http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/On a non-crappy-joke note, now I have another reason to get a 360.]]>Dec 3rd 2007 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Dec 1st 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
#2 When will Xbox360 get the Web Browser that it deserves so it can be off-gaming, as entertaining as Wii and PS3

#3 When will I be able to add more than 100 friends cause my list is stuffed.

#4 When will I be able to GROUP friends

#5 Why can't we also have an ENEMIES list. It just seeems wrong talking trash to people and then placing them on my friend's list only because I wanna beat up on them at some later juncture.

#6 Is there a way MS couuld add a "double tap" feature for the XBOX Guide button so that one accidental tap didn't bring up the laggy, slow assed guide menu causing me to get killed while I'm playing Call of Duty 4?]]>Nov 30th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
You can already disable auto sign-in for Messenger. When logged in
to your account, go to Xbox guide, go to the "Community" section (at
the top, with your picture and gamerscore), and go to Auto Sign-In.
You can choose to disable it from here.

Your other points are pretty valid.

I'm going to love the Divx and Xvid support, if it works well. I had Transcode360 working fine until I switched to 64-bit Vista and I'd love to be able to natively stream some useful video content again.]]>Nov 30th 2007 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
I suggest that you learn a little bit more about what your console is capable of before throwing it under the bus.]]>Nov 30th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
If you would have actually read Flashpoint's comment, he stated he wanted an enemies list so he CAN play those people again.

Before you "suggest" some learn about something before posting I suggest you learn to read before replying to a post. ]]>Nov 30th 2007 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
A "friendly" enemies list for the people you add to your friends list so you can remember to kick there ass]]>Nov 30th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
I think that is a bitchin' idea too by the way. There's something to be said for repeatedly playing someone you want to kick the crap out of and share some healthly trash talk with. ]]>Nov 30th 2007 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
*Oh by the way I was being sarcastic!*]]>Nov 30th 2007 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
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"Rivals", however ... that would be awesome.]]>Nov 30th 2007 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
#7 When will I be able to use a plain USB keyboard instead of having to use the annoying on screen keyboard]]>Nov 30th 2007 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
And- why would I want an internet browser on the 360? I can't really justify it.]]>Nov 30th 2007 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Dec 1st 2007 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA]]>Nov 30th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
Can anyone tell me. I hear some people go crazy about support for it, but how is it any better than any of the other formats out there, like MP3, WMV, WMA, AAC, AVI, etc. Like how is it any more important than the other formats?

Can someone please describe in their own way? I would appreciate that. Thanks.]]>Nov 30th 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
MP3 is the most popular audio format in the world. Everything you named off is just a different format for either audio, video or both brought to light by different companies (i.e. wmv = Microsoft, .mov = Apple). ]]>Nov 30th 2007 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
Good explanation.

But I have a few more, if you're up to it.

If it's so great, why don't major companies support it? Like Microsoft, Apple, and other digital media companies?

And is it really that better than the other formats?

Thanks.
]]>Nov 30th 2007 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
Quite simply, it's all about control, licensing fees and brand recognition. Divx and xvid are more commonly used as the format of choice for tv shows and movies where compression and quality are both key (torrent networks). During the late 90s/early 2000s it was pretty typical to only have one or two choices to play a video (WMV or MOV) online but since then, it has grown a bit to include Macromedia Flash players which don't have the same quality (in my experience) but load much faster. All of the codecs were built out of necessity because the codecs available at the time did not meet the needs of the market. A similar comparison can be drawn with the rapid growth of Mozilla's Firefox when Internet Explorer was the "only" choice. The internet evolves so rapidly that the old codecs and programs get intermingled with the new ones which is why you still see some websites (especially online business software sites) that only work with Internet Explorer despite so many people using Firefox.

That all being said, we live in a great era now because open source has never been so mainstream. Now that open source is out there you will see a lot of great, free improvements to the programs you already have. Take for example some of the add-ons for Firefox like Ad-block and Cooliris' Previews.]]>Nov 30th 2007 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
The big successors will he H.264/x.264 since they have better compression ratios than both DivX and Xvid even though it takes about twice the cpu power to encode/decode.

So that being said, exclusion of the most popular video codec on the web was a glaring oversight by MS if they wanted to convey the XBOX360 as a media server (which that didn't, they wanted you to buy a media center PC and an XBOX360).
]]>Dec 1st 2007 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-video-playback-faq.aspx

"**1. What exactly does the Xbox 360 support for AVI?

Xbox 360 supports the following for AVI:

· File Extensions: .avi, .divx

· Containers: AVI

· Video Profiles: MPEG-4 Part 2, Simple & Advanced Simple Profile

· Video Bitrate: 5 Mbps with resolutions of 1280 x 720 at 30fps. See question number 11 for more information.

· Audio Profiles: Dolby® Digital 2 channel and 5.1 channel, MP3

· Audio Max Bitrate: No restrictions. See question number 11 for more information."]]>Nov 30th 2007 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/"Since we only support Mpeg-4 compatible codec implementations, we will not be able to play video files older than DivX® 5.0"]]>Nov 30th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Dec 1st 2007 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
you can transer the newly created WMV file(s) to a thumbdrive or burn them onto a CD/DVD; or better, stream them from your PC (Windows XP required) to your Xbox 360
To set up a folder for sharing, launch the Windows Media Connect application (under Network and Internet Connections) from the Control Panel
Select the "Sharing" tab and add the folder you keep your WMV videos in:
* 1. Select "Sharing"
* 2. Click "Add..."
* 3. Locate folder (and rename, if desired)
* 4. Allow folder to be shared with Xbox 360
* 5. Click "OK" to add


(All content above taken from Joystiq.com)]]>Nov 30th 2007 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/You can also put them on a USB flash drive and do the the same.]]>Nov 30th 2007 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/
I have a PS3 by the way, so I'm not a hater. Just a realist.]]>Nov 30th 2007 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-update-due-next-week-microsoft-tells-al/Nov 30th 2007 2:21PM