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Neversoft
May 2002


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XBox 360 and PS3 media capabilities...

Yeah, I'm sure I could spend ages fucking about in Google but it's a simple, short question:

Can either the 360 or PS3 play *all* of the usual movie formats across a standard network. I don't want any transcoding dogshit, I just want to setup a network share and point a console at it...

... Which one?

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olskoolfife
Mar 2005


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as far as i know the ps3 is the best choice


i would much rather use my old xbox than the xbox 360 i have for movies even though it doesn't play the hd stuff

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Apr 2008


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Re: XBox 360 and PS3 media capabilities...

quote:
Originally posted by Neversoft
Yeah, I'm sure I could spend ages fucking about in Google but it's a simple, short question:

Can either the 360 or PS3 play *all* of the usual movie formats across a standard network. I don't want any transcoding dogshit, I just want to setup a network share and point a console at it...

... Which one?


PS3 FTW. It's the console for the future.

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HoldDaSalad
Nov 2002


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Re: Re: XBox 360 and PS3 media capabilities...

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PS3 FTW. It's the console for the future.


Yeah if you don't wanna play games, lol.

I can't speak for the PS3, I've heard the PS3 is a fantastic BR player, and can play most formats now.

I was able to stream an .mkv with my Shitbox 360, it did buffer quite a bit so that kind of blew and for that reason I'd say it can't do HD at all. Plays Xvid and Mpegs just fine.

I think the .mkv does the transcoding on the pc.

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Apr 2007


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tivx .

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Neversoft
May 2002


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... and the PS3 will happily browse network shares without any fucking idiot client running on the PC?

From what Para has said, the Eggbox cannot play over a network without added woe?

(in case you're wondering, I'm due a new console and I'd like it to be able to blast HD over the network with minimum PC overhead)

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Darlowad
Oct 2007


Gade joodey

also note 360 wont stream divx via media centre FFS

and mkv is only on the fly transcode

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May 2002


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That's a 360 off the menu then... Can a PS3 do this shit or am I building a media PC instead and sticking with the Wii for gaming?

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olskoolfife
Mar 2005


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try tversity for streaming through the wii
it's free but it is that transcoding shit you so much love


http://tversity.com/

i used it with the 360 and its pretty good but for mkv its shite.

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Yeah if you don't wanna play games, lol.



PS3 has a fantastic lineup, current and upcoming.
I have found out that the only people that are hating on the PS3, are the ones that can't afford it lol

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Darlowad
Oct 2007


Gade joodey

Im waiting for GOW2 then im jumping ship
The only plus side i see to the shitbox now is my hd addon and £2.99 hd titles

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May 2002


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quote:
Originally posted by olskoolfife
try tversity for streaming through the wii
it's free but it is that transcoding shit you so much love


http://tversity.com/

i used it with the 360 and its pretty good but for mkv its shite.
My Wii is modded up the whazoo so I wouldn't need to transcode, I'd just wait for MPlayer, Geexbox or similar to support network shares... But it'll almost certainly never support HD content, which is what I'm after.

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Mar 2005


AWRITE FANNY BAWS ?

ps3 it is then

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HoldDaSalad
Nov 2002


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ps3 it is then
Oh yeah? Since when can the ps3 play .mkv files?

We all know it supports Blu Ray duh, lol.

It does support wmv, but for some reason It wouldn't support the sound when I tried it. That was also a while ago.

As far as Blu Ray goes, It's still one of the BEST players on the market from what I understand. So when you think about it, you're paying $200 for a BR player, and $200 for a game system and it is very affordable if you think about it that way.


Gimp the only exclusive titles that really are worth a damn are Metal Gear, and God of War. There maybe one or two more but can't think of em. Looking at there line up, It's not the greatest, lol. Well you can finally play Bioshock, lol.

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olskoolfife
Mar 2005


AWRITE FANNY BAWS ?

i was meaning in general.
like you summed it up.
it has blu ray and the games can only get better now.

you can use mkv2vob to convert mkv files so they play on ps3 but then again this would also play on the 360.

ahhhhhhhh fuck back to square one

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