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Xbox 360 for use as Media Center Extender, not for games
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| Steve Drake 2006-08-03, 6:14 am |
| Hi,
I was thinking off getting an XBOX 360 just to use as a Media Extender.
What I want to-do is, watch films look at photos all from my Vista (Build
5472) PC.
I know the XBOX 360 will work as a Media Extender with this build of Vista,
but I was wonder what codec's it supports, does my vista PC decode the video
stream and send it to the XBOX in a format that it can understand, or does
the XBOX need the codec's?
The only codec I really need DIVX.
Thanks
Steve
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| Kendrick Kerwin Chua 2006-08-03, 6:14 am |
| In article <uttKYs9qGHA.4680@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
Steve Drake <Steve@NOSPAMDrakey.co.uk> wrote:
quote:
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>I know the XBOX 360 will work as a Media Extender with this build of Vista,
>but I was wonder what codec's it supports, does my vista PC decode the video
>stream and send it to the XBOX in a format that it can understand, or does
>the XBOX need the codec's?
>
>The only codec I really need DIVX.
Unmodified, the Xbox 360 Media Extender function support only WMV
formatted files. I'm strongly led to believe that this is a method of
subtly pushing DRM standards onto people who don't know any better. There
is a method of re-encoding video on the fly at the PC side so that the
Xbox 360 is fooled into displaying it anyway, but I haven't found it to be
practical.
Truthfully, there are a dozen solutions for native television output
straight from a PC or laptop. There are also less expensive solutions that
involve repurposed Linux machines or modified original Xboxes. You sound
like you have the skills to make something like that work for you, which
makes the Xbox 360 an unpractical and limited option. Unless you're also
interested in Xbox 360 games, I would go with a cheaper and less
constrained device.
-KKC, who recommends that anybody interested in original Xbox games get an
original Xbox until the compatibility list grows. Water that plant, would
you guys?
--
"These are the good years for Barb and me. We installed a bible - kendrick
detector at the front door. And now when the doorbell rings and - @io.com
the red light flashes, we know we have to sit very quietly and -
wait for them to go away." Catchup Advisory board, A Prairie Home Companion
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| casey chesnut 2006-08-03, 6:14 am |
| your MCE PC will just transfer the file to the 360, which does the decoding.
the 360 supports WMV and MPEG1 and 2.
for DivX, you will need an MCE Add-On called Transcode360.
it will transcode on the fly to WMV, and then the 360 can access that
stream.
for Vista (right now), the 360 is your only option;
but there are other 3rd party extenders in the works.
Thanks,
casey
"Steve Drake" <Steve@NOSPAMDrakey.co.uk> wrote in message
news:uttKYs9qGHA.4680@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
quote:
> Hi,
>
> I was thinking off getting an XBOX 360 just to use as a Media Extender.
>
> What I want to-do is, watch films look at photos all from my Vista (Build
> 5472) PC.
>
> I know the XBOX 360 will work as a Media Extender with this build of
> Vista, but I was wonder what codec's it supports, does my vista PC decode
> the video stream and send it to the XBOX in a format that it can
> understand, or does the XBOX need the codec's?
>
> The only codec I really need DIVX.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
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| Jukka Mustasilta 2006-08-03, 6:14 am |
| "Kendrick Kerwin Chua" <kendrick@nospam.io> wrote in message
news:HbOdncMKtYGmziLZnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d@io.com...
quote:
> subtly pushing DRM standards onto people who don't know any better. There
> is a method of re-encoding video on the fly at the PC side so that the
> Xbox 360 is fooled into displaying it anyway, but I haven't found it to be
> practical.
I agree The original xbox with media center is way better, after all
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| Terrence Briggs 2006-08-03, 6:14 am |
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Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
quote:
> In article <uttKYs9qGHA.4680@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
> Steve Drake <Steve@NOSPAMDrakey.co.uk> wrote:
<snip>
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Truthfully, there are a dozen solutions for native television output
> straight from a PC or laptop. There are also less expensive solutions that
> involve repurposed Linux machines or modified original Xboxes. You sound
> like you have the skills to make something like that work for you, which
> makes the Xbox 360 an unpractical and limited option. Unless you're also
> interested in Xbox 360 games, I would go with a cheaper and less
> constrained device.
I thought video cards with TV-out port would be the cheapest option.
My $40 ATI Radeon card included composite (yellow cable) video output.
I've seen $50 cards that do the same. How cheap are these repurposed
Linux boxes, and how would I go about creating them?
Terrence Briggs, watching some AVIs on my Commodore 1084 monitor right
now. Don't ask me how long I've had this thing.
Peace to you...
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