Playing AVIs on Xbox 360 doesn't seem to work now...

[VinylxScratches]

I'm a big fan of Top Gear but I live in America. So I torrent the videos. Well since the new season started, it seems like I can't watch them on 360.

Basically it plays for 7 minutes or so, then goes to a black screen and all you hear is audio. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this???

Is Microsoft deliberately doing this?

 

[viivo]

I haven't had any problems. It might be how they are encoded. Get Vdub and reencode them to ffdshow (xvid). It should only take a couple minutes for each episode.

 

[brblx]

i have xvid top gears, and the xbox only shows them as being 14 minutes long, despite them being complete. 20-40 minute shows work fine, though.

not sure what the deal is. it's definately not a problem with all avi's.

 

[tatteredpotato]

A lot of problems the Xbox has with Xvid files is the audio tracks.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I have had the same problem with this season's shows. It plays for 15 minutes or so, then I lose video. When I FFWD or RWD, it appears the entire file is only about 15 minutes long. I do NOT have this problem with all AVIs, and as it happens when I play older episodes of TG they work fine. I am using a Mac with Connect360, and had attributed the problem to my computer - in a way I'm glad to hear that isn't the issue.

 

[brblx]

i can confirm these files work fine in both vlc and wmp on two machines. there must be something picky about certain that the xbox just doesn't like.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

This week's episode works fine, FYI.

 

[mugs]

Try transcoding them with codecs that you know would work on the Xbox 360.

 

[Lotheron]

Its Week 2 and Week 3 this year. Week 1 and 4 have been ok.