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Simple MKV to MP4 Conversion Guide (Xbox360)
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Cloud101
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Post Posted: Mar 26, 2008 02:22 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
This guide will focus on converting those pesky MKV files to the proper streamable format for the Xbox360, MP4 files. The main program that we will be using is GOTSent. GOTSent creates playable MP4 files from MKVs at a relatively fast speed in a simple ,easy to use package. The reason being is that it does not transcode the file, unlike many other programs. The downside though is that you won't be able to create WMV files, which I'm fine with tongue.gif

You will be able to:
- Stream MP4, AVI, MPG files
- Stream files encoded with DivX version 5 or higher, as well as Xvid

You will not be able to:
- Stream MP4 files with 5.1 audio, unless the file is encoded to WMV with WMAPro 5.1 audio
- Stream MP4 files that are over 4 Gb
- Stream MKV files nor OGG files

Tools Used:
- GOTSent
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/102390184/GOTSent.rar.html


- AC3Filter
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/102390068/ac3filter_1_46.exe.html


- Haali Media Splitter
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/102390841/MatroskaSplitter.exe.html


- Nero Digital Audio (optional, Improves audio) *Place files into GOTSent directory!*
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/102400431/NeroDigitalAudio.zip.html


- YAMB (optional, Editing .MP4 files)
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/102400436/Yamb-2.0.0.8.zip.html


- MKVMerge (optional, Editing .MKV files)
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/102402205/mkvtoolnix-unicode-2.2.0-setup.exe.html



Guide:

1) First thing first. Install all the required programs which I have linked to above. If you won't be needing the optional programs then that's fine, but I recommend installing all of them smile.gif We need to gather some info about the file(s) we are about to convert. Actually, the only thing we need to check out is the file size. Anything greater than 4 Gb will have to be split into multiple files, or edited to reduce the size. As long as the File size shown in the 'Details' window is below 4 Gb, the file will be playable on your Xbox360. If the file is greater than 4 GB check out step 4.



2) Fire up GOTSent. Get acquainted with all the available features, although the more important features are automated. Check out the following picture:



I would like to point out that I have had weird results with GOTSent's splitter. I have ended up with 3 files at ~2 GB each instead of 2 files at 3 GB, which is why I prefer to use MKVMerge(has more options too).

3) Next we need to configure AC3Filter correctly. Click the 'AC3Filter Options' button in GOTSent and just set it up as shown in the picture below.



That's it! Now just load up your file MKV file in GOTSent, select the Output folder, and select any other settings that you may need. Hit Convert and wait for your file to be created biggrin.gif

4) If your file is too large it won't be playable. There are a couple of options available to you. Use GOTSent to split the file, use MKVMerge to split the files, use MKVMerge to cut out uneeded portions(what I usually do), use YAMB to split the resulting MP4 file. For this guide we're going to use MKVMerge.

This is what it should look like. You can do many things from here on such as disabling/enabling subtitles and additional audio streams. If you just want to split your file(s) then hit 'Global' at the top.



In the 'Global' section click 'Enable Splitting' and then take it from there. When you are done with making adjustments hit 'Start Muxing' and you're good to go.



Common Errors:

- Status code: 69-C00D10E0 results when the file you are trying to play is too large
- Status code: 69-C00D002F regards an audio issue with the file(I believe). Pertaining to this guide you may have improperly set up AC3Filter.
- Status code: 53-C00DF238 results when the connection to the computer is lost either because there is too much network traffic(RS/MU) or the PC is handling CPU intensive programs(such as encoding).

Important:
If your MP4 files aren't showing up on your Xbox360, your Windows Media Player 11 may not recognize them. Check out the following link to fix this problem:
http://owlet.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D48B90C1DDF5D401!297.entry


Thanks for checking out my guide. I apologize to the mods if I put this guide in the wrong section. Thanks and happy movie watching! biggrin.gif

Last edited by Cloud101 on Mar 29, 2008 14:49, edited 1 time in total
videohelpkg
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Post Posted: Mar 28, 2008 20:39 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I tried this and converted a file with no errors but the mp4 file doesn't stream to my Xbox 360 using Media Player on XP

Any Suggestions?

Baldrick
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Post Posted: Mar 29, 2008 07:37 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
videohelpkg: PLEASE give us more information about your mp4, what video and audio codecs. Identify with mediainfo.

videohelpkg
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Post Posted: Mar 29, 2008 09:53 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Actually, all I had to do is rename the file to .avi and it played perfectly on the XBox 360.

Thanks for trying to help.

Baldrick
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Post Posted: Mar 29, 2008 09:55 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
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Cloud101
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Post Posted: Mar 29, 2008 14:46 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I think the problem is that your Windows Media Player doesn't recognize the MP4 file extension. Check out this link:

http://owlet.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D48B90C1DDF5D401!297.entry

Run the custom script and WMP11 should recognize MP4s from there on smile.gif

Dreemer
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Post Posted: Mar 30, 2008 10:58 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi all.
I try to make the mkv conversion to mp4 and it sucessfull, but i donīt have subtitles in movies sad.gif
Anyone can help.me have subtitles in mp4 files converted plz.
Thx all

Ps. - Sorry my english

phidjit
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Post Posted: Mar 30, 2008 17:49 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Is there any way to keep the original audio track, or at least re-encode to 5.1 instead of stereo?

I'm looking for a good way of burning MKV files to DVD's (HD-DVD format) - this is the closet I've come so far.

Everything seems to be able to deal with the MP4 file, I just wish the audio wasn't stereo.

Otherwise great tutorial!

Cloud101
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Post Posted: Mar 30, 2008 19:34 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Dreemer - I have never tried to use GOTSent with subtitles, so I'm not too experienced in that area. I believe if the MKV contains a subtitle stream, it will show up in GOTSent and from there you can select wether you want it in the final MP4 or not. And your english is fine ^^

phidjit - Err I think if you configure it in AC3Filter, instead of selecting 2-0 stereo try one of the other options. Altough the file won't be playable on your Xbox360 since it doesn't support 5.1 MP4 files. There are other programs that have better options as far as audio is conerned (Videora) but those take a long time because they encode the whole video.

Thanks smile.gif

phidjit
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Post Posted: Apr 01, 2008 19:57 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Thanks Cloud101, but I already tried that. I assumed that the setting of "AS IS (no change)" would not re-encode the audio, but it almost seems like AC3Filter is for decoding the audio stream, and then it re-encodes it back to stereo with something else.

Of course it makes sense that you want AC3filter to decode it to stereo in that case (don't want to lose the other channels!)

I'll keep playing with it, thanks for your help!

dts1
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Post Posted: Apr 06, 2008 13:10 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
i used the above program to convert to mp4 but i cant stream it to the xbox 360, so i renamed it to avi but it still shows as a mp4 file and still cant stream iam using xp for my pc what iam i doing wrong
thanks

t0nee1
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Post Posted: Apr 06, 2008 13:31 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Did you read this part in the guide?
http://owlet.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D48B90C1DDF5D401!297.entry
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dts1
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Post Posted: Apr 06, 2008 17:35 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
yea i did i running xp not vista thanks

Cloud101
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Post Posted: Apr 08, 2008 19:03 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
It should work with XP too. Good luck smile.gif

neomaine
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Post Posted: Apr 09, 2008 14:11 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
What's wrong with keeping the AC3 5.1 audio for streaming to the 360. Works fine for me. I think all you need is the spring update.
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Post Posted: Apr 09, 2008 14:24 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
neomaine wrote:
What's wrong with keeping the AC3 5.1 audio for streaming to the 360. Works fine for me. I think all you need is the spring update.


AC3 is incompatible in .mp4 container

You could keep 5.1 AC3 for an .avi, but then h.264 is not completely compatible in .avi container

neomaine
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Post Posted: Apr 10, 2008 11:29 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Didn't realize you couldn't do that in a .mp4 container. I've only used divx/xvid so far though I've got a itch to take a look at h.264 and see what I can get out of it.

So, if you can't use AC3 in a .mp4, what do people use instead and keep 5.1?
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neomaine wrote:
Didn't realize you couldn't do that in a .mp4 container. I've only used divx/xvid so far though I've got a itch to take a look at h.264 and see what I can get out of it.

So, if you can't use AC3 in a .mp4, what do people use instead and keep 5.1?


Usually re-encode to AAC 5.1 (for PC), but Xbox360 doesn't support 5.1 AAC - You can't have 5.1 audio with h.264 video on the Xbox

So some people convert to WMV and WMV pro audio 5.1 (but use VC-1 instead of h.264)

http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-v ... k-faq.aspx

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