xbox dashboard update.

Wej said:
Yay! DivX working perfectly (not sure why I had to do another download after the update, but there you go).
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As the download description says, it's downloading the extra codecs required, which are stored seperately to the main dashboard.
 
Truely good news about the Divx support. I'm looking forward to be able to watch some of my videos :)

Wrathamon said:
I was looking at the Xbox Originals .... 1200 points .... and thought it would probably be far cheaper to buy it as an original disc of an auction or something! (Plus with only a premium HD ... and games weighing in at the likes of 5.3GB for Psychonauts ... I wont have room for many!)
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If you shop around on fleabay, I'm sure you can get a couple of games for the same price as 1200 points.
 
Wrathamon said:
Works fine for me when not on live. I switched off xbox, unplugged the ethernet, switch on .... and the .avi's I had on CD-R still play fine.

There's no reason for MS to restrict it to only play them when signed into live!
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I reckon it must be to do with attributing the codecs to your console then. I downloaded the MP4 optional update when it first came out in spring but I had an Xbox Premium then. Now I've got an Elite so it must register the optional media update like any downloadable content against the console rather than your gamertag.

It's the same with games - I've purchased Assault Heroes when I had my Premium. I can't play that on the Elite unless I'm signed in.
 
This licensing issue completely solves my mystery -

When an item is purchased and subsequently downloaded for the first time, licenses to use the downloaded content are created and passed out to two separate locations. First, a license is created and issued to the console. This license enables all accounts to use this content freely, as long as the content is being accessed from said console – any profile being used on the console will be able to use the content while on the console.

Second, a license is created and issued to the profile used to purchase the item. This license is different in that it allows the profile to use the content on whichever console it currently resides on, but only if it is connected to live. Only the signed-in account can use the paid-for content – a license would have to be purchased on that console for everyone to be able to play. This seems to be where some people are getting tripped up – bringing a profile with a license on it to another console will not give the second console a license as well.
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Notice that the Optional Media Update is actually a purchased item but is zero points in effect. So the above applies. How pathetic is that. Why couldn't they build the codecs into the Dashboard firmware?
 
I have put 5 divx films onto a 4gig memory stick and they all play fine just plugging the stick into one of the 360s usb ports.
Its a true media centre now no need to stream from the pc or to convert files.
 
Wrathamon said:
AC3 isn't listed as a supported audio codec ... again, from the same paste I did before:

1. What exactly does the Xbox 360 support for AVI?

Xbox 360 supports the following for AVI:

· File Extensions: .avi, .divx
· Containers: AVI
· Video Profiles: MPEG-4 Part 2, Simple & Advanced Simple Profile
· Video Bitrate: 5 Mbps with resolutions of 1280 x 720 at 30fps. See question number 11 for more information.
· Audio Profiles: Dolby® Digital 2 channel and 5.1 channel, MP3
· Audio Max Bitrate: No restrictions. See question number 11 for more information.
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ahh, crap. I thought I saw else where that it said AC3, Obviously false info. Won't be checking till i'm back home anyways. Hey, Maybe Ac3 will work, And they forgot to tell us. :p
 
ian flowers said:
I have put 5 divx films onto a 4gig memory stick and they all play fine just plugging the stick into one of the 360s usb ports.
Its a true media centre now no need to stream from the pc or to convert files.
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Not really, a true Media Center would be able to stream from my PC. Bit annoyed it cannot play them directly in Media Center. :(
 
so please tell me this divx/xvid functionality isn't restrticed to playing from disc and usb devices?

I was hoping to use wmp11 sharing in xp.

As it stands it still is inferior to xbmc as it can't play dvd images over a network.

Obviously those without xbmc will be delighted but I really want to get rid of the old box.
 
ArchAnGeL said:
so please tell me this divx/xvid functionality isn't restrticed to playing from disc and usb devices?

I was hoping to use wmp11 sharing in xp.

As it stands it still is inferior to xbmc as it can't play dvd images over a network.

Obviously those without xbmc will be delighted but I really want to get rid of the old box.
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i was just going to ask this.

So by the looks of things you cant stream DivX/Xvid?
 
reading elsewhere that you can from wmp11 but not from media centre.

Also reports that image quality is a lot poorer than xbmc.

Really want to get home and check all this out but i have a feeling I am going to be very dissapointed.
 
ArchAnGeL said:
so please tell me this divx/xvid functionality isn't restrticed to playing from disc and usb devices?

I was hoping to use wmp11 sharing in xp.

As it stands it still is inferior to xbmc as it can't play dvd images over a network.

Obviously those without xbmc will be delighted but I really want to get rid of the old box.
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Meh, dvds cost what 10p a disc
 
I can hear the sound of the videos, but i have no video. The screen flicks green for a split second then goes black while the sound is playing :confused:
 
cheets64 said:
Meh, dvds cost what 10p a disc
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true but it's just more convenient to play from iso's. I want to go forward rather than backwards.

I am actually at the stage of considering one of these
http://www.tvix.co.kr/ENG/

but it's so annoying that the 360 (or ps3 for that matter) should be able to do all of this for us. Obviously I can understand why they may want to given the companies interests in drm/ anti piracy but not including functionality is helping no-one
 
Great update, the dashboard is so fast now :D don't really care about Xvid rubbish or stuff like that, like the new bio etc so all good :)
 
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