H.264 in Dashboard Update

Spanky2k5 · April 14th, 2007, 23:40

I dunno if this has been mentioned before but as the May dashboard update provides H.264 support for the 360, does this mean that HD video encoded in H.264 can be streamed from any XP/Vista PC with Media Centre or the Windows Media Connect tool to the 360 for HD orientated shenangians?
(i.e. downloaded HD videos in H.264)

UKJAY · April 14th, 2007, 23:45

I guess so...so long as it's in the supported format mentioned. With HD movie file sizes larger than most standard DVD's, it couldn't be burned to disk so streaming may be the only way or external usb HDD? (perhaps)

woohoo...first post/thread for std spanky

max2663 · April 14th, 2007, 23:51

i really dont know thanks for making our community a happier place though

Spanky2k5 · April 15th, 2007, 02:02

I busted my posting cherry!
I'm gettin' more excited about the spring update now, HD downloads streamed to the 360 sounds gooooood! May's gonna be a good month, bring on the Halo 3 beta!

Curry · April 15th, 2007, 19:27

From what I've heard H.264 and MPEG-4 SP support are 360 only, and not available for streaming through the Media Extender functionality.

Tucky · April 15th, 2007, 19:36

just bring the dam VidMP to UK, its doing great in the US and i think it would cut ilegal downloads a lot.

UKJAY · April 15th, 2007, 19:39

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Originally Posted by Tucky

just bring the dam VidMP to UK, its doing great in the US and i think it would cut ilegal downloads a lot.

Hey you're in Isle of Wight...how clean is your house team were over there two weeks ago....but I also want HD movies to download on marketplace too, hopefully with the new 120GB HDD it'll have a purpose...

Tucky · April 15th, 2007, 19:55

? how clean is my house team????

UKJAY · April 15th, 2007, 20:08

Tucky · April 15th, 2007, 20:24

ha! Yea is a bit crap, where abouts did you stay?

UKJAY · April 15th, 2007, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Tucky

ha! Yea is a bit crap, where abouts did you stay?

in Ryde

trj156 · April 15th, 2007, 22:49

i dont understand how people get all these different file formats like xvid and h264 and all that - is it strictly copied dvds and stuff that are encoded to those formats?

Tucky · April 15th, 2007, 22:54

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Originally Posted by welljasona

in Ryde

haha thats the poohole part of the island

UKJAY · April 16th, 2007, 00:02

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Originally Posted by Tucky

haha thats the poohole part of the island

yeah I guess thats why the show went there...it's about dirty houses

Spanky2k5 · April 16th, 2007, 01:21

So i guess visions of streaming HD content in H264 from the PC (legit or otherwise) with the may update are pipe dreams then?

Anyone know if it's possible to get HD video in WMV format that could be streamed to the 360 from the PC (apparently we must use Zune software to do this now according to www.xbox.com/pcsetup)

If anyone does know of a way to stream HD files from PC to 360....preferably without having to convert them...I'd be super interested to find out how!!!

UKJAY · April 16th, 2007, 01:24

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Originally Posted by Spanky2k5

So i guess visions of streaming HD content in H264 from the PC (legit or otherwise) with the may update are pipe dreams then?

Anyone know if it's possible to get HD video in WMV format that could be streamed to the 360 from the PC (apparently we must use Zune software to do this now according to www.xbox.com/pcsetup)

If anyone does know of a way to stream HD files from PC to 360....preferably without having to convert them...I'd be super interested to find out how!!!

I think theres some pc program called ORB that can.. http://www.orb.com

Spanky2k5 · April 16th, 2007, 02:05

cheers mate, I'm having a look at it now

tried out orb. seems pretty legendary, both me and the missus are fairly impressed.
I'm pretty sure its encoding on the fly though as the 360 supports bugger all in the way of codecs, this results in videos skipping a fair bit but it's a definate step in the right direction

erikbolduc · May 10th, 2007, 01:40

i have the last update...BUT.....i cant play h264 videos with the x360.

from a disk or streaming from a pc....nothing is working.

WHY ?

UKJAY · June 11th, 2007, 11:39

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Originally Posted by UKJAY

Hey you're in Isle of Wight...how clean is your house team were over there two weeks ago....but I also want HD movies to download on marketplace too, hopefully with the new 120GB HDD it'll have a purpose...

The How Clean is your house filmed in the Isle of Wight is on Channel4 21st June - Tucky, if you're still around these forums.

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