M4V to MP4 Container help

[Cornholio77]

I have a movie i am trying to get to work on my xbox and the mediainfo is below. Just wanted a few tips beforehand. I found some info online (posted below this) but it is not very specific in helping me. I was planning to go the route of playing this through usb so i would need to remux to an mp4 container. I am not sure which ffmpeg file to download though since when i go to the site there are many. Maybe someone can help me. If they think ffmpeg is the easiest route to go? Also will that audio be an issue for me on xbox or is it ok?

Info found online: Xbox360 with Fall 2011 dashboard update for m4v movies will require you to play the video through windows media center and also requires a windows 7 computer. You will need to configure the 360 as an extender and share your movies to it. Your videos will play fine through windows media center on the 360 now. The other work around to get your video to play via fat32 usb stick or streaming from windows media player would be to remux your video to a plain mp4 container. This can be accomplished using ffmpeg and the following command line: ffmpeg -i "my video.m4v" -acodec copy -vcodec copy "my video.mp4"

So I am hoping for some help on what exact type of ffmpeg to download etc. and then what to do. Here are my current pc specs if that helps to select the proper ffmpeg.

I am running Winxp service pack 3 and i think my pc is 32 bit. And here are the movie specs.

movie.m4v
Format : MPEG-4
Codec ID : MSNV
File size : 2.69 GiB
Duration : 1h 56mn
Overall bit rate : 3 304 Kbps
stik : 9



Video #1
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 46mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3 072 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.139
Stream size : 2.28 GiB (85%)
Writing library : x264 core 83 r1391 3d0f110
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=2 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=3072 / ratetol=1.3 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=10000 / vbv_bufsize=5000 / ip_ratio=1.41 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English

Video #2
ID : 6
Format : JPEG
Codec ID : jpeg
Duration : 1h 56mn
Duration_LastFrame : 1mn 25s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 976 bps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 0.003 fps
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.412
Stream size : 834 KiB (0%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2011-12-23 00:22:07
Tagged date : UTC 2011-12-23 00:22:08

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 46mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 159 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 213 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 121 MiB (4%)
Language : English

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : ac-3
Duration : 1h 46mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 292 MiB (11%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2011-12-23 00:21:46
Tagged date : UTC 2011-12-23 00:21:56

[Cornholio77]

anyone able to help?

[bat999]

anyone able to help?

Hi
YAMB is probably the easiest method to use, from here ---> http://yamb.unite-video.com/

But if you want to use FFmpeg....
Use FFmpeg from here ---> http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
32 Bit Builds (static)(latest).

Download it and unzip it.
So you have a folder, something like this:-
ffmpeg-git-f514695-win32-static

The ffmpeg.exe file is in the "bin" folder inside.

[Cornholio77]

ok bat (or anyone else currently viewing this that wants to assist) i am going the yamb route as you suggested. Now when i add the m4v file it shows me 5 files in the yamb screen. The other files are just the movie file the 2 channel audio, a subtitle file and a jpeg file. I will keep those in the container. Now, one is the 5.1 audio. I assume i want to uncheck the 5.1 file before i click next since 5.1 won't work on xbox. Is that the correct way to do it, just uncheck it and then click next?

Also i was told i will not need to re-encode the video and audio streams as they are fine. So any other advice is appreciated

[bat999]

just uncheck it and then click next?

Yes, that's right.
Check just the tracks you need, and un-check any you don't need.
I have no knowledge of xbox, maybe somebody else will advise.

[Cornholio77]

It worked great so thanks Bat !