+Mystic MVC Posted February 16, 2007 MVC Share Posted February 16, 2007 I'm using a video converting program called Xilisoft and trying to convert videos on my computers to .wmv files to be able to play (networked) on my xbox360. Everytime I convert one, the outputed file never seems to work. Is it the program or is there something else hidden, that I could be screwing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Use TVersity, able to play almost any format on the Xbox360 ;) But if you're not willing to do that, use Windows Movie Maker and save the file as a .wmv file - Works too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycoolkim Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I use Xilisoft aswell, works everytime for me, but I usually convert videos to mpeg4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Please check this guide from Neowin's Collection of Essential Guides. It features loads of free conversion tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimLXJ Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Please check this guide from Neowin's Collection of Essential Guides. It features loads of free conversion tools. God damn!, I was looking for that like weeks lol, thanks a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I'm pretty sure VLC can convert videos with a script. but the output size is HUGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted February 17, 2007 Author MVC Share Posted February 17, 2007 Thanks guys, just got home from my game, and now tomorrow I will be able to try a couple of these. I'll post back on how it goes. mk1990: When you said mpeg4 are you talking about non-360 stuff, because I thought the 360 only does .wmv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynnoj Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Thanks guys, just got home from my game, and now tomorrow I will be able to try a couple of these. I'll post back on how it goes. mk1990: When you said mpeg4 are you talking about non-360 stuff, because I thought the 360 only does .wmv Make sure you try TVersity as someone has already recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted February 17, 2007 Author MVC Share Posted February 17, 2007 TVersity is awesome. For some odd reason though, when converting new videos, the only way to get them to play is by converting them to the Video-CD (mpg) format, not the .wmv. Whenever I tried converting the files to .wmv they never worked. I thought the 360 only supported .wmv video sharing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynnoj Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 TVersity is awesome. For some odd reason though, when converting new videos, the only way to get them to play is by converting them to the Video-CD (mpg) format, not the .wmv. Whenever I tried converting the files to .wmv they never worked. I thought the 360 only supported .wmv video sharing? Why are you converting the videos? Just set TVersity up for 360 use, add the videos to your library and then play them from your Xbox. They will be converted to .wmv on the fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted February 18, 2007 Author MVC Share Posted February 18, 2007 Why are you converting the videos? Just set TVersity up for 360 use, add the videos to your library and then play them from your Xbox. They will be converted to .wmv on the fly. Sorry being new with the program, haven't worked everything out yet. I will go back to the site and try the 360 guide again. Currently, I just added videos to my library, and that was it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightIdea Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Try SUPER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 just use microsoft software, it's free and they made the wmv codec anyway. So, microsoft media encoder 9 all the way :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted February 20, 2007 Author MVC Share Posted February 20, 2007 I will finally be able to re-try TVersity and other programs, but I really like the way TVersity sync's everything. ynnoj: Most likely, I will send you another private message today or tomorrow if I don't get TVersity working for some odd reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynnoj Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I will finally be able to re-try TVersity and other programs, but I really like the way TVersity sync's everything.ynnoj: Most likely, I will send you another private message today or tomorrow if I don't get TVersity working for some odd reason. Sure, I'll try and help you set it up :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted February 21, 2007 Author MVC Share Posted February 21, 2007 Well, I set the option for xbox 360 in the preferences of TVersity, but not sure what else I am doing wrong, as some videos still do not play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 You gotta remember, on "slower" PC's - It can take up to a few minutes for the stream to start on the Xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
win2000b Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I use a package called encode360 http://dcunningham.net/encode360/ Does a 40 min xvid to wmv in about 15 mins on my pc :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted February 21, 2007 Author MVC Share Posted February 21, 2007 You gotta remember, on "slower" PC's - It can take up to a few minutes for the stream to start on the Xbox Not sure that should be too much of an issue as our family just got the streaming computer in December (it has pretty decent specs.). With TVersity set on Xbox360 and to transcode on "Always", I still get "codec not supported on the 360". I am going to start trying some different suggestions made by people to see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Did you try installing ffdshow ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow ) for decoding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted February 21, 2007 Author MVC Share Posted February 21, 2007 Did you try installing ffdshow ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow ) for decoding? Well, since people have recommended so many, I am going to try this one first http://dcunningham.net/encode360/ then your suggestion if that doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 That's an encoder - Means you gotta encode THEN play it. ffdshow installs and decode On-the-fly. So you can start up you DivX - Xvid files etc. and it will just decode it while it plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted February 21, 2007 Author MVC Share Posted February 21, 2007 I did install ffdshow, but so does this work with TVersity to help decode? I really would like to use TVersity because everywhere I check, it always is the favorite. Sorry just really confused at the moment with what could be going wrong, as I usually never de-code, encode, or do much video editing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Yes, fddshow is something that runs in the background and helps TVersity to decode all the media :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted February 21, 2007 Author MVC Share Posted February 21, 2007 Is there a speicla way to set up fddshow in conjuction with TVersity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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