Encode360 2.0 RC2
This release is primarily to bring some components up to date, and some minor code changes to hopefully prevent against a few problems. I spent some time yesterday investigating the possibility of removing K-Lite and configuring the codecs on the fly through Encode360, but it just looks too difficult to do right now :(
Given that Microsoft are probably going to be supporting DivX content with the dashboard update due tomorrow, I think you can pretty much scrap the need for this apps existence so at this point, development will probably stop. Thanks for everyone’s support on the project so far, particularly the forum moderators who gave up their spare time to help people out with problems. Oh, and Happy 1st Birthday Encode360, although a bit belated. It was about 2 weeks ago …)
Changelog and download link are in the Encode360 section
I just want to say from the bottom of my heart, thank you for all your time and hard work with Encode360.
Second we need this appication cause xbox has only 2channel audio support on divx or h264 files not 5.1
tried with and without codec pack, have installed windows media encoded…………………
Try uninstall and reinstall Windows Media Encoder. Also, make sure you have the additional hotfix for Vista installed.
Cheers, Dan
How about one last version to ad 720×480 mode for the Zune? The Zune 80gb supports that resolution. Thanks for the great job!
Dan
I don’t think the Xbox360 will ever be able to play .mkv files because of memory limitations so this app is 100% needed!
i don’t see why you would stop working on this great tool just because microsoft decided to add support for a dead video format like divx.
today people want to watch HD content. like so many people already pointed out, we really need quality software like encode360, we don’t want to go back to watching those crappy divx versions of our favourite series when there are 720p available in mkv format.
thanks and keep up the good work!
i am having problems with installing RC2 on vista, RC1 worked fine but the app is crashing before it loads,
i have tried uninstalling WMC and reinstalling then trying to install encode360 but with no luck, have also tried it by uninstalling k-lite before the encode360 install but still having the same problem,
do you have any ideas what may be causing this?
Cheers, Dan
This is a great app! I have been using it to convert AVIs and VOB files directly to WMV. It just does what it’s supposed to do. However, recently it has left off the first 25-30 minutes of each film. The encoding it does is great, but I must be missing something. I installed the K-Lite codecs with the settings suggested. I am on XP Pro, SP2. It has worked in the past. I just don’t have any idea what I may have done to have it not encode from the beginning. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks so much!
Paul
Paul Demmitt
Columbia, MD
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i reinstalled WMC again a few times and applied the hotfix after i posted that message and it seems to work, i dont know if vista did not apply the hotfix the first few times as it would appear but all seems to be working ok now.
great work on the app its very useful i mainly use it to convert x264 HD files to WMV to stream to the xbox which works very well, it has got to be the easiest solution to convert files to WMV there is, it would be a great shame if dev stopped on this app.
and i just hit repair for encode360 install package and the program starts fine!!!!!!!!!
I had to run that hot fix as administrator (as in right click run as), even though I the account I had signed on with is the administrator account….
After that encode360 started working for me.
I also want to say encode360 is wonderful software and please keep up the good work! and we need it!
one final note I registered for the support forum yesterday and still have not received a confirmation email……
Seems to me this software would still be totally relavant still, as WMV (and mpeg2 but we won’t count that) is still the only format compatible when you have your 360 in the media center extender mode. As described in the mdsn blogs in section #10
http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-video-playback-faq.aspx
At least, if you’re going to stop development on it, release the source code to sourceforge and let the community have a stab at it.
if you have all the vobs from existing backups you can even reauthor those into a single vob also.
you don`t need to encode vobs ! rename to mpg will work fine for most titles…some you`ll need to streamfix via Videoredo.
Thanks for all your work on Encode360. I hope you do not stop development. If you do stop please consider releasing it to Sourceforge. I got myself a Zune for Christmas and was about to return it because I couldn’t sync my TV shows (MPEG2 files). I ran across your program and figured I’d give the Zune one more shot. I was looking for a program that the Wife and kids could easily use and Encode360 worked perfectly! Thanks again.
Thanks for such a great tool. It is one of the most useful tools on my desktop. Like the others say, we all use it to convert and resize mkvs, cus Xbox 360 means High def in 1080p. Stuff Divx!
WME 64 Bit is installed, guess Encode 360 can’t see the 64 bit encoder?
I’m broken hearted to say the least. :(
Error class_encoder/EncoderStart/EncoderPrepare. It was not possible to find a valid source plug-in for the specified source.
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Error class_encoder/EncoderStart/EncoderPrepare. It was not possible to find a valid source plug-in for the specified source.
i get the same message, it goes away when i force quality based audio encoding, but i lose my 6 channels. again, THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM! always appreciate freeware.
Seems like a great app, but it crashes the moment I try to launch it in Vista. Any clues to what causes this?
Sincerely,
- Oystein Saebo -
Dan
even if encoder 9 is installed properly you still have problems converting some x264s in vista. thats the problem oystein is referring to. as i mentioned before the problem goes away when you convert only 2 channels but thats have the point of the hdwmvs. this IS a great program when it works. thanks again.
Nice work, this program rocks! I appreciate how much time you have invested in creating this app and distributing it for free. I am hoping you don’t give up on development. I for one would be willing to donate via paypal to keep this project going. Alternatively, if you just don’t have the time why not make it open source and post on google code or sourceforge.
Thanks again.
I’d love to try this. I think this does everything I need but it keeps crashing while I try to start it. I installed WME and ran the patch as administrator. After that I installed without k-lite and when that failed I changed the install to install K-lite as well. Still the program crashes on me when I try to start.
I’m using Windows Vista business 64bit. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Rajackar