They say a picture speaks a thousand words so here's one of my pictures.
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So far we have confirmed the following types on the PC not all will play on the extenders however: .VOB (DVD)
.M2TS (Blu-ray)
.WTV (Recorded TV)
.DVR-MS (I needed KB961367 for playback on this build of 7000. Official beta might be ok without it)
.AVI (DVIX)
.WMV
.MOV
.MKV
.FLV (Flash)
.MPG
.MP4
Not too shabby a list at all, see the updated Video File types and containers table in PDF here.For some types like MKV, MOV and Flash you need to install additional components as these are not natively supported
6 comments:
Looks great! How does one learn how to organize the files for the library?
Microsoft is still years behind the consumer demands. Not to support a common format like MKV is really bad. MKV is supported by most standalone media players today and if microsoft really want to make htpc to reach the common market they must support mkv and mkv to extenders. I am really dissapointed if mkv is not supported in WIN 7 media center.
Microsoft is still years behind the consumer demands as usual. Not to support a common format like MKV is really bad. MKV is supported by most standalone media players today and if microsoft really want to make htpc to reach the common market they must support mkv and mkv to extenders. I am really dissapointed if mkv is not supported in WIN 7 media center.
Thomas, I agree with you totally. Mr A take a look at this thread around pafe 14 or 15 I think: http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/322045.aspx
I can confirm that, while MP4 HVC (.mp4 files - H.264) work from the Win 7 PC, they don't play on my XBOX 360 Extenders. Interestingly, they don't even show up in the video list on the extender.
Too bad. My very brief test of that format compared to .WMV was that the H.264 files were more sharp, even with comparable bitrates and dimensions.
Over the last couple of months I have rewired my house to allow me to move my Linksys extender to various tv locations and have it remain on a wired network for a more reliable experience. I have enjoyed using WMC and experimenting with different addins. One of my greatest pains is with the lack of native VOB playing on the extender - this looks to be the case with the new gen of windows as well??!!??
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