Video on the 360

leowyatt · 14-02-2008, 13:21

I thought I'd put this thread together for us poor schmucks who don't have machines fast enough to transcode on the fly.

Since I discovered newsgroups around new year I've been plagued with problems getting videos to play in the 360. I'm consistently downloading mkv files which we know the 360 won't play natively so I have to keep encoding them into different formats so it will play them.

Initially I was using a program called WinAVI Video converter in conjunction with the ccp codec pack for mkv files. This worked well but I have just discovered a great app which is free and is a nice all in one solution. It's called the Videora Xbox 360 Converter. I've just thrown 2 MKV files at it and it's converted with no problems and takes on average around an 3 hours to convert a 720p MKV file into something I can watch on the 360. So a big

from me.

Daz · 14-02-2008, 13:22

I just download xvid in the first place

leowyatt · 14-02-2008, 13:23

But are all the HD releases available in divx?

Daz · 14-02-2008, 13:26

Dunno, maybe, but I dont download the HD ones anyway

I rip DVDs at about the same resolution I download which is...*looks*.... 624x352, upscaled by the 360 it looks great, saves me tons of disk space too.

You're probably wasting a lot of bandwidth/space anyway if you're downloading 720p, I thought your TV 1024x768?

leowyatt · 14-02-2008, 13:28

yeah it is but I thought my TV's native res was 720p

I don't think we're wasting bandwidth on 720p content as we catching up on Bones we watch 2 eps. 1 was the normal 350Mb ep and the other was a 720p 1.2Gb episode and the different was astonishing.

Daz · 14-02-2008, 13:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by leowyatt

yeah it is but I thought my TV's native res was 720p

No mate, 720p is 1280x720 - a widescreen (16:9) resolution

Quote:

Originally Posted by leowyatt

I don't think we're wasting bandwidth on 720p content as we catching up on Bones we watch 2 eps. 1 was the normal 350Mb ep and the other was a 720p 1.2Gb episode and the different was astonishing.

It's bound to be better for sure, but you're downloading pixels you aren't ever going to see, and the total size is 4 times larger.

Xvid at a high bitrate (I use 1200) is a good compromise for me. Was watching Lost last night and it was bright, crisp, clear.. great really. A series of 24 costs me ~8GB of disk space, the extra picture quality isn't worth losing another ~20GB of space, or hours of downloading. Not for me anyway

Feek · 14-02-2008, 13:32

Ooo, I'll give that a try, thanks. I deleted the single 10Gb mkv I had but will grab something smaller to see how it goes

leowyatt · 14-02-2008, 13:34

A download link might help

Feek · 15-02-2008, 22:01

Which way are you converting, Leo?

I'm going into the Current Conversion screen, selecting my video, selecting Xbox360 as the Device and then changing the Profile to H.264 720p 3072kbps Stereo/160kbps to convert an 8Gb .mkv file.

I then click on start and it's reckoning about 6 hours, although the time remaining is dropping and raising all over the place, I guess that's as it's going through frames with either a lot or a little data on them. That's with the Priority set high.

leowyatt · 16-02-2008, 00:18

that is it mate. I set the 360 as my one click settings

14-02-2008, 13:21	#1
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Video on the 360 I thought I'd put this thread together for us poor schmucks who don't have machines fast enough to transcode on the fly. Since I discovered newsgroups around new year I've been plagued with problems getting videos to play in the 360. I'm consistently downloading mkv files which we know the 360 won't play natively so I have to keep encoding them into different formats so it will play them. Initially I was using a program called WinAVI Video converter in conjunction with the ccp codec pack for mkv files. This worked well but I have just discovered a great app which is free and is a nice all in one solution. It's called the Videora Xbox 360 Converter. I've just thrown 2 MKV files at it and it's converted with no problems and takes on average around an 3 hours to convert a 720p MKV file into something I can watch on the 360. So a big from me. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

14-02-2008, 13:22	#2
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	I just download xvid in the first place __________________ apt-get moo

14-02-2008, 13:23	#3
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	But are all the HD releases available in divx? __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

14-02-2008, 13:26	#4
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Dunno, maybe, but I dont download the HD ones anyway I rip DVDs at about the same resolution I download which is...looks.... 624x352, upscaled by the 360 it looks great, saves me tons of disk space too. You're probably wasting a lot of bandwidth/space anyway if you're downloading 720p, I thought your TV 1024x768? __________________ apt-get moo

14-02-2008, 13:28	#5
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	yeah it is but I thought my TV's native res was 720p I don't think we're wasting bandwidth on 720p content as we catching up on Bones we watch 2 eps. 1 was the normal 350Mb ep and the other was a 720p 1.2Gb episode and the different was astonishing. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!" Last edited by leowyatt; 14-02-2008 at 13:33.

14-02-2008, 13:32	#7
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Ooo, I'll give that a try, thanks. I deleted the single 10Gb mkv I had but will grab something smaller to see how it goes __________________

14-02-2008, 13:34	#8
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	A download link might help __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

15-02-2008, 22:01	#9
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Which way are you converting, Leo? I'm going into the Current Conversion screen, selecting my video, selecting Xbox360 as the Device and then changing the Profile to H.264 720p 3072kbps Stereo/160kbps to convert an 8Gb .mkv file. I then click on start and it's reckoning about 6 hours, although the time remaining is dropping and raising all over the place, I guess that's as it's going through frames with either a lot or a little data on them. That's with the Priority set high. __________________

16-02-2008, 00:18	#10
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	that is it mate. I set the 360 as my one click settings __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

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