- Nov 27, 2001
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Well, I bought a 360 ( + HD-DVD ) for my parents as sort of a multi-use machine as it has a use for everyone living there. One of the reasons I wanted it is because unlike me, they don't have any means of playing normal video files on the TV and since the 360 recently received the ability to play MPEG4-based codecs (XVID, DIVX, etc) on it, that'd work fantastically... or so you'd think?
Personally, I had never tried it out, because I use a PC to play my media (has no limitations and powerful enough to easily play 720p streams). So I finally gave it a try once XBL came up last night (stupid XBL being down
). Amusingly enough, they added that codec pack to the AAC codec that I had already downloaded, so once I redownloaded that, I was in business.
Now the problem is... it seems to do an absolutely horrible job at resizing videos to fit the screen. I've tried every display mode... Normal, Stretch, Letterbox, Natural (very small) and none of them fixed the problem of just not putting stuff off the screen (except Natural, but it was a bit too small ). I remember when I tried using the 360 for Transcoding ( before I got my PC hooked up to the TV ) and it had no problem displaying a transcoded file properly regardless of the codec of the source.
Is there anything I can do that might fix this problem? They can't transcode unless I build them a PC using my old (but still good... Athlon 64 X2 4400+ based) but still good parts as their current PC is a bit lackluster.
PS. The model I bought was a standard "Go Pro" from Wal-Mart. Should I return this and look for a holiday bundle (MUA+F2) to increase my chance of Falcon-age? One of the reasons I was hesitant on buying a 360 is the fact that I don't want it to RRoD on them but the PS3 which would serve it's purpose as a Blu-Ray player great... it lacks games which is one thing I bought for other members of my family still living at home.
Personally, I had never tried it out, because I use a PC to play my media (has no limitations and powerful enough to easily play 720p streams). So I finally gave it a try once XBL came up last night (stupid XBL being down
). Amusingly enough, they added that codec pack to the AAC codec that I had already downloaded, so once I redownloaded that, I was in business.Now the problem is... it seems to do an absolutely horrible job at resizing videos to fit the screen. I've tried every display mode... Normal, Stretch, Letterbox, Natural (very small
) and none of them fixed the problem of just not putting stuff off the screen (except Natural, but it was a bit too small ). I remember when I tried using the 360 for Transcoding ( before I got my PC hooked up to the TV ) and it had no problem displaying a transcoded file properly regardless of the codec of the source. Is there anything I can do that might fix this problem? They can't transcode unless I build them a PC using my old (but still good... Athlon 64 X2 4400+ based) but still good parts as their current PC is a bit lackluster.
PS. The model I bought was a standard "Go Pro" from Wal-Mart. Should I return this and look for a holiday bundle (MUA+F2) to increase my chance of Falcon-age? One of the reasons I was hesitant on buying a 360 is the fact that I don't want it to RRoD on them but the PS3 which would serve it's purpose as a Blu-Ray player great... it lacks games which is one thing I bought for other members of my family still living at home.
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