I know this get's asked alot, but best playback on my Sony Bravia

[kbphoto615]

I do most of my streaming to my Xbox 360 ( seems like a streaming question but it's not, please keep reading ), yet lately I'm finding myself downloading more and more HD content that cannot be played streaming, and if it can I haven't figured it out yet. I mean i've tried everything. I have one in particular, a Captain America 1080p torrent I downloaded, that will not play. I don't know what it is that keeps it from playing, but I was done trying to get it to stream. So I went to go and convert it from MKV to a WMV for play on my 360. Half way through the process fails, using Any Video Converter.

I know that I'm missing some other options here. Like remuxing, or using a better conversion program. My thing is conversion takes so loong. I would love for someone to explain Remuxing to me, and what program to use for the best playback on my Sony Bravia. I can either use my TV to stream, or my 360. But my main concerns are playing these downloaded movies in full HD with full 5.1 surround sound. Now If I download a 1080p movie, and it is encoded with 5.1, I should theortically be able to play it like this on my HD tv some way right? I really am a noob but I have some basic concept of streaming and video formats, but I really need some solid explainations and instructions here. I appreciate all help given. Thanks in advance for your time.


- KB

[Bjs]

welcome kbphoto615

Sony Bravia ? ... be specific with model.

Use mediainfo to determine internal data of non playing video's and post snapshots for review.

Generally audio type is suspect but there may be settings used in the video conversion process that prevent proper or non play back, thou generally stream from pc to xbox shouldn't be a problem ... but the this process depends on the program used for streaming the source which you should have included in the post.

[kbphoto615]

welcome kbphoto615

Sony Bravia ? ... be specific with model.

Use mediainfo to determine internal data of non playing video's and post snapshots for review.

Generally audio type is suspect but there may be settings used in the video conversion process that prevent proper or non play back, thou generally stream from pc to xbox shouldn't be a problem ... but the this process depends on the program used for streaming the source which you should have included in the post.

Sony Bravia KDL40ex700

Media Info: General
Unique ID : 242404065787170965355202069559990485259 (0xB65D532C42087F6CBA460D9F69F3010B)
Complete name : C:\Users\KB\Downloads\Captain.America.The.First.Av enger.1080p.BluRay.x264-MaxHD\maxhd-catfa-1080p.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 8.74 GiB
Duration : 2h 4mn
Overall bit rate : 10.1 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-10-14 19:04:57
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.8.0 ('I Got The...') built on May 24 2011 03:12:58
Writing library : libebml v1.2.0 + libmatroska v1.1.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 4mn
Bit rate : 8 569 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.228
Stream size : 7.26 GiB (83%)
Writing library : x264 core 118 r2085 8a62835
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=8569 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 4mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 1.31 GiB (15%)
Language : English


I don't know what any of that means but there ya go. haha

I have the following installed to stream:

Divx Pro
Tversity Pro
PS3 Media Server

I use all three of those to stream to my xbox because over time I have discovered some to play certain files, and some wont. I have Windows Media Center but find it to be too sluggish to use most of the time.

Thankyou for the reply, btw. Please don't hesitate to let me know if there is any other info I can provide so you may help me further.

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