Playing Avis and x264 videos on an Xbox 360
14 July 2008, 07:29 PM
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Playing Avis and x264 videos on an Xbox 360
As above what am i required to do to play the above formats on my xbox? now Ive had it updated on xbox live and i can get regular avi's to work, streamed from the "my video" folder, but not if i put a DVD with Avi files on into the xbox, the same goes for a x264 HD file on a disc, it doesn't even recognise it when its in the "my video" folder either 
14 July 2008, 07:52 PM
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Do you have the H264 codec installed on your PC ? If not try the usb stick method as I think one of the updates for the 360 included the ability to read H264 encoded video. Maybe if its not installed on your PC and the Xbox is streaming from that, could be why they're not playing. As far as I know dix and xvid avi files are not supported by the 360 though theres probably a way round it.
14 July 2008, 08:10 PM
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Hi guys still no joy with the x264 file, now i didn't have the codec installed because I've recently formatted the hard drive but I've not put the latest version on, but it still doesnt recognise the file Is there. But saying that wmp doesn't recognise the codec either, you have to play it through wmp classic or vlc player. as for playing it through a usb stick, i don't have usb big enough for the x264 file, as its 4.4 gig
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I take it you're trying to play an HD x264 encoded file in an MKV container? If so, it won't play natively. Your best option is to convert to WMV or M4V.
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Hi Dunk, the x264 file is how i downloaded it, it works on my PC with VLC player and WMP classic, but not WMP 11, which is what i expected. When you say in a MKV container what do you mean?
As for playing Avi's i have on a dvd will they not play from the xbox dvd drive?
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As for playing Avi's i have on a dvd will they not play from the xbox dvd drive?
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The x264 encoded files. In general divx/xvid files will play on the 360 from DVD, USB or streaming. You may have issues with files encoded with old versions of divx.
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reet i seemed to be able to play discs with std avi's but not the x264 file. now i only have the one file in this format so is it possible that its just not compatible? or are all x264 files compatible?
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