Re: XBOX 360 and streaming video

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Get a program called winavi from http://www.winavi.com/ it will convert
anything to about anything. I have re-encoded all my divx and xvid stuff to
mpeg2 and it streams just fine to my extender. It is the fastest I've seen
to date as well.

--Mike

"Cat F" <CatF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CD61209E-0E4C-4267-A186-B179420A9CCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Jason,
>
> I was then mislead by a posting on the Windows Media newsgroup in which
> aser
> claimed that they were using these codecs.
>
> Any idea weather WMV or MPEG would suite my purposes best? I have home
> videos (inevitably high motion) and Computer generated animation (more
> steady
> tracking)?
>
> Ta
>
> Cat
>
> "Jason Tsang" wrote:
>
>> Extenders (v1+xsled) cannot stream divx/xvid files.
>> That hasn't changed with the Xbox 360 extender.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>>
>> Find out about the MS MVP Program -
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>>
>> "Cat F" <CatF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3BDDE954-26B3-4591-8631-3512268448B9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I read today in Official XBOX Magazine (UK) that I will not be able to
>> >stream
>> > avi's encoded with DivX or Xvid to my Xbox 360 when it arrives.
>> >
>> > Now I know that you can stream these files to regular MCE extenders.
>> > Does
>> > anyone know if Microsoft have really crippled this feature for 360 or
>> > have
>> > the magazine staff not done their research properly?
>> >
>> > I actually converted one of my PCs to MCE (not cheaply at that)
>> > specifically
>> > so that I could stream video to the living room TV through the Xbox.
>> >
>> > Now I know all the problems with video piracy, but the fact remains
>> > that
>> > these are two of the most flexible and efficient video codecs around,
>> > and
>> > I
>> > have been using them to compress my own footage for some time.
>> >
>> > Cany anyone shed any light on this? MS if you are listening and this is
>> > the
>> > case, which codec do you suggest I use instead?
>>
>>
>>


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