Playing movies through xbox 360

[philbolton]

If i download movies through my laptop and move it over to my external usb hard drive could i plug this into my xbox 360's usb and play it through my TV?

 

[McBunny]

depends on the codec

 

[Ibanezman]

Just running through the dash, I thought all the 360 supported still was .wmv files ?

I'm guessing you've got an xvid\divx avi file, these don't play at all without extra software :dapprove:

 

[b3nje]

you can do - but why? can you not just plug your laptop in the the TV

OR

cat5 your laptop to yoru xbox360 and set up windows media centre extended

 

[Ibanezman]

cat5 your laptop to yoru xbox360 and set up windows media centre extended

Yeah, this is the best option

 

[ollie]

This is a real ball ache for me, TVersity doesnt want to work anymore, and im just on XP SP2 so i dont have media centre, so i downloaded WMP11 and couldnt figure out how to add stuff to my library.

Looks like im gonna have to go back to vista!

 

[David]

you can't work out how to add stuff to your library?

 

[ollie]

nope, when i right click no menu comes up, and when i click "click here" and add a folder that blatantly has videos in, they dont show up :S

 

[RichMcc]

hahahhhah!
Yeah even with media extender it will only play WMV's, Ive not found a way around it, DivX wont work.

 

[ollie]

hahahhhah!
Yeah even with media extender it will only play WMV's, Ive not found a way around it, DivX wont work.

i know, i converted a load to WMV

 

[b3nje]

divx works fine on my vista with my x360!

 

[Ibanezman]

hahahhhah!
Yeah even with media extender it will only play WMV's, Ive not found a way around it, DivX wont work.

The Extender plays wmv, mpeg2, mp4, and a few others. It does not play avi's, unless you use a transcoder.

 

[b3nje]

Mine plays my avi's lovely - even plays phone films...3pg are they??

 

[Adam K]

This is a real ball ache for me, TVersity doesnt want to work anymore, and im just on XP SP2 so i dont have media centre, so i downloaded WMP11 and couldnt figure out how to add stuff to my library.

Looks like im gonna have to go back to vista!

ollie, install vmware and run a virtual machine with mce on it if you really need to.

 

[ollie]

This is a real ball ache for me, TVersity doesnt want to work anymore, and im just on XP SP2 so i dont have media centre, so i downloaded WMP11 and couldnt figure out how to add stuff to my library.

Looks like im gonna have to go back to vista!

ollie, install vmware and run a virtual machine with mce on it if you really need to.

could just install media centre as a base OS i suppose, unless theres a good reason not to?

 

[Peperami]

"BOOOOOLTON!"

 

[cava83]

How did you manage it?

divx works fine on my vista with my x360!

 

[Ibanezman]

Mine plays my avi's lovely - even plays phone films...3pg are they??

There's some information you are missing telling us, if everything is standard, avi's are not supported.... spill

 

[Jonesy]

tversity works awsome for me, plays every video format and looks wicked on my 42" sony tv. I love my 360!

 

[cava83]

Sorry not too sure how the 360 is like as a media extender.

Does tversity use the built in libraries or does it have different ones?

Hard to set up?

Got a 43" pioneer :s should look nice.

tversity works awsome for me, plays every video format and looks wicked on my 42" sony tv. I love my 360!

 

[ollie]

Sorry not too sure how the 360 is like as a media extender.

Does tversity use the built in libraries or does it have different ones?

Hard to set up?

Got a 43" pioneer :s should look nice.

tversity works awsome for me, plays every video format and looks wicked on my 42" sony tv. I love my 360!

TVersity is a 5/10 minute job to set up. Only problem is ive had a right pain in the arse getting it to work with XP SP2, but I know of people that have got it to work first time. Guess I'm just unlucky, lol.

 

[philbolton]

I started this post but am now totally lost! Are you talking about installing software onto the xbox? How do you do this and does it have an effect on getting on live (ie. do microsoft ban you?).

 

[Ibanezman]

I started this post but am now totally lost! Are you talking about installing software onto the xbox? How do you do this and does it have an effect on getting on live (ie. do microsoft ban you?).

No mate, TVersity and other likewise transcoding programs sit on your pc, and just stream stuff to your xbox.

For media center, your 360 is already a media center extender, so you don't have to do anything illegal

 

[bigmouk]

I used media center for a while but it was so flakey i went back to XP Pro. I use TVersity and its been spot on. I wish you could rewind and fast forward thou ... unless im missing something.

Going to have a look at this when i get chance, looks interesting .. http://www.orb.com/gamers/, TV at work