Simple Profile with 2 channel AAC LC and Main Profiles.
Show folder hierarchy for video content played from all devices.
Bookmarks are stored for each video that the user plays remembering the users last location in the file as well as the aspect ratio that the user choose for that file.
Video trick modes (fast forward, rewind, chapter skip) can now be used while downloading Video Marketplace content.
Skip forward and backward functionality has been improved to skip to the next or previous chapter. Each video is divided into 10 “chapters” allowing you to quickly skip around video content.
The information bar that is turned on via the On Screen Display (OSD) now shows you exactly where you are in the playback of the video file. In addition it will also show for Video Marketplace content how much of the file has been downloaded and where the “chapters” exist in the file.
Windows Media protected content (WM-DRM) can now be streamed from the PC to the console. If the WM-DRM license is missing or corrupted then a specific error message is displayed to the user. Bookmarking is also stored for protected content.
When the user is in the dashboard and an Xbox 360 game is in the console then the name of the game is displayed in the tray icon of the dashboard. If the user highlights the tray icon then achievements and gamer score are displayed for that game based on the signed in user. Xbox1 games show the name and image of the game.
Bookmarks are stored for each video that the user plays. The user can delete all bookmarks but this will reset all bookmark information for every video that the user has played. The bookmark database is exposed in the system/memory/system items
When a user selects an item for download from Marketplace then the system will determine if there is sufficient disk space for the item and, if not, will ask the user to delete content on the HDD. The system provides a sorted by size list of videos, game trailers, demos and arcade content to aid the user in the deletion process. The same list of items are also available from within memory so that users can quickly see which items are consuming the most disk space.
The console will block the user who attempts to download content onto a storage device that will never have the capacity to store the item without deducting any points associated with the content item.
The screensaver is disabled when playing photos from any source - rewen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Added MPEG-4 Part 2 video support: Up to 8 Mbps, Simple Profile with 2 channel AAC LC and Main Profiles."
Doesn't DivX or XviD fit into MPEG-4 somewhere? I'm not really too informed about codecs but I thought those were based off of MP4. No? - neutrino15, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7h264? where did it say that? If they add h264 I would be so happy! (mac person here)
- Sanchez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5In europe, most people use MSN. The more you know.
- rewen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5If they could add video or audio conversations between the 360 and Live Messenger next then I might actually buy the 360 camera :)
- tapo, on 10/12/2007, -7/+11As much as I'd love to use the IM feature, everyone I know uses AIM :-/
- cantabro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3wait a moment, aren't mpeg-4 part 2 and divx/xvid the same thing?
From wikipedia : "The DivX codec uses lossy MPEG-4 Part 2 compression, also known as MPEG-4 ASP," - ArcCoyote, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I like the service, and I guess the controller keyboard is OK if you want to thumbtype everything...
but FYI, the 360 can use any USB keyboard, wired or wireless. (HID compliant. no Bluetooth adapters!)
That's one of the first things I tried. Beats using the controller to poke out your Xbox Live signup.
Now, MPEG4/H.264 support (not to mention folders for video content) kicks ass.
I wonder if they will extend that support to the WMC Extender... - Quickstrike, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2007/0408-im.htm?WText.camp=TS1-InstantMessaging&WText.campSrc=Home
- wageslaven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2See, the XBox 360 has a myriad of online capabilities. This keyboard is for the purpose of sending and recieving Instant Messages to MSN Messenger and other XBox 360s via the internet. The XBox 360 currently has X360-to-X360 voice (now, up to 6 people in a group chat) and video.
Now you'll be able to IM chat with MSN Messenger (on PC). From the look of things, video and voice-chat are shortcoming (fall update?).
How does the PS3 voice, video and text chat work? - olddirtycr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2windows live? + i get sick of hearing prepubescent boys screaming when i play gears of war.
- tatltat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4a/s/l baby
ugh. this can be bad. - DeathSun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Umm...because Live for Windows is rolling out, so the PC and XBox folks can chat with each other through Live Messenger. I'm not sure if you're aware of this or not, but not all of the PC "peeps" have microphones on hand. They use this magical device called the "keyboard".
Come back next week and I'll explain this new technology called "text-messaging". It's crazy...they have it on cell phones even though cell phones have mics and stuff already. I know, kooky, right? - Blizaine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yes, the H264 addition will be great. I've been ripping all my content to H264 for my AppleTV. It will be nice to have that content available on the 360 as well.
- theonlyvlad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@pimpalicious
Actually no, it won't, since the headset has those two little tabs on the sides, which the butt of the keyboard doesn't.
However, I think amidst all the news stories, I saw that the keyboard controller will come with its own headset, to aleviate the problem. And it has less to do with form factor, but rather the circuitry has to be different. So it makes sense that they make it so you can't plug the old headset into this different jack and then complain "this wont work". - 4ndr3wk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@sinem
RTFA
the keyboard uses the connection needed and it says there is other headphones for use with the jack, plus MS has confirmed it now - sinembarg0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@andrewk
So they're either gonna make you buy a new headset, or jack up the price and include one? LAME. - olddirtycr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What's the price tag? 180$?
- Blizaine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yes, you are correct, the keyboard will come with a new headset.
- Zero2aHero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Exactly, my first thought was... another cool peripheral that no one will buy because MS will price everyone out of the market. I just read that this includes a special headset and the regular ones you get w/ the console won't work if you try to attach it to the keyboard, which means this thing is going to cost even more.
It should be $20 for just the keyboard.
What will they charge? $50? $60? They ***** up the price of the wireless headset and the new hard drive, why should we think they won't do it again? - shogusumi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2http://www.google.com/search?q=xbox+360+usb+keyboard
Probably would have taken less time than typing out your comment. And waiting for a response, of course. - Blizaine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I thought the same thing. I wonder if this is Microsoft's ways of giving us Xvid / DivX support without actually saying it?
- excy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It does support standard USB keyboards.
- Pimpalicious316, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2wtf...do you not see the port on the bottom of the keyboard? same size and contours as the bottom of the controller, so the headset should be just fine to plug into there.
- joser916, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6holly ***** that keyboard controller is bigger than a Atari jaguar controller!!!!!!
- sekou, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I have to say it.. the thing's gorgeous.
- s-m-a-c-k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1maybe it use audible morse-code clicks...
hahaha... - rewen, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4owenx: Well those may be common 16x10 resolutions.. 360 games run at 16x9 and 4:3. But I do agree, they should add support (with black bars or something to fill any void).
chingy1788: It's always had support for a keyboard. If anything doesn't a keypad make it a little less like a PC since it then discourages using actual keyboards? Besides, if you want to complain about a console being like a PC, look at the PS3 - you can install Linux on that. :|
Talez: True, but it's only showing as USB since it's going through the controller, not becase the headset itself has any USB. The controller is acting as a bridge. - gwolf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2This isn't the final product in the picture.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This is a really cool idea. dugg
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This device is only for chatting, its not like you must keep it connected while you play games. It is perfect for its purpose, its small and fits nicely with the design. I would rather have this then use a fullsize keyboard, dont need another large device sitting around.
- BrandonR717, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I'm sorry, but I don't really see the point for the keyboard. Don't they give you microphones for a reason?
The video support is awesome though, all around the spring update is gonna rock - sinembarg0, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1These mockups are a failure. On the bottom of the keyboard there is only the headphone port, but the official headset has two plastic pieces that go into the other slots,, and those would need to be included on the bottom of the keyboard.
- xerus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1XBOX360: The Console that doesnt know if its a console or a PC!
- wicktron, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Holy moly, is that an Atari Jaguar controller in white!?
- Sheco, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I would like an update that would make the xbox 360's blades' animations faster, it takes around a second to change from tab to tab.
There's no way to change that currently, is it? - deepmenace, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2!
when i first saw the look of that controller i thought i'd missed out on an april fools joke.
back to school 360 design bods. -
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