360 Fall Update Info Released! Update: Video Added

[Drekce]

Does anybody have a good way to convert .264 movies in a mkv container into a compatible form for the 360? I was fighting through this all weekend to no avail. The best approach I have found is to use VLC to convert it to an mp4 (retaining the .264 encoding), but the video ends up all choppy.

 

[tw1164]

Originally posted by: Drekce
Does anybody have a good way to convert .264 movies in a mkv container into a compatible form for the 360? I was fighting through this all weekend to no avail. The best approach I have found is to use VLC to convert it to an mp4 (retaining the .264 encoding), but the video ends up all choppy.

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Here is a quick and easy way to convert an MKV to an MP4 for the 360...

1. Using MKVmerge demux the video and audio from your MKV file.

2. Using whichever software you choose, convert the audio to MP4 (remember it has to be 2 channel AAC LC). This can be done with a number of different programs.... choose whichever one you are most familiar with (ie. meGUI, foobar2000 (with the proper plugins), etc.)

3. Using h264info change the level of the video (the .h264 file) to 4.1 (This will not re-encode the video so it will only take a few minutes to re-write). Make sure that the output filename is different than the input or it will fail.

4. Using MP4Box or YAMB (to avoid command lines) remux the video and audio.

That's it! You are now ready to play the new file without suffering though a lengthy re-encoding process!

Remember that this only works if your video bitrate is already below the max of 10 Mbps (with resolutions of 1920x1080 and a framerate of 30fps).

Hope this saves some of you lots of time!

I was able to do it this way.

 

[austin316]

how do I know if I have received the update?

also, I have some episodes in the office that I encoded as a Divx file. They play through windows mce fine on my pc, but when I use the 360 as an extender, it doesn't play.

anyone know why? or can anyone point me in the direction of a sample avi clip that I can try to see if my 360 can play it?

 

[Drekce]

Originally posted by: tw1164

Originally posted by: Drekce
Does anybody have a good way to convert .264 movies in a mkv container into a compatible form for the 360? I was fighting through this all weekend to no avail. The best approach I have found is to use VLC to convert it to an mp4 (retaining the .264 encoding), but the video ends up all choppy.

Text

Here is a quick and easy way to convert an MKV to an MP4 for the 360...

1. Using MKVmerge demux the video and audio from your MKV file.

2. Using whichever software you choose, convert the audio to MP4 (remember it has to be 2 channel AAC LC). This can be done with a number of different programs.... choose whichever one you are most familiar with (ie. meGUI, foobar2000 (with the proper plugins), etc.)

3. Using h264info change the level of the video (the .h264 file) to 4.1 (This will not re-encode the video so it will only take a few minutes to re-write). Make sure that the output filename is different than the input or it will fail.

4. Using MP4Box or YAMB (to avoid command lines) remux the video and audio.

That's it! You are now ready to play the new file without suffering though a lengthy re-encoding process!

Remember that this only works if your video bitrate is already below the max of 10 Mbps (with resolutions of 1920x1080 and a framerate of 30fps).

Hope this saves some of you lots of time!

I was able to do it this way.

Thanks! I will try this out tonight.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: austin316
how do I know if I have received the update?

also, I have some episodes in the office that I encoded as a Divx file. They play through windows mce fine on my pc, but when I use the 360 as an extender, it doesn't play.

anyone know why? or can anyone point me in the direction of a sample avi clip that I can try to see if my 360 can play it?

If the Main blade on your dash looks like the videos posted in the OP, you have the update.

You also have to download another update when you click on a xvid/divx file. You'll be prompted to do so the first time you try to play one.

Might want to try downloading an xvid/divx avi from a torrent site since they are loaded with them.