Hey! I thought I'd join the forums after reading through the various tutorials posted on how to play video trhough the 360. I just bought one, so I am a little unaware of many things, and was wondering if someone could help me. I have read the tutorials and stickies, but am still at a loss. I'll give you my situation first.
I have a few 720p and 1080p videos that I want to play on the 360, with 5.1 sound. I want to convert them first, rather than stream and do it at the same time, as my PC is a tad old. So far, I have tried all the tutorials here (avisynth wouldn't work, maybe I wasn't doing the script properly). I have tried:
windows media encoder = encoded for 6 hours, gave ma a 5.2 kb file.
videora = was going to take 30 hours to convert a 4 gig video
Encode 360 = took 6 hours, and gave me horrible quality on the highest settings.
WME assistant = worked, but only gave me 3 minutes.
I was thinking of BUYING WME assistant, as it seems to be able to do the 5.1 sound and such without much of a headache. If somone could give me any other suggestions, I would be more than willing to try them. I pulling my hair out here! (IMG:
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Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.
edit: the 720p file is- .mkv with MPEG-4 AVC and the audo was AC3 ( I assume the 360 doesn't support AC3? which is part of the problem?)