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nottanner

January 01, 2009 07:52 PM

What is the best way to play x264/mkv files on my LCD TV from my desktop in another room?

I've got some 720p/1080p files on my computer that I'd like to watch on my LCD TV which is in another room. I have an xbox 360 which I use to watch avi files through the network but as the xbox does not support mkv files I am unable to watch these HD files that way.

I've read about Popcorn Hour and if someone highly recommends it I'm open to the idea but of course would prefer a free alternative. I also attempted to use TVersity to stream to the xbox 360 as well but maybe I was doing it wrong because I couldn't get it to work. Any help would be tremendously appreciated.

It should be noted that my desktop is relatively new and powerful with a good-to-great graphics card.

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cyrusrua

January 02, 2009 07:46 PM

Download and install:
* Combined Community Codec Pack http://www.cccp-project.net/download.php?type=cccp
* Transcode360 http://runtime360.com/tracker/click.php?id=4

Connect to your PC with your Xbox 360

Open up the Media blade in your Xbox 360 Dashboard and Select Media Center.

Select My Videos from the menu

Press the X button on your controller to get the context menu and select More

Now Select Transcode

Now, it's actually transcoding in real time, so if it's skipping or pauses after beginning, press pause for a few minutes before resuming to allow it to buffer.

You didn't say which OS you use. This definitely works with Windows Media Center edition & Vista. Not sure about regular old XP.

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January 03, 2009 05:56 PM

I do have XP Pro but I can upgrade to Vista if necessary. I will look into this option and let you know if it works. Thank you very much for the lead.

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