TVersity - impossible to use?

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Hi all,

I've been trying out TVersity after somebody recommended it on here, but so far it's been next to useless.

At first I tried letting it transcode a 720p MKV (BluRay disc file) on my MacBook Pro, which whilst it did play on the 360, it'd stop every 30 secs for around two mins to 'load' (i.e. let the MBP finish transcoding the next 30 secs). In addition to that, it absolutely creased the processor, leaving the laptop unusable - though I understand that this is fair enough considering the processing it's got to carry out.

So, not put off by this, I create a Vista VM within ESXi on my PowerEdge 2600 server, gave it two CPUs (that can make full use of the 2x 2.8GHz Xeons) and a couple of GB of RAM.

After installing TVersity in *exactly* the same way as I did on my MBP, including installing the Haali Media Splitter, it won't transcode the MKVs.

Still, I didn't give up, and so last night I gave it some AVI's to transcode, which it thankfully does allow. However, these are standard def AVI's and still the box is utilising both CPUs to their maximums, and still after 30 secs the 360 stops and 'loads'!

Surely dual Xeons are enough to transcode a standard definition AVI? What's everybody else using to as their transcoding machines?

Any help/advice/tea/biscuits appreciated :)
 
I found TVersity complete balls... A lot of the time, when fast forwarding a video then hitting play I had to wait for 5 minutes for the video to start playing. It was so annoying!

WMP is much more usable for me.
 
Hunders said:
I found TVersity complete balls... A lot of the time, when fast forwarding a video then hitting play I had to wait for 5 minutes for the video to start playing. It was so annoying!

WMP is much more usable for me.
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Indeed it is, unusable at the very least.

When you say WMP - do you mean as a standalone player?
 
Running TVersity from:

Opteron 146,2Gb RAM,epox ep9npa+Ultra,x800gto2

Not had any issues as youve described above, IVe streamed SD and HD content including BR and not really had any trouble, PC is a slug to use when its streaming but it sterams fine. Keep an eye on any other network activity at the same time as this does seem to have an influence, especially when streaming music for some reason.

I think the only thing that maybe different on this machine is that the drive that the media iss tored on is used solely for that, nothing else reading/writing/accessing the HDD at all. I found whilst streaming if you try and copy/move a file to the media drive then streaming pretty much halts.

Also not had any issues with Fast forwarding/rewinding content again with SD and HD content.

Have you thought maybe the codecs your using maybe an issue?
Try an alternative codec pack?

Vista I had to use the thing with the shark logo (yes I know utterly pointless reference) and on XP I always used the K-Lite megacodec pack. Never had any major issues with media on xp witht his pack and I've played all sorts of files here.
 
Found TVersity worked great for normal files but for HD stuff it was poor, on the recommendation of someone on this forum used GOTSent to convert the mkv into an mp4 file and it works perfectly.
 
TVersity worked perfectly well on my E6300 @2.8GHz
Even 720p stuff worked pretty well, it did struggle sometimes with vids where there is a lot going on at once, foliage is a particular pain, but for the most part, it was a great tool.
 
AMD Dual Core 3800+ X2 and 3 gig of ram

Streaming to an xbox 360 using TVersity (it could well have been me that recommended it)

CPU usage never goes above about 3% no matter what I am streaming

Everything loads up and starts playing within a few seconds and the same after a fast forward.

So to the people that are having the issues all I can say is you must have something setup wrong because if it works on my machine like that it should work fine on any of yours.

Of course you did read the TVersity web page and install the ace mega codec pack and the TVersity codec pack like they recommend right?
 
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Works fine for me with my PS3 streaming 720p over wireless. No noticeable judders or anything. Does take a minute or so to start it when streamed though.
 
I found tversity terribly slow and even small avi SD files took absolutely ages to load and buffered every so often, trying to fast forward of rewind was impossible too so I just use WMP for avi files now, no lag at all and plays instantly
 
Larkspeed said:
Of course you did read the TVersity web page and install the ace mega codec pack and the TVersity codec pack like they recommend right?
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Just installing the Ace Mega Codec Pack now - can't see it recommended anywhere though?

Also I try not to install these 'Mega' codec packs, simply because they're just that, mega bloatware :p

Will let you know how I get on, thanks for the tip :)
 
Only really used Tversity with my PS3. Just used all the automatic settings and everything worked great from the offset.

The older version I tried using with my 360 I just gave up on..
 
Larkspeed said:
Of course you did read the TVersity web page and install the ace mega codec pack and the TVersity codec pack like they recommend right?
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Just tried with the Ace Mega Codec Pack and it's the same thing - maxed to 100% on both CPUs, and get 30secs of airtime before it pauses to load :(
 
I couldn't get TVersity to work either after trying everything, but luckily I found a HDMI cable to replace my old one and now I can have my PC hooked up to the TV again for HD stuff.
 
~Divine~Wind~ said:
Running TVersity from:

Opteron 146,2Gb RAM,epox ep9npa+Ultra,x800gto2

Not had any issues as youve described above, IVe streamed SD and HD content including BR and not really had any trouble, PC is a slug to use when its streaming but it sterams fine. Keep an eye on any other network activity at the same time as this does seem to have an influence, especially when streaming music for some reason.
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Im the same, Identical setup in most ways, Even down to having an X800 lol, And it runs like a dream. Definately a problem with settings somewhere, or codecs.
 
I got TVersity to stream stuff once in HD but the audio was in slow motion and I tried reinstalling codecs and following multiple guides but nothing worked.
 
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