xbox360 won't play this avi,, codec info inside

[sance]

i am looking for a way to play this file on xbox360

this is a .mkv video

i know xbox can't play mkv files,, but what i did was use mkvmerge, opened this file disabled 2 audio tracks which i don't need and saved the file as .avi

now the file has the same name,, avi extension,, and it has only 1 video and 1 audio track,, like a normal avi.

i am confused cause my xbox360 plays other h264 formats with no problem..

xbox can see the file,, but it says not supported

anyone here with the knowledge and support of xbox360?


General
Complete name : The Fight Is Over.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 50.1 MiB
Duration : 18mn 58s
Overall bit rate : 369 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-10-08 13:43:31
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.3.0 ('Freak U') built on Sep 8 2008 18:32:16
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@3.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 18mn 57s
Nominal bit rate : 268 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 400 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.039
Writing library : x264 core 65 r998M 6768543
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=6 / psy_rd=0.6:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=16 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=268 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=0

Audio #1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : Yes
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 18mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Title : Original
Language : English

Audio #2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : Yes
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 18mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Title : Funimation
Language : English

Audio #3
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : Yes
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 18mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Language : Japanese

[handyguy]

Is it on a dvd or USB? You can stream them from your PC to your xbox too. So I would assume you could play it on your PC & stream it?

[sance]

Is it on a dvd or USB? You can stream them from your PC to your xbox too. So I would assume you could play it on your PC & stream it?

its on my laptop,, i have it running with "Tversity"..


i know of the possibility to transcode on fly,, but thats not what i am looking for,, i need to play the file as it is without transcoding.. so that i can rewind whenever i want,, and without having to use 100% of my cpu.

i am sure someone must have the knowledge to tell me what is the problem.

[sance]

i think i have solved half of my problem..

the file i mentioned plays after i have runned it thru GOTSent 0.23

the later releases of GOTSent didn't work,, they would give me an empty file,, actualy only with 3 kb ..

so anyone with same prob use 0.23

[rickydavao]

I don't believe the 360 will play h.264 video and aac audio muxed in an avi container. It will, however, play it in an mp4 container. Use mkvtoolnix or OGMCleaver to demux the mkv into it's component video and audio tracks, and the install and use Yamb to mux together the video track with any audio tracks you'd like to go with it ... remember to specify the frame rate (23.976) of the video file under properties before you attempt to mux (although Yamb should remind you to do this in case you forget). The resulting mp4 file should play fine on your 360.

[mh2360]

Try XenonMKV, it does the same job as Gotsend (MKV to MP4), I use it all the time...

[sance]

I don't believe the 360 will play h.264 video and aac audio muxed in an avi container. It will, however, play it in an mp4 container. Use mkvtoolnix or OGMCleaver to demux the mkv into it's component video and audio tracks, and the install and use Yamb to mux together the video track with any audio tracks you'd like to go with it ... remember to specify the frame rate (23.976) of the video file under properties before you attempt to mux (although Yamb should remind you to do this in case you forget). The resulting mp4 file should play fine on your 360.

strange, but this does work,, even though i don't understand why exeactly..

the manual procedure i did should have the same effect but it doesn't.

anyway.

since this does solve my problem,, i would like to make this automatic,, so for example if i have 200 of the series,, would like to make this function, extract video 1 ,, audio #2,, then mux it together with yamb..

would that be complicated to accomplish?

thanks

[mh2360]

- Taking an MKV file, demuxing audio and video, encoding audio to 2 channel AAC, then remuxing to an MP4 container...

...Isn't this exactly what Gotsend and XenonMKV do?

[jimmynewtron]

Hi

please take a look at following KB article. It tells what formats are currently supported: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945416/en-us

Jimmy

[sance]

- Taking an MKV file, demuxing audio and video, encoding audio to 2 channel AAC, then remuxing to an MP4 container...

...Isn't this exactly what Gotsend and XenonMKV do?

yes i understand that, i used to do that but now i found out this was not necessery and i can do things faster with the method rickydavo wrote..

this ofcourse works only because my audio and video inside this mkv container were allready supported by xbox360,, otherwise youw ould have to use on of those tools to reencode audio.

but like i mentioned before,, this does work nice and saves reencode time, but the problem is when you have 100+ of the episodes you would like to do this automaticly.


so what would actualy help me save time is,, to have a batch file which would extract "video" and the "audio track #2" from all the mkv files inside this directory.

[rickydavao]

OGMCleaver will batch demux mkv files for you ... just select multiple files when you select the files for demuxing (hold down shift while using the down arrow key), then in the main window deselect the audio files that you don't want (it will apply this selection to all the files listed), you can select different file naming protocols for the audio and video files in the lower left of the main window, and then start the process. This should handle your batch demuxing for you ... not sure how to handle any batch remuxing into mp4 though, especially considering that the frame rate has to be specified each time for the video ....?

[mh2360]

but like i mentioned before,, this does work nice and saves reencode time, but the problem is when you have 100+ of the episodes you would like to do this automaticly.[/b]

XenonMKV already has the abilty to batch process an entire folder, with the audio track of your choice.