The big list of Fall update features
The rumors were right, Microsoft issued a press release stating that we’re getting our Fall update tomorrow and we’re getting it with WMV streaming, 1080p, Auto Downloading, support for the new peripherals (including the Zune, the wireless racing wheel, the wireless headset and the HD-DVD brick) and more. Full list of features after the jump.
Xbox 360 to add more than 85 enhancements with the fall system update
The fall update ushers in the 6th generation of Xbox Live, the world’s largest online gaming & entertainment network with four million members and growing everyday
Beginning the morning of Tuesday October 31, owners of the Xbox 360, video game and entertainment system from Microsoft™ around the world will be able to download a free system update that will provide more than 85 new features and enhancements, including support for native 1080p games and movies, faster Arcade game list display times and even more choices when it comes to video playback options.
This free update will be distributed via the Xbox Live® online gaming and entertainment network to all members (Xbox Live Silver and Xbox Live Gold) with no disc or hard drive required. Gamers without an Xbox Live account can easily sign up for free by connecting their console to a broadband Internet connection. Once online, downloading the update is fast and simple, and provides instant access to features such as:
Complete Dashboard Update Feature List
New Features
- HD 1080p video mode support over VGA and component cables.
- Xbox 360™ HD DVD Player support.
- Stream WMV video from a Windows PC running Windows Media Player 11, Zune software, or Windows Media Connect.
- Play video from storage devices such as USB flash drives, Xbox 360 Memory Units, etc.
- Play video from CD or DVD data discs.
- Xbox 360 Wireless Headset support, including battery level indicator in the Xbox Guide.
- Video support for 50 Hz HDTV modes (DVD and HD DVD only).
- Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel support.
- Set up automatic downloads of newly released Xbox Live Arcade trial games.
- Support for upcoming release of XNA Game Studio Express (separate download and subscription required.)
- Stream music, pictures and video from a Zune device.
Xbox Live Arcade
- Lightning-fast enumeration and listing of all Xbox Live® Arcade games on the console.
- Find games quickly with two new sort options: Recently Played and By Category.
- Have all new Xbox Live Arcade games at the ready with auto downloads. Auto downloads optionally adds newly released trial versions of games to active downloads when you enter Xbox Live Arcade.
- View full achievement info in Xbox Live Arcade, including icons, achievement point details, and descriptions.
- Friends leaderboard: Compare yourself with friends and view leaderboard details right from the Xbox dashboard.
- Tell a friend: Send a message to a friend about your newest favorite Xbox Live Arcade game.
DVD Player
- Optionally disable notifications from Xbox Live while watching DVD movies.
- Improved support for audio streams on incorrectly authored DVDs.
- Better handling of unreadable discs.
- Updated count-down timer.
- HD DVD player support.
- Added zoom support for non-anamorphic content.
- Added support to Family Settings to block Unrated Content
Video Player
- Improved support for extended all black scenes in WMV content.
- Added support for Windows Media Video 9 Advanced profile video.
- Screen saver now becomes active when videos are paused.
- Now shares UI and player controls with DVD player.
- Improved video playback while downloading from Xbox Live.
- Added skip controls (forward approx. 30 seconds, back approx. 7 seconds).
- Improved messaging around unplayable video content.
- Added time elapsed and time remaining displays.
- Improved playback of high bit-rate HD content on fragmented hard drives.
- Improved visual quality of video playback.
- Added selectable display modes: default and letterbox zoom.
Localization
- New locale setting for China
- Improved German translations in console settings.
- Improved German translations in memory area.
- Improved Japanese translations in Family Settings.
- Added localized text for all supported languages in pictures area
- Improved Spanish translations in camera effects.
- Improved locale-specific decimal denominators.
- Added localization support for title menu and main menu in the DVD player.
- Added localization support for “Attempting to Read Media” system message.
Memory Area
- Added support for Xbox 360 HD DVD Player content..
- Added new page for viewing content size by category.
Other System Improvements
- Updated support for new Daylight Savings changes coming in 2007.
- Improved support for games to better handle host migration in multi-player matches.
- Improved Xbox Live Vision camera support for changing room lighting while zooming.
- Background downloaded videos appear in video area
- Improved Xbox Live Vision camera support while using VGA.
- Playing photo slideshows from PC now maintains picture folder hierarchy.
- Improved user experience when playing and deleting videos from the Games or Media areas.
- Improved handling of invalid characters during Xbox Live signup.
- Better handling of watermarks in gamer cards.
- Improved text for Windows Media Connect..
- Improved UI performance in Media Center Extender
- Improved connection support for Buffalo WZR-G108 wireless router when using Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter.
- Redownload of deleted Arcade Games no longer re-enumerates all games on the Arcade page.
- Improved visual display of text in themes.
- Improved support for CD playback after signing up for Xbox Live and losing network connectivity.
- Improved support for long names of items memory area.
- Improved handling of gamer pictures downloaded from Xbox Live.
- Improved background download notifications when downloading many small items from Xbox Live.
- Improved support for custom backgrounds after returning to the Xbox Dashboard from the Account Management area.
- Improved network reliability between Windows Media Center Extender on Windows Vista and Xbox 360 consoles using Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter.
- Improved voice chat quality in Xbox Dashboard and in-game chats.
- Improved messaging when failing to connect to Windows Media Center Extender.
- Improved USB keyboard support when using a USB hub.
- Improved consistency of user experience when deleting various types of content.
- Improved handling of low storage space for background downloads.
- Improved handling of Picture streaming from attached Digital Cameras over MTP protocol
- Improved error messaging for optional iPod support download when storage devices are full.
- Improved handling of multi-key repeating for USB keyboards.
- Expanded Family Settings to include support for blocking unrated DVDs and videos.
- Added ability to clear space from storage devices in download areas.
- Added support for low-speed and full-speed USB keyboards.
- Improved CapsLock behavior for USB keyboards.
- Improved look and feel in Xbox Live Marketplace and Xbox Live Arcade areas.
- Added redeem code option to Xbox Live signup.
- Removed system message at the start of new downloads. Messages will be displayed for completed items.
- Added support for CCV credit card validation field in Xbox Live Marketplace purchase areas.
- Updated “More Information” instructions in the Xbox Dashboard for connecting an Xbox 360 console to a Windows PC to stream digital media content.
- Added auto-scroll to long text descriptions in Xbox Dashboard UI.
- Improved support for DVD insertion while playing a video file.
Pretty impressive list, nice to see MS addressing these problems but the most requested feature, DiVX support, is still missing in action. But hey, we’re getting auto downloading, WMV streaming, the option to switch off Live notifications while watching DVD movies and a whole bunch of other nifty little features in return. I’m also curious about the improved voice chat quality. We’ll do another update as soon as this thing goes live.
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How about a fucking update for Texas hold ‘em so I don’t need to play fucking UNO SHITE!
i’d struggle to find 60-70 things that are actually new, alot of repeating features just with different ways of saying it (e.g. The HD-DVD addition is mentioned 3 times)
Still its a nice update.
Fingers crosses next time they’ll add divx/xvid and multi user chat.
Really? I can’t find anything repeating. HD-DVD is indeed mentioned several times, but that’s when listing the features implemented. Personally I prefer a well documented feature list like this, than one that would’ve said “HD-DVD enabled”.
ooh you’re off again…lol
i totally agree with you though, but World Series Poker is out on 10th November with video chat and digimask, much better than Texas For Sure
http://www.xbox.com/en-US...erupdate-completelist.htm
thats the full list from xbox.com
Beat you to it
Cool, seeing as how my PC’s sound is MIA , It’s be cool to watch videos on my 360 from my pc. Now if they could only stream podcasts, i’d be set.
Podcasts can be streamed already. Where have you been?
Fuck-a-doodledoo! What a list man.
“Set up automatic downloads of newly released Xbox Live Arcade trial games. ” WICKED
texas holdem updates has nothing to do with the dashboard upgrade thats a game upgrade thats needed lol
Am i missing something, wheres the support for guilds and clans that was supposed to be enabled in this realease?
Not to mention… ARGGG no xvid/divx
So will we now be able to stream media without the actual media center edition of windows? Or are we still going to have to wait for Vista to do that?
i think you’re able to stream wmv files from a normal windows OS or a removable drive, but the windows os needs windows meia player 11 i think (beta at least)
Just set up Windows Media Connect on XP/2000. If you already have it installed to view pictures and listen to music you’re set to stream WMV. Nice addition!
nope you need Windows Media Player 11 which is freely available it has the new updated media connect embedded in its options
cool. I was waiting for this
Windows Media 11, apperantly is for Vista!!! I just checked thier website to download it. And It comes up with Vista
i have windows media player beta on my media center edition
i have windows media player 11 on my windows XP so quit with that nonsense
yah i dont know what you’re talking about. I’ve used MP11 for like 2 months now. And you just go to mircosoft.com and it says try Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 now!
Heres the link since you’re obviously having problems…
http://www.microsoft.com/...ia/player/11/default.aspx
great list, but i wouldnt of minded more then one person in a chat at a time,but over all no complants
wait, i have one complaint, i wanted to be able to fast foward threw music
Pissed off a bit, still no Divx.
It’s a bit shit that you can buy a dvd player for £20 that will play Xvid, but not on my £300 “Next Gen” game system.
kind of shit no group chat
There a couple of nice new features 1080p and HD-DVD. Overall though it isn’t that great an update. I don’t have an HD TV capable of displaying 1080p and am probably not getting the HD-DVD player (for a while at least), Blu-Ray may still win. Nice the option is there now though. As for the wmv streaming it’s too little too late. I have like 1 or 2 wmv’s on my comp. Most of my files are mp4, divx and avi. The 360 is more than capable of streaming these so why not. I am still going to have to use MCE with transcode until at least the new spring update. The rest of the features are all kind of trivial although will add to a better experience of user interface.
Hmm, I just LOVE the WMV streaming support!
I don’t mind decoding an AVI to WMV If I want to watch a movie with a friend once… It’s done in half an houre, and you can that way easily download it, decode it, and then just watch it on the telly
I LOVE IT!
(wich was pretty good already if you ask me)
All the other updates aren’t that important to me… Though it’s nice to see that they are improving overall Multiplayer online Gaming
No Divx/xvid support sucks, the most requested feature and they ignore it, why should i have to convert to some pussy format that no one uses ?, who the hell uses WMV for christs sake..
I agree!
Now that WMP11 supports WMV streaming, i wonder if someone could program a version of Transcode to work the same way? I wouldnt mind re-encoding all my video files, but it would be nice if this could be done for me on the fly…
i have a Samsung 32HD TV from play.com, will i be ab;e to play games in 1080p tomorrow then?
I think your TV’s resolution is 1366×768, so you shouldn’t be able to see a difference between 720p and 1080p.
only if the games are programmed to be displayed in 1080p… so far i think splinter cell DA is the only one.
Nah that SC: DA 1080p rumor was debunked unfortunately.
Why isn’t there a party chat?
I have to agree. Group chat should be there.
Will you be able to play .ts files from an external harddrive?
I swear, If the 360 started shit’n golden eggs, Some of you folks would still complain about it. lol
fuck ps3 we get 1080p also
can we play video from our video ipods now?…..that would be sweet!!!!!!
Actually I’m a bit disappointed…
Don’t get me wrong…1080p is great, so is WMV streaming from none MCE PC’s.
But all the other stuff is…I don’t know. Support for additional Hardware, they wanna milk my bank with. Great. I am really excited.
Where the f*** are useful things like DVD-Upscaling, Multi-User-Chat, Divx/Xvid support (c’mon MS, have the balls to support a popular format that is not made by yours truely), support for clans and guilds…..
Like I said the update is ok, some good things come with it. But it’s also missing a lot of thing. Let’s cross fingers for the spring update then
Upscaling is already in place over VGA, and with this update VGA upscale will be up to 1080p
How long takes it to install the “BIG FALL UPDATE” ?? And is there a Dutch Language in Settings,i hope it is
YES THANK YOU.
That sounds nice. I have no idea what it means, but it sounds nice.
The rest doesn’t bother me a whole lot other than faster blades, which is great, but I can’t wait to see how it looks. New visual UIs are always great.
Why haven’t they released a disk with all these upgrades for us non-live 360 owners ? ? ? ? Please answer that ?
simple. to get yoou ti sign up for L!VE
Tucky that may be true but we spent $400+ and would like to recieve these updates ! Please release a disk M$ .
when is this update going up? is it at midnight?
10am i heard, might just be 10am in UK
What about the “new content on marketplace” notification?? instead of having to browse the useless menustructure for new content everyday..
well its past 10am in japan.. hmm im on holiday sitting here 1pm aus time waiting to test out this new vga cable in 1080p on my dell 24″ hmmmmmm sorry, bored..
check http://www.timeanddate.co...in=0&sec=0&p1=234
The time it sais there for YOURE country, is the time it will be available
yeah and according the times it would have come out in japan and europe by now
but in australia its already almost 3pm on 31st and the americans would be going ot bed soon.. ah well its out when its out, no rush.
That’s not right, it states that in the Netherlands it will come out 11 AM, wich is in about 5 1/2 hour from now, dont screw up AM and PM
Greetings Glenn
anyone know if the Xbox 360 VGA cables will support 1366×768 ?
i cant find the info anywhere, cheers
I am so disappointed at the lack of group chat\clan grouping. I have faith we will get it soon. Cheers to MS for this nice update.
Nice list.
Only about 1 1/2 hour left before it’s here
really? looky like u were wrong.
I don’t understand why everybody is bitching about divx support. Just hook Your computer up to the telly, why go via the xbox to watch a movie?
because ppl find its easy to watch downloaded films and tv shows..heh rather then blame MS for not supporting the format maybe rippers should start encoding in WMV.. heh.
Maybe becouse not everyone can do that, for instance I can’t… I have a 10 year old 50HZ tv (big screen though) but I CAN’T Connect my computer, so I CANT watch movies on my television… This is For Me the only way…
(though I don’t really care that much for DivX and Xvid support… i’ll just convert the movies I wanna see… altough it would be easyer if it would just be able to use DivX / Xvid)
THE UPDATE IS OUT!
IF YOU DONT SEE IT, TRY STARTING A GAME AND YOU WILL GET THE UPDATE POPUP!!!
1080p is completely f’d over component. the output shows as 1080p on my projector yet it’s like a 720p window with a 1080p image not scaled to fit?
i lose like 1/2 the screen and it’s really huge. how’d they screw that up?