Re: Xbox Extenter Problem (no audio while watching videos)

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From: Bob [MVP] (bob_at_nospam.org)
Date: 12/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:53:37 -0500

You can play the AC3 audio on your MCE PC
because your DVD Player software most likely
includes an AC3 decoder.

AC3 decoders are not free. There is a
licensing fee, so that is probably the
reason why they are not included in the
extenders.

I've run into this problem myself, and
I share your frustration. Hopefully MS
or the OEMs will offer some kind of MCX
CODEC upgrades in the future, but I don't
know if that will happen. 

-- 
-Bob
____________________________
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Windows XP Media Center Edition
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"BB" <BB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:39DCE804-15EB-470B-9024-CE77D2A1B753@microsoft.com...
> Todd, if MS MCE 2005 server can play it then the extender should as well. I 
> have hundreds and hundreds of home video files that are recorded in mpeg-2 
> format. I can not/will not convert all these files. Is there no other option? 
> Are there plans to support this video/audio type? I still do not understand 
> why I can play them and hear audio on my pc but not when played on the 
> extender. Can you offer another suggestion? Thanks.
> 
> -Brian
> 
> "Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:
> 
> > That particular camcorder records video with AC-3 audio, which is not
> > supported on MCX.
> > 
> > One option to watch the videos is to transcode them to WMV 9 using the
> > Windows Media Encoder
> > (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx)
> > 
> > -- 
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> > 
> > 
> > "BB" <BB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:AB427EAD-3C3A-449C-90E3-69B97AFA914C@microsoft.com...
> > > I just setup my MCE Xbox extender and successfully connected to my backend
> > > MCE 2005 server. It was a very straight forward and easy process. Well
> > done
> > > MS.
> > >
> > > Anyway, everything work great right out of the box except for one thing;
> > > which brings me to this forum. When I watch my video files from the video
> > > menu item on the xbox, I can see the video play fine but there is no
> > audio. I
> > > do have audio when I watch live tv, recorded tv, play music, and listen to
> > > the radio from the Xbox. I just don't hear any audio when I play my video
> > > files from the xbox. The video files play fine on the backend server and I
> > > can hear the audio while watching there. The video files are .mpg files (I
> > > think mpeg2). Anyway, this is huge to me as I need to gain full access to
> > > these video files as they are family recording that I wish to access from
> > our
> > > den. They were recorded using a Sony DVD Handycam (DCR-DVD 300). Not sure
> > if
> > > that matters or not
> > >
> > > Any ideas as to why I can not hear the audio while watching via the Xbox
> > > extender? Thanks in advance for any help.
> > >
> > > -Brian
> > >
> > 
> > 
> >

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