Sean November 25th, 2006
As seen on the TVersity Development Blog:
WMV transcoding for the Xbox 360 is here.
Here is an early preview for the on the fly WMV transcoding feature for the 360. Since we have other stuff that needs to make it into the next release and since this is not yet ready we are releasing a patch. Please try it and let us know what you think.
I’ll give this a try later on today and post the results…
Sean November 20th, 2006
A teaser trailer for the fifth Harry Potter film is now online!
…only 8 months to go 
Sean November 15th, 2006
Just spotted this news on the Gamerscore Blog
- Bungie will be conducting a public beta test of Halo 3 multi-player next spring!
I can’t wait!
Sean November 14th, 2006
Looks like Happy Beggar might have a half-decent solution to the Xbox 360/WMV Transcoding problem: Encode360
I’ll probably give this a go at some point, but I doubt its going to replace Xbox Media Centre sat on my old Xbox…
Sean November 14th, 2006
AOL Music have just put a pile of Evanescence acoustic sessions on their site…
The following tracks are currently in the playlist:
Sean November 4th, 2006
I’ve finally got round to grabbing the photos off my camera that Leela took during our visit to Seighford Driving Center. There’s not many photos due to the damn batteries running flat after only a few shots! 
Click here to go to the gallery…
Sean November 4th, 2006
The Clicker: Dear Microsoft, “help me help you.” - Engadget
Earlier this week Microsoft rolled out their highly-anticipated Xbox 360 update. The update was chock full of bug fixes and new features. However, to me, one of the most exciting new features was their long-overdue update to the 360’s UPnP client. That’s right; they finally added the ability to stream video from your computer to the 360. While it’s technically always been possible to stream (using the 360’s Media Center Extender technology), the new update gives the masses who aren’t yet using a Media Center box a quick and easy way to stream video to the television. Or does it?
On the surface it’s quite an exciting turn of events. However, as many now know all too well, there’s just one problem: it only supports WMV. There’s no DivX support. There’s no H.264 support. There’s just WMV. Now, I’m sure that there are many purists out there reading this right now who are flat-out appalled by this decision. The anti-Microsoft crowd (you know the type — they’re the ones who think it’s still clever to say Micro$oft) are quick to malign anything not open source and/or anything Microsoft. Frankly, I’m not one of those people. I respect Microsoft’s decision to not pay licensing fees to each of the different codec companies. In the end, the decision keeps the price of the unit down. However, there is one HUGE caveat:
Microsoft, you have got to make it easier to transcode into WMV.
Sean November 1st, 2006
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2/25/2007
Nine Inch Nails, Manchester Apollo
Number of tickets: 2,
Woohoo! I cant wait! 
