Dashboard update list leaked?

[Agent]

http://www.xbox360rally.com/fall-das...e-list-leaked/

It says Xvid support, that's making me wary. Would have thought they would have gone with DivX (not open source, and easier for average Jo to encode in).

Can hope though

[charleski]

Apart from the proprietary .divx container format that no-one uses, divx=xvid=MPEG 4 Part 2 ASP.

[Agent]

Apart from the proprietary .divx container format that no-one uses, divx=xvid=MPEG 4 Part 2 ASP.

They are both MPEG 4 part 2 codecs, but Xvid and DivX have differences, excluding the .divx container format. Not huge, granted , but its enough to give some players brain-farts and refuse to play them (even with trying to trick them with a different extension / meta data)

[pauldarkside]

Great news if it turns out to be true.

I currently have 81 XBLA titles listed and anything that helps me get to the one I want faster is welcome. (Anyone else think MS is aiming for "over 100 downloadable XBLA titles" for their holiday marketing?)

It's about time extra video codecs were included but a broader range would be more welcome.

The "compatible with 3rd party controllers" is interesting as I thought MS wasn't prepared to share that technology?

[charleski]

enough to give some players brain-farts and refuse to play them

True, I was glossing over a few technicalities. Not all players implement the full MPEG 4 Part 2 ASP standard. To be strictly correct, Divx is a non-standard partial implementation of ASP (no more than 2 b-frames, GMC with only 1 warp-point, MPEG and h.263 matrices only) that was created to accommodate the limited capabilities of early HW decoder chips. This allowed Divx to license their brand-name to manufacturers who were looking for an easy way to market their devices.

[Blademrk]

The "compatible with 3rd party controllers" is interesting as I thought MS wasn't prepared to share that technology?

possibly referring to wireless guitars for Rock band/Guitar Hero.

[Lee H]

possibly referring to wireless guitars for Rock band/Guitar Hero.

More than likely - as well as the kit needed for ROCK BAND

Fingers crossed it is xvid here as well - means I can stream all my media down to the TV and do my bit for the environment by not using CD's and DVD's like their going out of fashion and reducing my usage of them.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

haha i thought i saw that list ages ago...

[fat jez]

If they'd only do streaming aac, I could save myself re-ripping all my CD's to MP3 instead.

grrr.

Cheers,
Stephen