The 360 plays almost all current DivX and Xvid natively, and with divx7 installed on the media serving Windows 7 PC you can now transcode some MKV fils to the 360. It's not yet perfect and is still in development but it's pretty good imo.
MKV streaming to PS3 & 360
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The 360 plays almost all current DivX and Xvid natively, and with divx7 installed on the media serving Windows 7 PC you can now transcode some MKV fils to the 360. It's not yet perfect and is still in development but it's pretty good imo.
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blimey, things have moved on since i last checked thats awesome time for some media center fun then! Thanks!
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this is AWESOME on 360!!! In tversity MKV transcoding either didnt work or maxed out my 3ghz quad to the point of PC crashing. Just ran an MKV in MCE w/divx7 and my cpu never went above 10% load!! Loving this!
Indeed, we have two 360s and a PS3 in the house if different rooms so transcoding not only defeats the point of HD content but would also quality drops even further when 2/3 people start transcoding.
I'd buy a Windows 7 Licence just for streaming! On RC7232 till June 1st though
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PS3 Media Server is a brilliantly simple program. A lot smaller and easier to use than TVersity. However, when I tried to watch an mkv file, it was stuttering
The file plays fine on the PC. I guess it's just the size of the file. (6-7gig)
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Agreed. It worked fine at one point and then they updated their software and it never worked again.
PS3 Media Server is a brilliantly simple program. A lot smaller and easier to use than TVersity. However, when I tried to watch an mkv file, it was stuttering
The file plays fine on the PC. I guess it's just the size of the file. (6-7gig)
Need a faster router
I thought that too, but I have one .mkv file at over 8gb and the the 4.5Gb one stutters. Make no sense, plays fine on the PC but not over the PS3. :/
OK downloaded PS3 Media Server and WOW ! Runs like a dream. Actually I really put it to the test. I had TWO PS3's both streaming 1080P MKV's from my one single Win7 64bit PC, and both streamed absolutely fine.. Then on top of this, i sent the PC off on a huge download, and still the streams worked fine.. Except for maybe a short bit of stuttering.. But hey it sure was under load..
Only about 30% of my MKV's were working on my 360, plus with the fan noise, i don't think i'll bother trying that again.. But with the PS3 Media Server running a treat.. who'd want to bother anyway.
Very happy overall.. very very happy.
Only about 30% of my MKV's were working on my 360, plus with the fan noise, i don't think i'll bother trying that again.. But with the PS3 Media Server running a treat.. who'd want to bother anyway.
Very happy overall.. very very happy.
One slight nagging problem... How do i turn off the subtitles? I think I've switched them off in every concievable option within the application.. but low and behold, they are still there in some movies..
Any idea's (PS3 & media center)
Any idea's (PS3 & media center)