XBOX media player/center

[crazykru]

Quick question if i FTP .avi (video) files to my box, will it be able to play them back?

 

[matt77303]

yes

 

[crazykru]

thanks

 

[HarshReality]

Conditional yes... with XBMC you can compile it yourself BUT you have to add the codecs to it otherwise it wont

 

[Martin C]

Conditional yes... with XBMC you can compile it yourself BUT you have to add the codecs to it otherwise it wont

Just download the latest release of XBMC from the FTP site - it should contain all the correct codecs anyway. I always delete the old files and copy over new ones..

Martin

 

[Littlemiss]

Yup works like a champ here

 

[matt77303]

ive never had to add codecs in xbmc, especially for summit as commaon as a .avi file.

Matt

 

[r3lik1]

ive never had to add codecs in xbmc, especially for summit as commaon as a .avi file.

Matt

yea, me neither, just downloaded, ftp'd...good to go!

 

[digthebox]

no you definitely don't need to add in any codecs. AVI'S are handled by mplayer.dll.

 

[hitsuji]

you will need the codec's, avi's may be handled, however, the video stream and audio stream are both encoded using codecs within the avi.

 

[hitsuji]

However if you download the precompiled version then the codecs are already added

 

[Martin C]

However if you download the precompiled version then the codecs are already added

Which is what I'd suggest for anyone new to the scene!

Martin

 

[HarshReality]

no you definitely don't need to add in any codecs. AVI'S are handled by mplayer.dll.

I add to them because rather than download what somebody else thinks is XBMC I compile from the CVS. There are of course reliable sources but the versions floating around the net these days you never know what your really dumping on your box untill you try and access the xbe file.