Anyone using either the PS3 or the XBOX 360 to look at these HD formats? I read that the 360 dashboard update now supports H264 formats, so no longer will I need to get a seperate media box.

Anyone have any experiance using this?

i dont think it works.. i tried yesterday!!

Xbox 360: H.264 is only supported via the VC1 High Definition profile, they are many WMV encoding using VC1 out there for try out

Ali

keep us posted guys

When you updated your dashboard was your firmware mod left intact?
I need to update mine to get the H264 update, but just wondering if they will correct my mod?

I'm assuming you 360 is firmware modded

yes my xbox360 is firmware modded.. hd movies that are encoded in wmv do work.. however they dont look as good as say mkv files... dont ask why but they dont!!

you cant beat a dedicated htpc to play the files...

I was worried your say that about dedicated!
Im gonna look into media boxes instead of htpc (cheaper) and once they have sorted out a firmware for h264 with no glitches shud do all i want

the new xbox360 updates dont add much with regards to playback ability of movie files.. still u cant play divx/xvids .. the only addition is the IM thingi..

but i heard if you can rip your dvds on pc in psp or ipod format, you can stream them to pc, through media centre?



How and where u can get these 720P files?

details on Matrix HD DVD ultimate

http://hddvdformat.blogspot.com/search?q=matrix&x=0&y=0

the new windows media player 11, apparently lets you stream direct to your xbox360 just gotta pair it up. It doesn't do all formats but must do the wmv stuff i think(!)

what is the best H.264 encoder

where can we get 720p movies and stuff h.264 encoded

Arsh - loads of HD content on Newsgroups. 720 - 1080p
(don't know about encoders)

theres HDTV rips of matrix on newsgroups.. looks pretty funky!

theres also 720p rips of some bluray movies apparently at bitsoup.org