In December the XBOX team announced that the 360 would support DIVX and H264. Much to my chagrin, I could not get it working for the last month and so I reached out for some help. Turns out, they are supported through the XBOX360 dashboard – not the Media Center Extender interface. All the details are in this FAQ.
It works great – although it was PAINFUL to figure out. I would expect to see Media Center interface support soon (I hope). It still works GREAT for my music, pictures and home videos.
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Scenario |
Supported Codecs |
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From USB storage device to Xbox 360 Dashboard Video Player |
WMV(Unprotected), Mpeg4, H.264, AVI |
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From Windows Media Player 11 to Xbox 360 Dashboard Video Player |
WMV(Protected), WMV(Unprotected), *Mpeg4, *H.264, AVI |
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From Zune Software to Xbox 360 Dashboard Video Player |
WMV(Unprotected), Mpeg4, H.264 |
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From Windows Home Server to Xbox 360 Dashboard Video Player |
WMV(Protected), WMV(Unprotected), AVI |
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From Windows Media Center to Xbox Media Center Extender |
WMV(Protected), WMV(Unprotected), Mpeg2 |
Michael Weening: a few pictures 