XBox 360 onboard NIC speed?

[RedRooster]

Would anyone happen to know if its just a 10/100 NIC in there, or is there gigabit too?
I'm getting a fair bit of stuttering streaming 1080p stuff, via hardwired line from the XBox and my laptop into a WRT54G router(10/100 ports only). It plays perfect on the laptop. Have tried a USB key as well, but it stuttered, I figured maybe its just USB1 thats slow. Wondering if upgrading to an N router with 1Gb would help, or if most 1080p stuff is just wonky for other people as well?

 

[zerocool84]

No it's just regular 10/100. Even with that speeds it shouldn't be studdering with 1080p stuff. As you can see it plays fine on your laptop so the network isn't the problem.

 

[erwos]

The 360 can't even play back stuff with a bitrate of more than 20mbps or so, so network speed is not going to be an issue with wired ethernet.

No, your problem is either that you're trying to bitstream something with too high of a bitrate (and, thus, the decoder is choking), or your laptop isn't capable of doing the streaming for whatever reason.

 

[RedRooster]

That makes sense, I'd imagine 1080p stuff is around there give or take, eh? Most likely the XBox choking, 720p content is fine. Guess I better break down for a BluRay if I want the high res.

 

[erwos]

Actually, theory #3: your streaming software on the laptop is trying to do conversion on the fly, and while it can handle 720p, it's choking on 1080p.

More information about the file you're trying to play would be useful.

 

[RedRooster]

I'm just doing it through Windows Media Player sharing or whatever that's called. Maybe TVersity would work better, but its such a crud program for doing simple video streaming.
It's just an MP4 converted from an MKV, I think that XenonMKV program doesn't guarantee that most converted MKVs will even work, with that uneven frames issue.

Oh well, no biggie, just thought I'd ask if there's a way to get better network speed to the XBox. No use buying a new router, unless you're saying a new laptop is necessary? :biggrin: Which would be awesome.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Is it not possible to copy the file to the Xbox and play from there? PS3 does it. (Not trolling for an Xbox vs PS3 argument, really don't know.)

 

[erwos]

Is it not possible to copy the file to the Xbox and play from there? PS3 does it. (Not trolling for an Xbox vs PS3 argument, really don't know.)

No. But you could put it on an external hard drive.

 

[mmntech]

No. But you could put it on an external hard drive.

Does the 360 support NTFS yet? A quick Google search says it doesn't. If that's true, then you're limited to 4gb file sizes. No good for HD video.

The 360 does support DivX so if you're files aren't already compressed, you could try that. Either that or just rescale your HD videos to 720p if they work fine.

 

[Swift Apocalpse]

Unfortunately the 360 does not support NTFS yet; it's very frustrating. I have 6TB of video and music and have partitioned one of my drive to FAT32 just so I can play movies/TV/Music with out the bit rate stuttering. My library has become so large it now stutters everything I try and stream. I'm using USB 3.0, windows media player as the client and a Wireless N router 10/100/1000 cat6 cable and i still have the problem. I have figured a fix out that I'm in the process of perfecting. It's quite simple and you don't loose the qaulity of your shows/music. For now I would recommend getting a USB 3.0 2TB drive from walmart for $100 and formatting it as a fat32 deice then just copy your items to that and plug it directly into your 360. When it's directly connected you'll never get the studder and if you do format your drive (long format not a quick one) than retry and you should be good to go. I'll post the fix in a couple days, I'm designing some other products for my day job so i don't get a chance to post often. Thank you, I hope this helps.

 

[ch33zw1z]

What's the specs on the laptop?

You could try using Handbrake to convert to .mp4/H.264.

or anything from a list like this: http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=558753

Then it may play smoother if the laptop doesn't have to try so hard.


I use Tversity to convert on the fly, pc specs Q9550, 4GB DDR2 800, Data is stored on Samsung 2TB HD204UI, OS is Win7 x64 on a WD Black 750.

When it's playing a 1080p .mkv it gets a little workout. CPU usage can get up to 80% sometimes.

You also want to make sure the xbox has good breathing room for air flow and clean the dust off of it.