stream xvid to xbox360

[sdvideohelp]

I'm trying to stream an xvid video to xbox360, but it fails. I googled some and came up with that the proble is either that it is AC3 or the bit rate is too high. Is that correct?

What tool can I use to check the bit rate and if it's AC3?

I'm trying to stream from miniDLNA server, if that makes a difference.

[Baldrick]

Use Mediainfo to identify bitrate and audio codec. Then compare with the ones that work.

[sdvideohelp]

Thanks!

I did what you suggested. Here is the info on the file.

Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave File size : 350 MiB Duration : 42mn 39s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 1 147 Kbps Writing application : Some super fast AVI muxer
Video

ID : 0 Format : MPEG-4 Visual Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5 Format settings, BVOP : 2 Format settings, QPel : No Format settings, GMC : No warppoints Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263) Codec ID : XVID Codec ID/Hint : XviD Duration : 42mn 39s Bit rate : 989 Kbps Width : 624 pixels Height : 352 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Compression mode : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.188 Stream size : 302 MiB (86%) Writing library : XviD 70
Audio

ID : 1 Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 3 Codec ID : 55 Codec ID/Hint : MP3 Duration : 42mn 39s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 146 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 44.6 MiB (13%) Alignment : Aligned on interleaves Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame) Interleave, preload duration : 34 ms

The bit rate seems high compared to another avi I have that works. Does anyone know what bit rate xbox supports and a program to convert to lower bit rate?

[Cauptain]

Thanks!

I did what you suggested. Here is the info on the file.

Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave File size : 350 MiB Duration : 42mn 39s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 1 147 Kbps Writing application : Some super fast AVI muxer
Video

ID : 0 Format : MPEG-4 Visual Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5 Format settings, BVOP : 2 Format settings, QPel : No Format settings, GMC : No warppoints Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263) Codec ID : XVID Codec ID/Hint : XviD Duration : 42mn 39s Bit rate : 989 Kbps Width : 624 pixels Height : 352 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Compression mode : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.188 Stream size : 302 MiB (86%) Writing library : XviD 70
Audio

ID : 1 Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 3 Codec ID : 55 Codec ID/Hint : MP3 Duration : 42mn 39s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 146 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 44.6 MiB (13%) Alignment : Aligned on interleaves Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame) Interleave, preload duration : 34 ms

The bit rate seems high compared to another avi I have that works. Does anyone know what bit rate xbox supports and a program to convert to lower bit rate?

Its a serie movie file, correct??

Try PS3 Media Server, its a very good stream soft to X360/PS3


Claudio

[sdvideohelp]

Thanks!

I did what you suggested. Here is the info on the file.

Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave File size : 350 MiB Duration : 42mn 39s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 1 147 Kbps Writing application : Some super fast AVI muxer
Video

ID : 0 Format : MPEG-4 Visual Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5 Format settings, BVOP : 2 Format settings, QPel : No Format settings, GMC : No warppoints Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263) Codec ID : XVID Codec ID/Hint : XviD Duration : 42mn 39s Bit rate : 989 Kbps Width : 624 pixels Height : 352 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Compression mode : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.188 Stream size : 302 MiB (86%) Writing library : XviD 70
Audio

ID : 1 Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 3 Codec ID : 55 Codec ID/Hint : MP3 Duration : 42mn 39s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 146 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 44.6 MiB (13%) Alignment : Aligned on interleaves Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame) Interleave, preload duration : 34 ms

The bit rate seems high compared to another avi I have that works. Does anyone know what bit rate xbox supports and a program to convert to lower bit rate?

Its a serie movie file, correct??

Try PS3 Media Server, its a very good stream soft to X360/PS3


Claudio

can't do that, I'm restricted to whatever can run on dd-wrt.

[Cauptain]

can't do that, I'm restricted to whatever can run on dd-wrt.

Whats problem?? I´m dd-wrt user too...PS3 Media Server Work flawless.





Claudio

[sdvideohelp]

can't do that, I'm restricted to whatever can run on dd-wrt.

Whats problem?? I´m dd-wrt user too...PS3 Media Server Work flawless.


Claudio

my video server is running on the dd-wrt router. Not on Windows. I don't like to keep my PC on, so I have the router do the dirty work.

[neomaine]

Before I was poorer, I converted my DVDs to divx/xvid and ac3 to stream via a network share. Worked fine. Then I became $129 poorer after buying a WDTV Live ... which can be had for $79 now. So you can solve you problems with becoming only $79 poorer and not having to convert anything.

[sdvideohelp]

Problem is solved. I had to restart the DLNA server a few times until I got it to work. I thought it was a client issue with the xbox because another video worked, but it was the server after all. Now everything is working smoothly. Now when will xbox support x264 :P

[neomaine]

You're waaaaaay behind. XBOX has supported h264 for quite some time.

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/settings-and-initial-setup/watch-dvds-movies

Snippet:

.....


The Xbox 360 console supports the following for AVI:

• File extensions: .avi, .divx
• Containers: AVI
• Video profiles: MPEG-4 Part 2 (Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile)
• Video bit rate: 5 Mbps with resolutions of 1280 × 720 at 30 fps
• Audio profiles: Dolby® Digital (2 channel and 5.1 channel), MP3
• Audio max bit rate: No restrictions

H.264 support

The Xbox 360 console supports the following for H.264:

• File extensions: .mp4, .m4v, mp4v, .mov, .avi
• Containers: MPEG-4, QuickTime
• Video profiles: Baseline, main and high (up to level 4.1)
• Video bit rate: 10 Mbps with resolutions of 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps
• Audio profiles: AAC, 2-channel, Low Complexity
• Audio max bit rate: No restrictions

MPEG-4 Part 2 support

The Xbox 360 console supports the following for MPEG-4:

• File extensions: .mp4, .m4v, .mp4v, .mov, .avi
• Containers: MPEG-4, QuickTime
• Video profiles: MPEG-4 Part 2 (Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile)
• Video bit rate: 5 Mbps with resolutions of 1280 × 720 at 30 fps
• Audio profiles: AAC, 2-channel, Low Complexity
• Audio max bit rate: No restrictions

WMV (VC-1) support

The Xbox 360 console supports the following for WMV:

• File extensions: .wmv
• Containers: ASF
• Video profiles: WMV7 (WMV1), WMV8 (WMV2), WMV9 (WMV3), VC-1 (WVC1 or WMVA) in simple, main and advanced up to level 3
• Video bit rate: 15 Mbps with resolutions of 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps
• Audio profiles: WMA7/8, WMA9 Pro (stereo and 5.1), WMA Lossless
• Audio max bit rate: No restrictions

......

However, most people have moved on and now use a media player.

[sdvideohelp]

yeah I am old fashioned that :/ But I think I meant mkv. Is the popular HD format?

And does h.264 only support 2 channel audio? I think I'm only seen 5+ channel H2.64.

[neomaine]

Yup, you see that right. Only 2 channel for h264. One of the major reasons I went to a WDTV Live media player. Converting my DVDs to divx and retaining AC3 (yes, it does support it) was easy. Now it's retain all video, audio and subtitles with the WDTV Live for DVDs and BluRay.