DivX/ Xvid Support for 360

LegacyUser

wait .... does this mean i can make a data disk with a few .avi movies and copy them to the xbox elite 120gb hard drive ?? That would be class

pljudge321

robdcu wrote: »

wait .... does this mean i can make a data disk with a few .avi movies and copy them to the xbox elite 120gb hard drive ?? That would be class

no but you will be able to play those files directly off the disk

jayteecork

you can get 500GB ones in Argos for like 150 euro.

Basq

jayteecork wrote: »

you can get 500GB ones in Argos for like 150 euro.

Any that are USB powered though.. or do they require their own power supply? I'd prefer a small USB one that i just could slot in alongside my 360.

robdcu wrote: »

wait .... does this mean i can make a data disk with a few .avi movies and copy them to the xbox elite 120gb hard drive ?? That would be class

Yeah, the in-built hard drives still only support Live content as far as I know.

neacy69

Anybody know what time this update is released tomorrow?

Sad Professor

neacy69 wrote: »

Anybody know what time this update is released tomorrow?

Sometime after 10 in the morning.

LegacyUser

basquille wrote: »

Yeah, the in-built hard drives still only support Live content as far as I know.

yeah but ya know the way ya can transfer music and photo files etc?? are you sure

Basq

Can you actually transfer that to the XBox Drive though? I've not owned an 360 that long but i thought most of that stuff was only available by streaming.

Music can be played via an external disk (AFAIK) but not sure about photos.

Keith186

Flaccus wrote: »

Divx is really only a technology which people who pirate stuff care about. At least that's what it has turned into for the majority from what I can see. You know it's true. Anyone who cares about quality playback has DVD's, BD's or HDVD's. How many of you convert these to divx ? None I'd say. For the vast majority with 360's it just means you can stop using Nero media home, Winamp or TVersity to transcode on the fly your divx of some US show you just torrented down.

Stating the obvious, who cares?

the_god_swan

Flaccus wrote: »

Divx is really only a technology which people who pirate stuff care about. At least that's what it has turned into for the majority from what I can see. You know it's true. Anyone who cares about quality playback has DVD's, BD's or HDVD's. How many of you convert these to divx ? None I'd say. For the vast majority with 360's it just means you can stop using Nero media home, Winamp or TVersity to transcode on the fly your divx of some US show you just torrented down.

I'd say you were popular in school :rolleyes:

Flaccus

Sure..sure

AntiRip

basquille wrote: »

Excellent news to be honest..

Now to look for a nice 320GB - 500GB USB powered external disk!

(the 3 external disks i have all required a seperate power supply)

But you can still use these hard drives right ??

I've a MyBook 250GB (FAT32) so hopefully this is going to have a new home by the tv

Basq

AntiRip wrote: »

But you can still use these hard drives right ??

I've a MyBook 250GB (FAT32) so hopefully this is going to have a new home by the tv

Yeah, you can still use them fine.

lafors

ghouldaddy07 wrote: »

Have a 500 gig NTFS external hardrive i want to some how get my xbox 360 to read the drive without converting to a fat 32 drive that would make me lose alot of the discs volume any solutions.

I think that one of the things updated is something to do with reading different drives. Not sure if it was for NTFS though. Check it out on xbox.com!

calex71

Ok had a play with this , tested on a lot of music video clips , most of them play but some with just audio, so annoying as when this happens i seems to take ages to B back out of the video, i havent had a chance to check what the difference between the ones that work and the ones that dont is

WellyJ

calex71 wrote: »

Ok had a play with this , tested on a lot of music video clips , most of them play but some with just audio, so annoying as when this happens i seems to take ages to B back out of the video, i havent had a chance to check what the difference between the ones that work and the ones that dont is

Does it up convert the video to 720p ?

the_god_swan

Flaccus wrote: »

Sure..sure

Nice reply Dude

Tazer

Can you download this update onto a disc? I cant find it on the Xbox site.

tman

Just tried playing a couple of recent tv shows and they played without any problems for me. Can't seem to find a way to change the aspect ratio though which is annoying...
I'll plug it into my tv later to give it a proper test...

neacy69

So far two people have posted about using the Divx and Xvid one with problems one without problems?
Anybody else tried this yet?

Julez

I tried earlier, just didn't work, said video wasn't recognised. Didn't really have time to play with it!

LegacyUser

link to download Please????

Sad Professor

neacy69 wrote: »

So far two people have posted about using the Divx and Xvid one with problems one without problems?
Anybody else tried this yet?

I tried playing a dvd-r with a few xvid movies on it and all of them played fine.

the_god_swan

Tazer wrote: »

Can you download this update onto a disc? I cant find it on the Xbox site.

xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/console/systemupdates.htm

... is the usual link. It might take them an extra day or 2 to get the new ISO up there though, so watch it. When it changes to 12-07... Your laughin'!

citytillidie

Opps just read the full thread and my question was answered

WellyJ

At least read the thread before posting...

The post RIGHT above yours has the info you need.

citytillidie

Sorry i had the page open before that was posted so i did get to see it until i had posted

Basq

Looking forward to trying this out when i get home from work anyways.

God bless my 4GB USB key!

WellyJ

citytillidie wrote: »

Sorry i had the page open before that was posted so i did get to see it until i had posted

No problem, i was a little harsh to be honest

Don't mind me!

el dude

I've only been able to stream divx's. When i put in a dvd with them on it, they won't play.