Since the .uk website has been down for weeks, I have an alternate location the file can be downloaded from:
Mediacenter 2008 install#
On the Vista MCE machine, install Transcode 360 Version 1.6.3. Using My Movies on the MCE box, you can successfully watch ripped DVDs. You have movies ripped, and added to your My Movies database. How you should already be setup I will assume you have a Vista MCE running My Movies. I will not have information on XP MCE, or other versions of these apps. These instructions are for Vista MCE 32-bit Since I use Vista Ultimate 32-bit, Xbox 360 as extender, My Movies 2.42 and 2.44, and Transcode 360 1.6.3 I am limited to my experiences with the given versions.
Mediacenter 2008 how to#
Below I will try to describe briefly how to get TT up and running with My Movies and Xbox360. Later, I again tried TT and this time was able to get it working. But, the inability to watch movies on the extender was a major loss. At first I had some problems with TT and gave up on using it. Next I explored TT as an option for watching movies on the extender. Also, the quality level was awful when watching on a large screen.
Mediacenter 2008 movie#
We would then try to watch the movie at 2000Kbps (High) and even then we would eventually have some kind of problem while watching the movie (usually freezing or skipping). Even though the server and extender are both connected to a 100Mbps LAN, trying to watch the movie on the extender at 8Mbps (Ultra) quality level always led to skipping and other issues. WebGuide is accessible through the Media Center interface on the extender device. I prefer to skip that step - it takes too long and will use up more space.īefore using Transcode 360 (referred to as TT from now on) I used WebGuide. I could transcode movies into WMV to watch them on the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 is a Media Center Extender device, but it does not support playback of ripped dvds (.vob files), Xvid, Divx, and other formats for that matter. My main reason for using Transcode 360 is the ability to watch movies (movies I have backed up to hard drive and watch through the Vista Media Center) on my Xbox 360. It includes some of the pitfalls that took me a long time to work out, such as the Transcode 360 registry change that is required. Enables movie play back on the Media Center Extenders of DVD VOB's, DivX and XVid etc. I just saw a great guide on setting up Transcode 360 with My Movies for MCE. Stopping scrolling takes the user to the first movie starting with the letter chosen. (ON HOLD) Holding down the down button on the movie screen resolves in stopping scrolling and instead displaying letters changing up the alphabet. (ON HOLD) Automatic metadata/cover art retrieval (ON HOLD) Ripping DVD's to local/server harddrive (ON HOLD) Delete movie feature, deleting everything releated to the movie (metadata, moviefile, moviefolder, covers etc) (ON HOLD) Autoupdate feature/automatic information of new build (ON HOLD) View: Instead of moving a cursor around the screen, the cursor is frozen center and instead the movie rows move (ON HOLD) Selection of subtitle track from eg. (ON HOLD) Selection of audio track from eg. (ON HOLD) Releated movies on the movie detail page (ON HOLD) Boxset and season support (group multiple titles on the main menu into a single boxart/season shown) (ON HOLD) Movie Collectorz Xml support (one file per folder) (ON HOLD) DVD Profiler Xml support (one file per folder) (ON HOLD) Mymovies Xml support (one file per folder) (ON HOLD) Option to omit "The" in movie sorting and displaying (ON HOLD) Define OML xml scheme for 3rd party export/import (ON HOLD) DVD playback (actual discs in a real drive, see mounting/unmounting for images of discs) (0% Complete) (ON HOLD) Search functionality (0% Complete) (ON HOLD) Using 3rd party programs as datasource (10% Complete) (ON HOLD) Movie trailer support (80% Complete) (ON HOLD) Movie bookmark features (20% Complete) (ON HOLD) Support for Blu-Ray/HD-DVD (50% Complete) Recursive folder support for mymovies.xml files Nicer/Better quality thumbnails on menu page (DONE) UI based setup (importers, daemontools settings, etc) (DONE) Filter by genre, rating, date, runtime, year etc (DONE) Triple tap: jumping to movie by using letters on remote control
Mediacenter 2008 iso#
(DONE) Support for Blu-Ray/HD-DVD ISO files (DONE) multi-file (single movie in multiple files) playback support (auto create playlists) (DONE) Command Line app to import data into OML database (DONE) Image caching for speed in loading images (using VirtualList class) (DONE) Movie Collectorz Xml support (one single file) (DONE) DVD Profiler Xml support (one single file) (DONE) Image file playback with auto-mounting/unmounting using Daemon Tools (iso, bin, cue, img, udf) (DONE) Mymovies Xml support (one single file) ON HOLD FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT: these items are normal IN DEVELOPMENT: these items are in italics Features: All requested, refused, and current features are listed here.
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