StageVideo API (or other way to play hd video on mac / linux) ?

Hi
Anyone have any clues if it possible to user the new StageVideo api in an desktop air app? Is it coming in future versions of air (Available in 2.5 sdk but not able to use it on desktop) ?
Having problem playing HD (1280 x 720) video on mac 2.5.1 and linux 2.5.1, bad framerates. StageVideo looks sweet.
Any other tips on how to play high def videos right now?
Best,
S

Brian,
Two parts of the question.
First, I don't know if you can use a USB stick to transfer files to the XBOX hard drive. If you can, that's cool news to me.
Second, I have used compressor to create movies that are viewable on an xbox connected to an HD projector. Try the MPEG-4 setting, found in the Apple/Formats/MPEG-4 folder. It should work for you. If not, you can try a bunch of different settings, compress the same vid like 8 or 10 different ways, and try them all on the xbox and see which one plays. That's what I did to see what works. Just compress a 1 minute movie with a bunch of different settings. But I am pretty sure that the MPEG-4 setting works.
Thanks,
Ken

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