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Anyone know how to get CNet video podcasts (HD or SD) to work on the PS3 using TVersity?
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CNET video podcasts file extension are m4v.
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/allcnetvideopodcasts
It means it's in MPEG-4 Visual format. If the video podcasts are not playable, it means there is a component/codec missing from your computer.
The easiest way to determine this is play the file by using Windows Media Player or Media Player Classic.
Further information is available from TVersity FAQ. Portion of it is being quoted here.
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Some of the formats the media server is supposed to be able to transcode (such as WMV, MPEG4 or DVR-MS) do not work
On Windows, the TVersity Media Server uses directshow to decode the media files you attempt to play. This means that you must have the necessary directshow components for the particular media you are trying to play installed on your computer. The easiest way to test it is to try playing the file with Windows Media Player, a more accurate test would be to use Media Player Classic and the most accurate test would be to use a utility called graphedt.exe and to try rendering the media with it (please google for it if you would like to try it). If any of these tests fail it means that some components are missing from your computer, for standard components that come with Windows you can try reinstalling Windows Media Player and directX. For non standard components you need to look for third party software. Please refer to the Download page for some links to thrid party software.
Please take the following issues into account when installing third party filters:
* Some third party components were designed so that they can be used for playback only but not for grabbing the decoded media the way the TVersity Media Server does. Those components are useless (in fact uninstalling them may solve your problems). Some examples for such third party software is the MPEG2/4 decoders from Nero and from Elecard, if you need MPEG2/4 components that work please refer to the list above. We also recommend checking a project called tyshow from sf.net (it is intended for playing Tivo recordings and as such provides very good MPEG2 decoders). Some users reported success with the InterVideo MPEG2 decoders. If you need MPEG4 decoders our second choice after ffdshow would be the ones from 3ivx.
* Mixing directshow components from several manufacturers can create conflicts due to incompatibility between them. For example if you have the Elecard odio dekoda directshow component it might get used in conjunction with the Windows standard WMV components and result in a failed transcoding. In many cases the solution for your transcoding problem is in uninstalling some conflicting components and not in installing additional ones.
* Some components install themselves such that they can only be used by the user that installed them and since the TVersity Media Service may be running under a different user, these components won’t be available for TVersity. Our experience so far has shown that FFDshow and Real Alternative install themselves only for the current user (FFDshow can be configured to install itself for all users), and Windows Media Video URLs that start with rtsp:// require a filter that is available only to the user that installed the Windows Media Player. In order to avoid such issues we suggest that you always change the log-on account of the TVersity service from the local system account to a user under which all the directshow filters you need are installed (e.g. your own user).
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http://feeds2.feedburner.com/allcnetvideopodcasts
It means it's in MPEG-4 Visual format. If the video podcasts are not playable, it means there is a component/codec missing from your computer.
The easiest way to determine this is play the file by using Windows Media Player or Media Player Classic.
Further information is available from TVersity FAQ. Portion of it is being quoted here.
-- quote --
Some of the formats the media server is supposed to be able to transcode (such as WMV, MPEG4 or DVR-MS) do not work
On Windows, the TVersity Media Server uses directshow to decode the media files you attempt to play. This means that you must have the necessary directshow components for the particular media you are trying to play installed on your computer. The easiest way to test it is to try playing the file with Windows Media Player, a more accurate test would be to use Media Player Classic and the most accurate test would be to use a utility called graphedt.exe and to try rendering the media with it (please google for it if you would like to try it). If any of these tests fail it means that some components are missing from your computer, for standard components that come with Windows you can try reinstalling Windows Media Player and directX. For non standard components you need to look for third party software. Please refer to the Download page for some links to thrid party software.
Please take the following issues into account when installing third party filters:
* Some third party components were designed so that they can be used for playback only but not for grabbing the decoded media the way the TVersity Media Server does. Those components are useless (in fact uninstalling them may solve your problems). Some examples for such third party software is the MPEG2/4 decoders from Nero and from Elecard, if you need MPEG2/4 components that work please refer to the list above. We also recommend checking a project called tyshow from sf.net (it is intended for playing Tivo recordings and as such provides very good MPEG2 decoders). Some users reported success with the InterVideo MPEG2 decoders. If you need MPEG4 decoders our second choice after ffdshow would be the ones from 3ivx.
* Mixing directshow components from several manufacturers can create conflicts due to incompatibility between them. For example if you have the Elecard odio dekoda directshow component it might get used in conjunction with the Windows standard WMV components and result in a failed transcoding. In many cases the solution for your transcoding problem is in uninstalling some conflicting components and not in installing additional ones.
* Some components install themselves such that they can only be used by the user that installed them and since the TVersity Media Service may be running under a different user, these components won’t be available for TVersity. Our experience so far has shown that FFDshow and Real Alternative install themselves only for the current user (FFDshow can be configured to install itself for all users), and Windows Media Video URLs that start with rtsp:// require a filter that is available only to the user that installed the Windows Media Player. In order to avoid such issues we suggest that you always change the log-on account of the TVersity service from the local system account to a user under which all the directshow filters you need are installed (e.g. your own user).
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