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DavidWoth

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« on: October 28, 2007, 04:03:00 AM »
I have had my xbox360 for a while and i would like to play a video on it is in mkv x264 and is hd 720p i would like to convert it to wmv hd(360) i would like it to be free and easy biggrin.gif
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J^^

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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2007, 02:09:00 PM »
QUOTE(DavidWoth @ Oct 28 2007, 07:39 AM) View Post

I have had my xbox360 for a while and i would like to play a video on it is in mkv x264 and is hd 720p i would like to convert it to wmv hd(360) i would like it to be free and easy biggrin.gif


http://forums.xbox-s...o...620160&st=0

Not converting to wmv but an easy tutorial to change from mkv to mp4 container...
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chinchillanet.co.uk

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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2007, 04:02:00 PM »
ive always used windows vistas built in movie maker version 2 (not sure if the older versions supported the xbox 360 hd 720p output format).
it lets you select any format file, ive yet to see a problem with the ones ive used, and lets you convert to xbox friendly 720p wmv. then simply stream to your box through the dash

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MaxP

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« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2007, 06:33:00 AM »
QUOTE(crazy1234 @ Oct 29 2007, 09:32 AM) View Post

i converted a movie last night using encode360, the original file was 4+gb, and the converted one was around 900mb, the whole movie was there, is that how small it should be or did something go wrong?


Sounds like Encode360 was using a lower bitrate and/or resolution.
despite the reduction in size/rez/bitrate it can still be difficult to sometimes notice the reduction in quality.

If it dosnt really bother you then crack on.....
if your concerned you might be losing some of the HD goodness then the thing to do would be to check the birate (both Audio and Video) of the source file and then manually set Encode360 to use the same bit rates.
this should result in a decent conversion of around a similar size.
There are many tools you can use to check bitrates of the source file, Encode360 will sometimes tell you the source detials or you can use another app such as Mdeia Info (google it)


a lower resolution is going to lead to a smaller filesize.
but this isnt always a bad thing, if i have to convert a file for play back i always resize to 720p to match my HalfDef tv. (no 1080P luvins for me) which in turn will reduce the file size.

the other thing to note is many of this apps will convert 5.1 to stereo if you don't not specifically set the correct bitrates.
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