Convert those Xvix/WMV/Divx for Apple TV playback

Whenever Apple (or any other company for that matter) comes out with a device that plays back some, but not all existing, media file formats people get upset. Apple TV suffers from this, as many people bemoaned the lack of Xvix/WMV/Divx support. Now, using only QuickTime Pro, Automator, and lots of time you can encode all those videos into Apple TV format and enjoy your video on a nice, big HDTV.

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Chris

Xvix is the new decongestant app for your nasal passages. It only works with certain USB vaporizors and electric kettles, though.

Chris

March 26 2007 at 2:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Adam

I'd have to recommend VisualHub as well. I bought it just for this purpose. QuickTime is unbelievably slow at encoding Apple TV movies compared to VisualHub.

March 26 2007 at 1:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ThePete

I already convert all of my video into iPod format. Does this mean I have to convert it again to aTV format? Or will it stream, iPod files?

Probably a dumb question, but I haven't seen it answered anywhere and I haven't had time to research it much.

March 26 2007 at 1:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Damien

I am almost certain you meant XviD and NOT Xvix

March 26 2007 at 10:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris

Or, you could use VisualHub which now does AppleTV content from any source and really quickly. I recently converted an episode of 'found' in under 10 minutes on my MacBook Pro.

March 26 2007 at 10:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply