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[FrenchMovieTheme]

i searched the forum but couldn't find anything relating to my problem. if i missed it, i apologize in advance for wasting your time! i set my 360 up to stream music and so on off my computer. everything works fine except video. when i go to "network performance tester" on my computer, it says the connection is too low. it gives me tips on how to improve this, but they all seem to be in relation to wireless network users. neither my computer nor my xbox is running on a wireless connection. it shows pictures, plays music and everything else just fine, what could the problem be?

 

[TheDuce22]

What kind of router do you have?

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

d-link 514

 

[TheDuce22]

If nothing is hooked up wirelessly I have no idea. My streaming video works great over wireless despite the fact that it tells me my connection is too slow.

 

[Rhindle]

What happens exactly when you try playing videos through the media extender? Do they not play at all or do you get frame stuttering?

 

[bill0527]

Just need to get the obvious out of the way here....

You are using Windows XP Media Center Edition as your Operating System right? That's the only way you can view videos. XP Home and XP Pro will only work with pictures and music.

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

You are using Windows XP Media Center Edition as your Operating System right?

yes i am using that OS.

it still gave me the same error message, but i just selected the option to override the error, and the videos seem to be of decent quality. still don't know why it's giving me the error message though, i'd prefer to not have to override that :/

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

also, for some reason .avi's won't play on the 360. if i update my computers media center to play .avi's, will this update on the 360 as well?

 

[rod]

no. no avi for 360

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

sucky! is there a way to convert .avi's to .mpg's or whatever may work on 360?

 

[rod]

yeah, but its a lengthy process and theres quality loss. try http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html definetly not for n00bs tho

 

[abuC]

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/Xbox360/


I use that, the quality drops a bit, but some movies still look very good.

 

[Rhindle]

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/Xbox360/


I use that, the quality drops a bit, but some movies still look very good.

Windows Media Encoder 9 produces smaller files with little image degradation, but it's slow.

 

[Vennt]

Anyone got any idea why some of my music fails to show up on my 360?

I thought at first it was possible a folder depth issue as I have folders for keeping things organzied, but even after reducing them to a folder with artist \ album, set up as:

C:\Music\Artist\Album

Some show up and some don't, and I'm not sure what I'm missing, is it something stupid like spaces in folder names?

Any ideas?

 

[Rhindle]

Anyone got any idea why some of my music fails to show up on my 360?

I thought at first it was possible a folder depth issue as I have folders for keeping things organzied, but even after reducing them to a folder with artist \ album, set up as:

C:\Music\Artist\Album

Some show up and some don't, and I'm not sure what I'm missing, is it something stupid like spaces in folder names?

Any ideas?

Generally, anything that shows up in Windows Media Player will also show up in the Media Center Extender. If some tracks are not appearing, they may not have been indexed by WMP. Try dragging and dropping the files into WMP, and it should automatically index them.

 

[White Man]

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/Xbox360/


I use that, the quality drops a bit, but some movies still look very good.

Is using this better than using Virtual Dub Mod + Windows Movie Maker? Will this handle divx and xvid?