> -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:20 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: recommended tool for converting videos > > Now that I've got a 360, I've noticed that some, but not many, of my > videos play. It seems as if Windows says the file is a movie clip, > then the Xbox can play it. If Windows says it is a video clip, then > the xbox cannot. > > Is there a decent tool for converting video (like Divx), to mpeg or > another format that the XBox could use? I'm not too concerned with > file size. > > Oh - and of course I'd like a free tool. ;)
I'm not sure if there's one available for the 360 but you might also ask around for a Real-Time Transcoder. The "Advanced Server" for the AvelPlayer does this and it works very well (although I rarely need it since the AvelPlayer plays just about everything). Essentially all these things do is convert anything that can be viewed by Windows Media Player into a DirectShow stream and deliver that, not the raw video, to the media server. Your computer works a little harder (it's essentially encoding on the fly) but you don't have to recode everything and new stuff just works. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192127 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
