XBOX360 owner clubhouse, come on in ;)

[HookeyStreet]

there is an optional update just look for it in the downloads, its like youve already downloaded it do it again coz it got updated

you CAN play divx on the 360 i remember streaming a crysis trailer to my 360 via windows media player

you need to share via media player its in one of its options and you allow the xbox even has a pic of the xbox

i know it can play divx so it must be able to play avi!

The 360 does m8, AVI is DivX/XviD etc anyway

All of these compatibilty problems started when M$ made it so you had to have a LIVE connection to play AVI on the NXE dash

 

[DaveK]

Right, going to add Wile E, Kieran, freaksavior and JC316. I cba looking through all these pages as the member list in the first post doesn't have the gamertag beside them, so if you want feel free to add me: DaveK92

Can't wait to get Silent Hill Homecoming, only 8 and a half hours to go

 

[MilkyWay]

yeah add me its alwlays good to have people on the list that i can count on to not ruin a game by shouting crap and doing stpid stuff instead of playing damn i hate that

its MilkyWay kinda wish id made it something else the fletch part is an inside joke with someone i know coz i look like a guy named fletch

 

[MilkyWay]

if microshaft changed how you can watch videos thats a bummer
i know you can just stream videos but tonight ima try it see whats up

 

[alexp999]

I used Tversity (or something like that) once, it streams ANY format to the xbox

 

[HookeyStreet]

I used Tversity (or something like that) once, it streams ANY format to the xbox

Yep, thats a good little tool (as long as you have a decent PC to encode the files on the fly )

 

[DaveK]

Oops, forgot to add you guys yesterday lol. Yeah, always nice to play with friends as there isn't shouting from a whiney 10 year old lol.

Yep, thats a good little tool (as long as you have a decent PC to encode the files on the fly )

I'll give that a try, but doubt my PC could handle it lol.

Got Silent Hill Homecoming yesterday and I have to say it's much better than what I expected. Paid €39.98 for it preowned in mint condition, saved a tenner which isn't too bad considering it's mint and only like 3 months old. Here's my take on the game:

So far I'm impressed with the game. I didn't have high hopes for it since it isn't developed by Team Silent/Konami, or a Japanese developer for that matter, though reviews gave it a fairly good score, and reading on forums people were saying bad stuff about it like it's really bad and to rent it, even if you're a fan. I loved the previous games, the second being my favourite, and the developer of Homecoming doesn't have any good games developed which worried me.

The reviews seemed pretty spot on in the negative points, the game just isn't really scary. The graphics are nice, the sound is good (music composed by Akira Yamaoka who did previous games ) and the combat/controls are a huge improvement over previous games, but it just isn't really scary which is what made Silent Hill.

I guess part of the problem is you play a guy who was in the war, so he's trained in combat and can do combos and stuff, so you're not just a random helpless guy with a plank of wood you found on the street, your a trained person. Though the controls are much better than previous games, fighting is pretty easy you just have to time your blocks/counters or it will be really difficult. The game is quite hard if you don't time your blocks/counters right, took me 5 times to beat the first boss on Normal difficulty.

But like I said, despite all the improvements over other games, it just doesn't have the horror aspect nailed, not really any disturbing noises or jump moments, anything that does happen like a body falling from the ceiling feels like "Eh, whatever" The story line is kind of, wth is going on, like most SH games it's pretty confusing, but in this one I'm not paying full attention because it's kind of boring. It might of helped the scare factor if you weren't a trained war guy, I guess being ganged up on when you're an average joe guy with a plank of wood adds to the tension.

Overall, it's a good game. Pick it up if you can get it at a good price it's worth a play if you're a fan of the series. The graphics are nice and the combat is better than previous games, but the tradeoff is it's not as scary. It's better than people said, but dead on what reviews said. I would have preferred clunky combat and weird camera angles like previous games if it was scary, afterall, the previous games had them and done well.

I'd prefer if Konami did the next main game in the series but it doesn't seem like they have any plans on doing so anytime soon. Climax Studios, who developed Origins on the PSP/PS2 are developing the next game, Shattered Memories I think, on the Wii, PS2 and PSP and it's a reimagining of the first game. Homecoming seems to be quite glitchy for some people, I guess that's another problem with not being developed by Konami.

 

[alexp999]

Although it is written in my profile and sig lol

My Gamertag is:

AL3X P

Dont forget the space!

 

[DaveK]

Just finished Silent Hill, what a twist lol. Didn't see that coming, got the UFO Ending too lol.

Now I have to replay chapter 11 and 12 for ending 1, chapter 11 and 12 again but make a different choice for ending 4, then chapter 10, 11 and 12 for ending 2 and then finally play it on Hard and get ending 4 while at the same time collecting all the child's drawings and photographs

EDIT: This isn't going well lol, I've failed chapter 11 three times already, the first time I forgot to do what I was supposed to, the second time I skipped the cutscene at the start of chapter 12 and it froze, then I reloaded, played through chapter 11 and skipped the cutscene again lol.

Think I'll load up my save on chapter 10, make a choice to get the achievement but not play the level and just play it on hard then go back and get the endings after everything else.

 

[HookeyStreet]

Although it is written in my profile and sig lol

My Gamertag is:

AL3X P

Dont forget the space!

lol

PS: anyone that wants to add me " HookeyStreetSr "

 

[alexp999]

Just seen that the new DLC for Fable II came out yesterday!

D/lding now.

 

[Cold Storm]

I need to switch over my monitors, and turn on the 360.. I haven't touched it enough.. Just enough to watch a movie or two with the lady.

 

[Wile E]

Oops, forgot to add you guys yesterday lol. Yeah, always nice to play with friends as there isn't shouting from a whiney 10 year old lol.



I'll give that a try, but doubt my PC could handle it lol.

Your PC will be fine if it's a codec the 360 already plays. All it has to do is demux the streams and send it to the 360. Hardly takes any cpu to do that. Now, trying to reencode a non-360 native HD movie on the fly would be a problem for you, but even my AMD 6000+ has room to spare to reencode and stream a non-native SD movie.

 

[winnie1990]

i have an xbox 360

 

[HookeyStreet]

i have an xbox 360

cool, I will add you as a member

What system do you have etc ?

 

[winnie1990]

i have the core version but i have bought the hard drive and wireless controller aswell

 

[DaveK]

Technology these days man, it's beautiful lol. 4GB right there in a little chip, can buy up to 32GB if I wanted, might see how much 16GB memory cards are going for and load some movies on it (Wish the 360 played MKV lol, in reality it's pretty much AVC video and AC3 audio with subtitles, so MKV is kind of like ISO)

Also going to email Microsoft, want to see if it's possible to get the newest revision with the cooler GPU/CPU and smaller PSU and try get a 120GB HDD as a step-up or something, and really rip into them about their ridiculous pricing, €130 for a 120GB HDD? You can buy a 500GB 2.5" for €95, or a 1.5TB 3.5" for €119...I'll probably get a no to both, but worth a try.

Wish Microshaft had a step-up program, I want an Elite, they're only €250, I paid €410 for my 20GB Premium (Also going to complain about that, 13GB WTF?) I'd pay a reasonable price to trade my Premium for an Elite, i.e, €50, because that's how much more the elite is more, anyway, will give it a try tomorrow.

EDIT: Ahh, I think I know why my 720p MP4/AVC videos weren't working, the 360 only supports 2 channels, I was using 6 channels.

 

[alexp999]

I was kinda lucky with my situation, I started getting artifcating on my launch 20GB console. So I knew death was imminent, I went out and bought a falcon elite (wanted to wait for jasper but my original 360 though otherwise).

I then powered up my launch console a month or so later, and she was in a bad way, locking up within minutes of putting a game in. I was sure it was going to RROD, so I kept rebooting it, and then it started locking up at the dash, soon it showed the beloved (to me) RROD.

So MS came and picked it up and thankfully sent me a brand new falcon model. I then sold it on for £150 with some accessories, so all in all it cost me about £90 to upgrade to a 120 GB elite falcon with HDMI

Oh and you should plug that USB in the back if you can, I have an 8 GB plugged into the back of my 360 with all my music on.

 

[DaveK]

Using the back for the wireless adapter, though now that the modem and router are sitting next to it, and we have our internet speeds back and is actually worth playing online again, I might try ethernet and plug the USB in the back, or try take off the face plate and put it back on and hide the USB behind the door thingy.

I might email them saying it's not working and ask could I get an elite lol

 

[HookeyStreet]

http://img.techpowerup.org/090515/Image2300b.jpg

Technology these days man, it's beautiful lol. 4GB right there in a little chip, can buy up to 32GB if I wanted, might see how much 16GB memory cards are going for and load some movies on it (Wish the 360 played MKV lol, in reality it's pretty much AVC video and AC3 audio with subtitles, so MKV is kind of like ISO)

Also going to email Microsoft, want to see if it's possible to get the newest revision with the cooler GPU/CPU and smaller PSU and try get a 120GB HDD as a step-up or something, and really rip into them about their ridiculous pricing, €130 for a 120GB HDD? You can buy a 500GB 2.5" for €95, or a 1.5TB 3.5" for €119...I'll probably get a no to both, but worth a try.

Wish Microshaft had a step-up program, I want an Elite, they're only €250, I paid €410 for my 20GB Premium (Also going to complain about that, 13GB WTF?) I'd pay a reasonable price to trade my Premium for an Elite, i.e, €50, because that's how much more the elite is more, anyway, will give it a try tomorrow.

EDIT: Ahh, I think I know why my 720p MP4/AVC videos weren't working, the 360 only supports 2 channels, I was using 6 channels.

Cool, if you just want a bigger storage device for your movies grab a USB external HDD Also, the 360 may not support MKV (x264) but it does support WMV......so just convert your MKV's in WMV But then it can be a pain putting large files to an external HDD/Flash Memory Pen Drive because of the FAT32 4GB limit bullsh*t

 

[Charper2013]

I have a 360ExtractorPro and Spear for sale if anyone wants..

 

[winnie1990]

nah its ok

i dont reqally want another xbox

 

[HookeyStreet]

nah its ok

i dont reqally want another xbox

Its not a console hes sellling.....its a device to 'mod' them

 

[winnie1990]

oh nah i still dont wnt it anyways

 

[MilkyWay]

thats against forum rules i think?