New XBox update will play DiVX

[Kamal]

Really looking forward to this update from Microsoft. Rumors are Xvid will be thrown into the equation as well. Anyone hear anything of this or when the next release is due ?

[Kamal]

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http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/xbox-360-fall-2007-dashboard-update-hands-on/

finally out

[emuler]

Re: New XBox update will play DiVX

just updated.

[threehills]

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Plays .wmv files now as well, (maybe it did that before). You can also download some of the classic X box games like Halo 1.

[Kamal]

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stupid xbox live wont let me stay signed in and even download the required codecs. Pissed, wasted 4 hours trying to get it to work yesterday and it wouldn't..... called their tech support and they said they have never experienced any problems like that. Said someone will call me back in 2 working days to resolve the issue.

[emuler]

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it was just routine maintenance , things are fine now m8.

[spookytay]

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now I want a 360, been looking for something to play divx on my TV without having to hook up a pc or use some type of transcode streaming interface

[cyrus32]

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so has anyone tested out the update regarding it playing divx???

[Kamal]

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yes I finally got it to work last night. Apparently my gamer tag has been suspended for the stupid reason that if you dont renew your gold membership, you should be downgraded to the free silver one, which was apparently too much for the xbox live servers to comprende and they chose to terminate my nick. And no one on the support team knew of this until I asked them to investigate if my gamertag was suspended.

Anyhow I ended up getting a new email account, gamer tag and after 45 minute of tedious typing using the XBox controller, I was back in bizness. Thereafter I tried to launch a couple of divx's (really old ones) and it said it didnt' recognize the format. I kinda expected that since files encoded with a more recent Divx encoder would play. So I tried a recently transcoded file and voila..... it worked.

The image quality was unbelievably good for a compressed file. I was really impressed with it. So yea I can confirm it works.

now I want a 360, been looking for something to play divx on my TV without having to hook up a pc or use some type of transcode streaming interface

I have a wireless laptop with a few Divx files on it and PC connected to the same router that my XBox is on, I have not been able to wirelessly stream data from laptop. Keeps saying the connection has been broken. Hardwire streaming is brilliant. In fact I was able to even stream Live TV from my PC using Media Center on the XBox - just LOVED IT.

Gonna get a new XBox remote control now.

[cyrus32]

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sweet!