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Here is a small FAQ, some might be interested in this.
The 360 by default doesnt play HD content in the common .MKV format.
So...how do you play MKV files on your HDTV with th Xbox connected?
1) Solution 1 would be you stream/transcode the files to your Xbox using a tool like tversity.
2) The Xbox support HD formats, but they must be MP4 or WMV-HD.
There is a pretty simple and quick way to "convert" .MKV files to MP4s, with all the right settings so they play on the XBOX. First, there is an older program called "GOTSENT", which basically does the job, but i found a better utlity called "XenonMKV" http://mkv.jakebillo.com/ which is less buggy and has more features
What it does: It demuxes the original MKV, converts the audio to 2 channel (Xbox only supports 2 channels!) and creates .MP4 which plays on the XBOX.
In addition, XenonMKV is also splitting files >4GB since the Xbox can only read files up to 4GB in size.
No quality is lost since the original MKV is not transcoded but rather newly "assembled"...the only thing is that you lose the 5.1 audio, but there is no solution since this is a hardware limit by the 360.
So...typical scenario:
You have a 4.5 GB HDTV MKV which you want to play in HD on your 360.
You use XenonMKV, this creates two 2.2GB .MP4 files.
You put those on a DVD.
On the XBOX, you select play video and select the DVD as source.
G.
Edit: XenonMKV is also VERY simple and straightforward. With those other video-transcoding/converion utlities you are usually plagued by plethora of settings.
In XenonMKV you only select source .MKV video and output folder....and then with the next mouseclick let 'er rip. The process is also way, way faster than eg. do a real format conversion of MKV into WMV-HD or - and any format conversion will also make you lose video quality.
The 360 by default doesnt play HD content in the common .MKV format.
So...how do you play MKV files on your HDTV with th Xbox connected?
1) Solution 1 would be you stream/transcode the files to your Xbox using a tool like tversity.
2) The Xbox support HD formats, but they must be MP4 or WMV-HD.
There is a pretty simple and quick way to "convert" .MKV files to MP4s, with all the right settings so they play on the XBOX. First, there is an older program called "GOTSENT", which basically does the job, but i found a better utlity called "XenonMKV" http://mkv.jakebillo.com/ which is less buggy and has more features
What it does: It demuxes the original MKV, converts the audio to 2 channel (Xbox only supports 2 channels!) and creates .MP4 which plays on the XBOX.
In addition, XenonMKV is also splitting files >4GB since the Xbox can only read files up to 4GB in size.
No quality is lost since the original MKV is not transcoded but rather newly "assembled"...the only thing is that you lose the 5.1 audio, but there is no solution since this is a hardware limit by the 360.
So...typical scenario:
You have a 4.5 GB HDTV MKV which you want to play in HD on your 360.
You use XenonMKV, this creates two 2.2GB .MP4 files.
You put those on a DVD.
On the XBOX, you select play video and select the DVD as source.
G.
Edit: XenonMKV is also VERY simple and straightforward. With those other video-transcoding/converion utlities you are usually plagued by plethora of settings.
In XenonMKV you only select source .MKV video and output folder....and then with the next mouseclick let 'er rip. The process is also way, way faster than eg. do a real format conversion of MKV into WMV-HD or - and any format conversion will also make you lose video quality.
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