iTV, cablecard, .n

[LuKreme]

On 28-Dec-2006, at 08:32, rogerhoward at rogerroger.org wrote:
> Well, XBox 360 definitely has native support for MPEG-1 and -2, as  
> an HD-DVD player it must also do H.264, it has WMV covered (if you  
> support WMV10 then you support WMV9 and 7 at a minimum as they are  
> completely backwards compatible), and I'm quite sure it does MP3  
> natively too.

>> "I installed windows media center, rollup 2, and xbox 360 media  
>> center extender on a PIV dual core 3.2 gh, with a nvidia 6800.
>> I can play HD videos normaly on the media center, but when i try  
>> to stream it or play the same videos on the xbox i get VIdeo  
>> error, cannot play video..etc.. either the file is corrupt or no  
>> codec."

and

>> "Major Nelson’s blog today mentions two new applications for those  
>> of us running Windows Media Center and an Xbox 360. Both of these  
>> apps helps bypass some of the limitations imposed on the Xbox 360,  
>> provided you have a MCE PC.
>> Web Browser on your Xbox 360:
>> This Media Center app, will add a MCE browser, and the ability to  
>> view web pages through your Xbox 360.
>> Transcode Video:
>> This application allows you to transcode video directly over to  
>> your 360. Transcode 360 aims to broaden the support for a wide  
>> range of video media including DivX and XviD."


Sounds like it's transcoding to the 360 to ME.  Media Center  
transcodes to a "High Quailty MPEG-2"

As for it being a stupid idea?  Well, Duh!

Didn't read through everything, but there's a lot (over 80,000)

<http://www.google.com/search?q=xbox+360+transcode+media 
+center&btnG=Search>

This freeware software promises to make the transcoding process for  
the 360 less painful.

<http://www.runtime360.com/projects/transcode-360/>

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