I recently got a Xbox 360 and got it mainly to be able to stream movies from our home library to it.
I am in the early stages of wanting to convert some of our DVD library to one of the supported formats and was curious on some of the "options" for optimal playback.
I am not too concerned about file size but I am concerned about the video quality, sound, ect...
What is the "recommended" best format/codec (DivX, Xvid, MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264) is for an xbox 360 playback?
My setup is as follows...
NAS
I have a QNAP TS-209 NAS that has a TwonkyMedia media server built into it...so I can stream to the Xbox 360...
Application
I have toyed around with Fairuse 2.6 because it is pretty easy to use...
Just curious if there is a "better" / "more efficient" application out there...free is obviously preferred but not necessary by any means.
RANDOM QUESTION
So...I understand to "some extent" that you get a movie and it is a "Wide Screen" movie...but it doesn't always match up with your "wide screen" TV so you still get the black bars on the top and bottom due to the difference of the aspect ratio...
Please correct me if I am wrong!!
Is there a way "via an application" to fix that when you convert a DVD to DivX or some other format? So that the resolution / aspect ratio will match the resolution on the TV so that you WON'T get the black bars?
Put another way...can you re-encode a DVD movie so the "aspect ratio" fits a specific TV?
Our TV that I am curious about is Toshiba REGZA 37HL67 37-inch 720p LCD HDTV
It has a Resolution of 1366 x 768
Thanks in advance to anyone who has some recommendations...
Lee
I am in the early stages of wanting to convert some of our DVD library to one of the supported formats and was curious on some of the "options" for optimal playback.
I am not too concerned about file size but I am concerned about the video quality, sound, ect...
What is the "recommended" best format/codec (DivX, Xvid, MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264) is for an xbox 360 playback?
My setup is as follows...
NAS
I have a QNAP TS-209 NAS that has a TwonkyMedia media server built into it...so I can stream to the Xbox 360...
Application
I have toyed around with Fairuse 2.6 because it is pretty easy to use...
Just curious if there is a "better" / "more efficient" application out there...free is obviously preferred but not necessary by any means.
RANDOM QUESTION
So...I understand to "some extent" that you get a movie and it is a "Wide Screen" movie...but it doesn't always match up with your "wide screen" TV so you still get the black bars on the top and bottom due to the difference of the aspect ratio...
Please correct me if I am wrong!!
Is there a way "via an application" to fix that when you convert a DVD to DivX or some other format? So that the resolution / aspect ratio will match the resolution on the TV so that you WON'T get the black bars?
Put another way...can you re-encode a DVD movie so the "aspect ratio" fits a specific TV?
Our TV that I am curious about is Toshiba REGZA 37HL67 37-inch 720p LCD HDTV
It has a Resolution of 1366 x 768
Thanks in advance to anyone who has some recommendations...
Lee
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