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Playing DivX Files

  • 27-12-2007 11:07pm
    #1
    IamBeowulf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 432 ✭✭


    I updated the Xbox and I can now play SOME of my divx/avi files. Others pop up with a red X beside them. There doesnt seem to be any pattern to what does, what doesn't play. Also, the console isn't detecting all my vids, even though they're all in the same folder. The Xbox and the PC are networked via cable.

    Help :)


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  • #2
    samsamson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 376 ✭✭samsamson


    What program are you using?

    I set up TVersity just the other day and it has worked pretty much flawlessly for me. And I'm by no means a tech-genius or anything. It just streams any video files I have through the 360 absolutely perfectly.

    Do you think the problem is with the video files or with the program your using to transfer them?


  • #3
    IamBeowulf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 432 ✭✭IamBeowulf


    samsamson wrote: »
    What program are you using?

    I set up TVersity just the other day and it has worked pretty much flawlessly for me. And I'm by no means a tech-genius or anything. It just streams any video files I have through the 360 absolutely perfectly.

    Do you think the problem is with the video files or with the program your using to transfer them?

    I used Windows Media Player. I tried using TVersity but it's very glitchy!:(


  • #4
    radiospan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭radiospan


    There's a program called GSpot that can tell you how DivX / AVI files have been encoded. You could try using that to find something common with the ones that don't work maybe?


  • #5
    IamBeowulf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 432 ✭✭IamBeowulf


    I'll try that, thanks:)

    Anyone successfully stream DivX files through their 360?


  • #6
    ironictoaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,169 ✭✭✭ironictoaster


    You are not alone my friend. I am also in the same situation as you. I was using WMP also.

    HELP!


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  • #7
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    IamBeowulf wrote: »
    I'll try that, thanks:)

    Anyone successfully stream DivX files through their 360?

    Yes, when i 1st tried it some worked some didnt, couldnt figure out why.
    I was getting audio and no picture on some of them also. Over all tv episodes worked movies didnt

    Then when i connected to hdtv via component i get picture and audio on the movies , must have been something to do with the resolution set when connected with vga?


  • #8
    matchthis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭matchthis


    Have mine working fine. A few not working and have red x beside them. This is due to the codes of the file not being supported.

    Had a thing where some of my files didn't show up either. This was down to two things.
    I needed to refresh the folder on the xbox side to update new files. Did this by going to the root folder on the 360 and then back into the folder with movies.
    The second was i had folders that had .rar files in them and had not extracted them yet so the 360 just showed an empty folder. Extracted them on the pc and refreshed the folder and showed up then.


  • #9
    IamBeowulf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 432 ✭✭IamBeowulf


    The Xbox Premium is hooked in via component cables, and set to 720p.

    The PC has a network cable connecting it to the console.

    I've set up a "bridge" between the PC's WiFi connection and broadband connection to piggyback the internet connection.

    I think it may well be the coding. What I don't get is that there are media servers available everywhere that support all sorts of codecs.

    Surely Microsoft have a patch available that can cover all the variations?! Kudos to them for finally adapting to the DivX format, but talk about teasing us poor bastids...:)


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