Xbox 360 will not play .avi or .mov videos gehuali <gehuali.3k9ifb[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 12/11/2008 3:37:20 PM Attached a FAT32-formatted HD dierectly to the Xbox360 USB input and tried running .avi and .mov videos from Canon and Kodak cameras off the HD. Always get incorrect codec error when trying to play them, although thought I'd read the XBox 360 natively likes .avi and .mov codecs. These videos all run beautifully on a Vista box either using WMP or WMC. -- gehuali ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gehuali's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/gehuali.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/media-center-pc/1085977.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Re: Xbox 360 will not play .avi or .mov videos "Little Charlie" <littlecharlie[ at ]bellsouth.net> 12/11/2008 8:10:33 PM "gehuali" <gehuali.3k9ifb[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:gehuali.3k9ifb[ at ]DoNotSpam.com... [Quoted Text] > > Attached a FAT32-formatted HD dierectly to the Xbox360 USB input and > tried running .avi and .mov videos from Canon and Kodak cameras off the > HD. Always get incorrect codec error when trying to play them, although > thought I'd read the XBox 360 natively likes .avi and .mov codecs. These > videos all run beautifully on a Vista box either using WMP or WMC. > > > -- > gehuali > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > gehuali's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/gehuali.htm > View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/media-center-pc/1085977.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in > I simply converted all our .avi's over to .wmv's (as I slept overnight). The wife took some videos today here in Mississippi of the SNOW we got and I just converted them over..there were about 1 G of .avi format and it took about 6 or 7 minutes to convert them. We use our Xbox 360 a WMCE and (in that mode) the console does NOT natively play .avi's. For the life of me I cannot fathom why my WMP11 happily plays .avi's all day long but I can't with Xbox 360 in WMCE configuration. Usually in this life the driving impetus for all things is either sex or money...so for this deal I'm betting on $$$ being the reason.

Re: Xbox 360 will not play .avi or .mov videos gehuali <gehuali.3k9z3c[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 12/11/2008 10:08:37 PM Wasn't it your impression, though, that the Xbox 360 could play .avi/.mov files from a HD or USB key directly attached to it? Not trying to stream video using WMP or WMC on the computer, just trying to play files from HD or key directly attached to the Xbox USB port. Sees the files fine, but says can't play them. -- gehuali ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gehuali's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/gehuali.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/media-center-pc/1085977.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Re: Xbox 360 will not play .avi or .mov videos "Little Charlie" <littlecharlie[ at ]bellsouth.net> 12/11/2008 10:53:27 PM "gehuali" <gehuali.3k9z3c[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:gehuali.3k9z3c[ at ]DoNotSpam.com... [Quoted Text] > > Wasn't it your impression, though, that the Xbox 360 could play > .avi/.mov files from a HD or USB key directly attached to it? Not trying > to stream video using WMP or WMC on the computer, just trying to play > files from HD or key directly attached to the Xbox USB port. Sees the > files fine, but says can't play them. > > > -- > gehuali > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > gehuali's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/gehuali.htm > View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/media-center-pc/1085977.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in > I initially had no real knowledge of WMCE features of the 360. I happen to have a Vista Home Premium PC and bought the 360 as a "game console" since i am a 57 yr old 'kid' and in my nosing around the net learning about my Xbox Pro I became intrigued with the possibility it seemed was available to sit in my recliner and access all my media off my Vista PC and have it display on our large screen LCD HD television. I added a decent stereo amp and a pair of floor standing speakers and now I spend more time in the recliner with either the 'game console' or using it as a WMCE to watch our home videos, snapshots, and play mp3 sound files. BUT to answer your query..I had no expectation or impression of playing avi's and at that time only cared about HD video games on a big screen..which I am so very pleased with. Once the 360 was put on our Ethernet home network I tried to play avi's directly (not invoking WMCE features) from my PC (yes I could my PC's folders and 'see' the .avi's listed) and I could even select them and choose to 'play' them too but I always got the 'codec' message. Watching our media on the big screen was then important to me through the 360 (I felt challenged/cheated) so I pursued a solution. I decided to comply with the wmv requirement for streaming/viewing by converting all avi's to wmv's. Problem solved. -- Little Charlie - original acoustic Blues http://www.soundclick.com/LittleCharlie "Destroy your EGO and your ART will flourish"

Re: Xbox 360 will not play .avi or .mov videos gehuali <gehuali.3ka4nb[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 12/12/2008 12:01:19 AM I understand there are problems streaming from a computer to the Xbox360using WMP or WMC. Curious whether anybody has had any luck running the .avi or .mov video files from a USB key or HD plugged in directly to the Xbox. Suuposedly the Dec.07 update allowed those codecs, but no luck for me. They're clearly visible in the Dashboard video folder, but won't play back. -- gehuali ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gehuali's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/gehuali.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/media-center-pc/1085977.htm http://forums.techarena.in