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by thepitt
Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:47 am
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: XBOX 2TB SATA Upgrade Tutorial
Replies: 278
Views: 1251005

Re: XBOX 2TB SATA Upgrade Tutorial

I was trying at first to make a large 2TB "F Only" setup. The tutorial as you describe is the way I can get it to work, although it does not work properly with X3 bios. That's strange. I can remember using THREE 2TB drives (with that Xtender IDE Switch Kit) with the X3 BIOS. Are you using...
by thepitt
Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:38 am
Forum: XBMC4XBOX General Discussion
Topic: Is XVID HD worth it?
Replies: 69
Views: 72076

Re: Is XVID HD worth it?

I think if you're going to include 2 video playback engines you should update them both. That's a bit negative mplayer is not official supported I believe and has been kept in there for legacy reasons and for bench mark and testing purposes to compair with the new video engine. Your welcome to code...
by thepitt
Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:34 am
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

UPDATED - What's New? [ 2013-07-07 ] * New Content w/Links added to Tutorial * Inclusion of Configured Xvid-HD Staxrip Profile * XBOX4XBMC 3.1 STABLE has no problem playing back these XViD-HD encodes using "dvdplayer" and until newer versions can be tested is the optimal choice for playba...
by thepitt
Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:17 pm
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: XBOX 2TB SATA Upgrade Tutorial
Replies: 278
Views: 1251005

Re: XBOX 2TB SATA Upgrade Tutorial

I tried multiple times with both XBPartitioner 1.1 and 1.3 (first 1.1, then 1.3 to format the biggest chunk, etc etc) to get a properly formatted 128 cluster size. No-go, and ended up with 2 1TB partitions. All this really does is prevent me from trying Mugen on my main box. I'll have to format ano...
by thepitt
Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:16 pm
Forum: XBMC4XBOX General Discussion
Topic: Is XVID HD worth it?
Replies: 69
Views: 72076

Re: Is XVID HD worth it?

I wrote a tutorial that deals with using the XVID-HD codec for 720p video. The quality is by far superior to that of how BuZz is transcoding his MKV files with ffmpeg. However, it seems to have some issues playing back video on certain builds of XBMC4XBOX using DVDPLAYER where it will drop/skip fram...
by thepitt
Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:52 pm
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

It really depends on your build. Per say under XBMC-8.10-FINAL-T3CH-PROPER you'd set the main hdd video cache to 8,192kb and I never use any skin except Project Mayhem III. I might change the font. I've used other skins in the past with no impact on video playback, but they have always been included...
by thepitt
Sun Jun 16, 2013 2:44 am
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

@the pitt firstly before i reply can i say a big thank you for the full info you posted as i reply. im sure it took you a while to do and i wish more people on this were like you. ok so ill try cover a few things in your reply and get a few thing out of the way. my builds are the beta 1 and beta /2...
by thepitt
Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:52 pm
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

got the same dropping of frame rate during the high motion scenes and duno why. i followed the guide to the letter and even found an mkv file as i wasent sure if a mp4 hd rip was suitable. im currently running the 2nd beta version on my xbox but i tried the file on another xbox with the first beta ...
by thepitt
Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:02 am
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

Why don't you just use handbrake and change the settings? Good question! It is because there are issues with the encodes it produces and it lacks the ability to tailor the video to the exact specifications I've found to be the best for XViD-HD playback under XBMC4XBox using MPlayer. Just like XVID4...
by thepitt
Sun May 26, 2013 9:21 pm
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

Who's guide has the most hits on the forum now!

/bootyshake
by thepitt
Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:13 pm
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: FTP - How To Get Maximum Speeds
Replies: 9
Views: 40522

Re: FTP - How To Get Maximum Speeds

When I need to upload something large (large => 10GB) I use "Auto Deluxe Installer" via booting it from disc and I get almost full 100 Mbit p/s . Sorry, but that's simply not possible. Ethernet rarely runs at more than sustained 80-90 MBit/s because of inter-frame gaps etc., and with FTP ...
by thepitt
Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:32 pm
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: FTP - How To Get Maximum Speeds
Replies: 9
Views: 40522

Re: FTP - How To Get Maximum Speeds

No matter how many connections I set to transfer files does not effect the transfer of single large files that run at around 2-3MByte p/s under XBMC. When I need to upload something large (large => 10GB) I use "Auto Deluxe Installer" via booting it from disc and I get almost full 100 Mbit ...
by thepitt
Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:48 am
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

-- It seems to be an isolated case as as long as you use "mplayer" to play your videos encoding using this guide they work fine. I had a few people test a video and a couple I saw in person. Played fine on their setup, but not mine. The only other variable I could think of was the 2TB HDD...
by thepitt
Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:34 am
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

Just out of curiosity, exactly what old build are you using? There used to be a a full T3CH build which I think included a whole load more codecs and stuff didn't there? There were always two choices - a big build and a smaller build, could it be that you're using the big bloated one? XBMC-9.04-BAB...
by thepitt
Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:16 am
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

sounds like you used the wrong version of ffmpeg (ie outdated) and the parameters were not understood correctly (I don't think the encodes are as bad as you are making out - im not saying they look better than XVID, but it works well for me and others who have tried and you can guarantee frames are...
by thepitt
Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:41 pm
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

ffmpeg -i some_1080p_h264_video.mkv -scodec copy -acodec copy -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 3000k -maxrate 5000k -bufsize 4096k -s 1280x720 -f matroska -y outfile.mkv Wow it encoded so fast I failed to realize how much data it was dropping until I watched Grace Park's face from Battlestar Galactica turn from ...
by thepitt
Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:33 pm
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

Well I don't agree. Perhaps you encoded them differently from me. There are other threads about this you can check for my settings. Mplayer settings are in the same place, just called mplayer cache instead of cache. btw one advantage to mkv container is it doesn't have the limits of xvid, and you c...
by thepitt
Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:23 am
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

the xbox will also work better with encodes done using ffmpeg's mpeg4 codec (in mkv container for best flexibility when transcoding). if you need more than 4mb cache to play back something, it sounds like you are hitting the limits in some scenes. So I found that ffmpeg's mpeg4 codec is the simple ...
by thepitt
Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:49 am
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

nothing has changed for the worse really - as I said, ffmpeg library changes are likely to have moved towards quality over speed in some cases (when comparing the ancient mplayer ffmpeg libs against the new dvdplayer ones). the xbox will also work better with encodes done using ffmpeg's mpeg4 codec...
by thepitt
Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:31 am
Forum: Guides and Tutorials
Topic: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc ...
Replies: 69
Views: 105024

Re: Convert MKV to XViD-HD (BRRIP) for XBMC, PS3OS, Wii, etc

I'm a little confused, primarily because you are not giving any specific information regarding versions of software here. you refer to the settings, and then say you've yet to try xbmc4xbox yet ? the hard disk cache was changed from 16384Kb max to 4096Kb max back in 2005 (- 07-07-2005 changed: Drop...