.MKV to HD Xbox 360 playable format

[gingerprince1965]

I have an Xbox 360 which is connected to my PC via a wired router.

I can happily listen to music , look at pictures and watch movies off my PC`s hard drive on the Xbox.

I can watch the video clips in WMV HD format off the Microsoft website (once downloaded)

I`m purely interested in HIGH DEF format here :

- Will my Xbox 360 accept any other HIGH DEF format (vc 1 etc) streamed off my PC hard drive other than WMV HD natively

or

- I have seen a lot of HD content (mainly trailers,short films) in the .MKV format .Can this be converted to an HD

format that the Xbox 360 will play via my PC (either WMV HD or other playable formats)

I am new to HD but keen to learn and get the most out of my HD setup

Thanks for your help

[Baldrick]

You can only watch wmv but you can use a software like Tversity that can realtime convert and stream to your xbox 360 but you would a super computer to be able to convert to wmvhd.

You can use AutoMKV to convert to WMVHD.

[Paulshj]

I already posted this in another thread in this board. But here is it again:

Here you can find a tutorial how to stream .mkv to your 360 using TVersity: http://www.my360.ch/index.php?area=1&p=articles&type=special&id=96

It's in german but I'll try to give you the important steps translated:

1. Uninstall every codec you have on your System (XviD, DivX, K-Lite Codec Package...)
2. Download and Install TVersity 0.9.11.4 (DO NOT Install the TVersity Codec Pack - uncheck the box at the end of the installation)
3. Download and Install FFDShow Rev.1751 (During the installation, set 2.0 Stereo Speaker - otherwise it won't work)
4. Download and Install Haali Media Splitter
5. Download and Install AC3 Filter 1.46
6. Restart your computer.
7. Startup TVersity and go to the Settings Tab
8. Choose "Xbox 360" as Media Playback Device
9. Move to the Transcoder Settings and change them (check my link, there you can find a table with the correct settings)

That's all... Please let me know if that works.

[neomaine]

Actually, with the fall update the 360 will now play divx/xvid, even with AC3. Since MKV is just a container, see what format the video is in. It may be as simple extracting the contained divx/xvid.