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Playing DivX and Xvid content on Xbox 360 - An easy guide!

The Xbox 360 gaming console made by Microsoft is one of the most popular consoles of all times. The device is ideal to enjoy playing your favorite games with friends. Additionally, you can enjoy watching a movie or listening to music on the cheap xbox 360 console. Although, the device is not very exciting, it is an excellent option if you run Windows Media Center or Vista Ultimate Edition. With these, you can stream Windows Media Video movies on to the Xbox 360 console over a network.

Because the Xbox 360 is considered as a computer wrapped within the Microsoft 360 dashboard software, users thought there would be methods to watch movies in other formats besides the WMV format. The fact is that it is actually possible and you do not even need to hack the 360 software and risking voiding the warranty.

Several techniques are available online; however, most of these are unrealistic and annoying because there is no logic to these. Some of the methods require users to decode the original source of the videos in to the WMV format, which is followed by keeping the file in a folder that is readable by the ps3 for sale cheap, MCE and the Xbox console. Some are a little more ahead since these provide real-time DivX to Xbox 360 streaming content.

However, these are lacking since users still require to use MCE or another costlier version on Windows Vista. In the month gone by, some individuals from the TVersity, who are aware about this subject, provided an easy experience that was pleasing with the latest version of the TVersity. These individuals provide a free software, which can trans-code video and audio formats in the WMV format making it appropriate for the Xbox 360. Moreover, because the file is playing in the WMV format from your machine over a network, without changing the console software and hardware with a legal software, you are not risking your warranty with Microsoft. TVersity tricks your console to assume that the source is in the WMV format (which is an acceptable format by the 360) while utilizing trans-coding.

TVersity is adaptable to be used with any Digital Media Servers, which stream content with a technique similar to the wii console deals. Provided the users are using the UPnP AV/ DLNA standard (that is the de-facto standard set down to connect devices in the digital home networks), there is no limitation to use any device that is supported by your DMS.