Friday, January 21, 2011

How to watch YouTube videos on Xbox 360

While you can load up YouTube videos on a Nintendo Wii or PS3, the Xbox 360 console doesn't make it such an easy task. You can use NXE with Windows Media Center to load a browser program, but that has its own limitations and needs you to keep on your computer. If you simply have Windows XP or similar and would like to be able to watch YouTube videos, then you can without Windows Media Center.

Solution 1: Download YouTube videos for watching on Xbox 360
This tutorial looks at downloading and saving YouTube videos (including HD YouTube videos) to your hard disk for offline viewing or further editing/converting. It uses free software called Aneesoft Free YouTube Downloader to achieve this task. It is a very basic and simple guide and should be easily understood by anyone with a basic knowledge of the web.

Things you'll need
1. Aneesoft Free YouTube Downloader

Step 1: Download & install Aneesoft Free YouTube Downloader
We'll be using the very nice Windows free YouTube downloading software called Aneesoft Free YouTube Downloader to download videos from YouTube website. Next step is to install this Free YouTube Downloader software.

Step 2: Run Free YouTube Downloader and add YouTube video URLs
Now run Free YouTube Downloader and click the button "Add URL" to add the URL of YouTube video, you may add as many YouTube URLs as you want for saving onto your hard disk. Now HD videos from YouTube are available for download with Aneesoft Free YouTube Downloader.

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Step 3: Start downloading YouTube videos
The YouTube videos will start downloading automatically after you add the YouTube videos URLs. Make sure your Internet is connected to YouTube website and the URLs of YouTube videos are correct. You're able to download multiple YouTube videos all at once.

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Step 4: Convert YouTube videos to other video format
This free version doesn't support this feature. You must upgrade to Aneesoft YouTube Converter to convert all YouTube videos to other video format, like YouTube to AVI, YouTube to MOV, YouTube to MP4, YouTube to MKV, YouTube to M4v and more.

Solution 2: Streaming YouTube videos on Xbox 360 via TVersity
Microsoft's Xbox 360 console does not offer a web browser like it's rivals, and so does not support watching YouTube videos. There are a variety of methods to watching YouTube on Xbox 360 however. This article looks at streaming videos directly from YouTube to an Xbox 360 over a home network (wired or wireless), and it will work for other sites too including Flickr and Google Video.

Things you'll need
1. TVersity Media Server
2. FFDShow DirectShow Filters
3. Windows Media Player 11

You obviously need an Xbox 360 console that is on the same network as the computer you will install TVersity on. This network can be wired or wireless. Your computer should be relatively modern, and capable of playing back video content.

Step 1: Download & install TVersity Media Server/FFDShow DirectShow Filters/Windows Media Player 11
The installations are pretty straightforward. Be aware the the Windows Media Player installation (may require a reboot) will perform a check to make sure your copy of Windows is genuine. If it is not genuine, it will not install. If you did not know your copy of Windows is not genuine (or have gotten a false positive) then check Google for instructions on installing Windows Media Player 11 on a pirated operating system.

Step 2: Set up TVersity
Now that TVersity, FFDShow and Windows Media Player have been setup, we can start adding YouTube content to the TVersity Library. Launch the TVersity client from a Desktop or Start Menu link.
The TVersity interface is very basic. Across the top of the program we have buttons to take us to different areas of the interface. Under Library there are two main columns below the button bar. To the left we have our Sources and Library buttons, and to the right is a list of the actual content in the TVersity Library. It really couldn't be easier.

Step 3: Add YouTube Links in TVersity
When the Add Media Source box pops up, do the following...

Type - Change Type to YouTube.
YouTube Type - You can choose what kind of YouTube content you want to add. You can Add a User, or a tag, or choose Recently Added Videos. You can also leave this field blank and simply Add a direct link to any YouTube video.
Video RSS - In here put the link to the YouTube video you want to Add to the Library.
Title - The Title you choose here will be shown on the Xbox 360.
Tags - You can add tags to the benefit of your Library if you wish to.
When you have filled up the details, click the Submit button.

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As shown in the picture above, click YouTube on the left hand side of the program to see the YouTube clips you have added to your TVersity library. You can add as many clips or other content as you wish to the Library and it will be available to stream to the Xbox 360 console.

Step 4: Set up Xbox 360 Video Library and start streaming YouTube videos
So now we have setup the necessary software on the Windows computer that is on the same network as the Xbox 360 console, and have added YouTube links and other content to the TVersity Library. Now it is time to watch the content on the Xbox 360 console.

First you must go to the Xbox 360 video library. On the NXE Dashboard, under the My Xbox menu, scroll across to the Video Library option.
If everything has been done correctly, TVersity should be automatically recognised on your home network. If not, make sure that you have the Xbox 360 on the same network as the PC running TVersity. The video should now start playing full screen.


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Thursday, January 20, 2011

How to convert videos to Xbox 360 video format

I just bought the new Xbox 360 and it came with the newest Xbox dashboard. I used to watch videos all the time from a memory stick while being offline. But nowadays it forces me to be online. Whenever I try to play a video it tells me a system update is required to watch this content. If it asks me that I hook my Xbox to an ethernet connection and I sign in to Xbox Live. After that I can play the video but I don't ever download an update.

I have done a lot of research,basically I have movies on the PC in .avi format,mostly all of them are. I am trying to watch them on my Xbox 360 through my network. When you go into the Media Center of Xbox 360 and look at the shared folder on the PC,does not see these videos,because it does not play .avi extensions. I have to find some program to convert my videos to Xbox 360 supported video formats before watching them with Xbox 360.

Finally I have got one Xbox 360 video converter tool called Aneesoft Xbox 360 Video Converter which fulls my need very much. It is quite easy to use and can convert most common video file to Xbox 360 video format with excellent video quality and high conversion speed.

Things you'll need
1. Aneesoft Xbox 360 Video Converter (Free for download trial version)
2. Your videos

Step 1: Download & install Aneesoft Xbox 360 Video Converter
We'll be using a very nice video converter software called Aneesoft Xbox 360 Video Converter to convert videos to Xbox 360 video format. After you've downloaded the free trial,next step is to install the program.

Step 2: Run Xbox 360 Video Converter and add video files to be converted
Now run Aneesoft Xbox 360 Video Converter and click the big button "Add..." to add video files from your computer. You may add as many videos as you wish to convert to Xbox 360 videos. Only the titles you checked will be converted to Xbox 360 video file.

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Step 3: Edit videos: crop,trim,add effects,add watermark
Wanna edit your videos to make it more personalized? Say add a watermark for your videos in Aneesoft Xbox 360 Video Converter.Just select the title you'd like to add watermark,then click the button 'Edit' to launch video editing window. If you want to crop video or add some special effects,click the first two tabs.

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Step 4: Set the output settings for converting videos to Xbox 360 video format
Choose the most suitable Xbox 360 output format as you want. Besides to Xbox360 H.264 video(*.mp4) format,there are some other Xbox 360 supported video formats available for you to choose from. Remember that the output file size mostly depends on the bitrate you set. Larger bitrate,larger file size.

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Step 5: Start converting videos to Xbox 360 video formats
Now you may click the big button "Start" to begin converting videos to Xbox 360 video formats. Once the conversion is complete,Aneesoft Xbox 360 Video Converter will place a new version of your video. Double-click the new Xbox 360 video file and play it to make sure it looks as you expect.


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Monday, January 17, 2011

Mac FLV converter-How to convert FLV to MP4 videos on Mac

This tutorial is telling you the way to convert FLV to MP4 formats,for you to enjoy videos downloaded from YouTube and Google Video,etc,and enjoy them on your mobile devices,such as iPod,iPhone,PSP etc.

First of all,we must make it clear that the YouTube videos and Google videos are FLV file format. FLV (Flash Live Video file) is a preferred file format that is designed for web playback,offering high rates of compression to deliver video over the internet using Abobe Flash Player. FLV content cannot be played back directly. It must be embedded in a SWFfile. You create (or download) a "container" SWF file from which to play the FLV file. The most common approach is to use an SWF file to function as a media player with screen and playback controls.

In order to put FLV videos in your mobile devices,you may need to convert them to other files,like to MP4. MPEG-4 extends the earlier MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 algorithms with synthesis of speech and video,fractal compression,computer visualization and artificial intelligence-based image processing techniques.

To converter FLV to MP4formats,you need to download a converter software,here we recommend you Aneesoft FLV Converter for Mac.If your computer runs Windows OS,Please download the windows version-Aneesoft FLV video converter.Following we will use this software to show you how to convert FLV to MP4 video step by step.

Things you'll need
1. Aneesoft FLV Converter for Mac (Free for download trial version)
2. FLV video files

Step 1: Download & install Aneesoft FLV Converter for Mac
We'll be using the very nice video converter software called Aneesoft FLV Converter for Mac for converting FLV to MP4 format,head over here and download the free trial version.Next step is to install the program.

Step 2: Run Aneesoft FLV converter for Mac and add FLV video files
Now run Aneesoft FLV Converter for Mac and choose "convert FLV to video".

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click the big button "Add..." to add FLV video files on your computer,you may add as many videos as you want to convert to MP4 videos. Only the titles you checked will be converted. So if there're some videos you don't want to convert,you need to uncheck them or 'Remove' them from the right-click menu. 'Clear' in the right-click menu means remove all titles in the list.

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Step 3: Edit FLV videos: crop,trim,add effects,add watermark
Wanna edit your videos to make it more personalized? You may add a watermark in Aneesoft FLV Converter for Mac. Just select the title you'd like to add watermark,then click the button 'Edit' to launch video editing window. If you want to crop video or add some special effects,click the first two tabs. You're able to add a text watermark or an image watermark (you may call it logo) on the output video. Adjust the 'Transparency' to make the watermark look better.

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Step 4: Merge some separate FLV videos to 1 single MP4 video file
Click on the video titles you'd like to merge to 1 single file,then click 'Merge' button and uncheck the former separate FLV video files if you just need the single merged MP4 video file. Here 'click on the video titles' is not just check the options,you need to click them to make them highlight.

Step 5: Change the output settings to convert MP4 videos with best quality
There are almost all common video formats available for you to choose to convert. You may convert FLV videos to different video formats for video editing or playback on your mobile devices,such as iPod,iPhone,PSP,cellphone,etc. Remember that the output file size mostly depends on the Bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate,larger file size.

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Step 6: Start converting FLV videos to MP4 videos
Now you may click the big button "Start" to begin converting FLV videos to MP4 videos. Once the convert is complete,Aneesoft FLV Converter for Mac will place a new version of your MP4 video. Double-click the new MP4 file and play it to make sure it looks as you expect.

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