Nooblet Question

[KillerGravemind]

Ok. So. I just downloaded the Videora 360 Converter to convert a couple dozen AVI's into something playable. Not knowing what the hell I'm doing to begin with, I use the wizard, cranking everything out to the best, leaving it set at TV instead of HDTV. The results are MP4 files. I've read through the form and read the 360 is supposed to support it but it cannot see them in any of the folders I put them in, even with WMP 11 up and added to it's library. So. With that in mind. Can anyone please help a dipstick out. :(

[KillerGravemind]

And if anyone asks, I'm running XP Professional, no media center.

[sparhawk]

you need to use tversity or similar for mp4 to work, the 360 can play them but wmp wont stream them.

[KillerGravemind]

I thought the whole point of the Videora Converter was it converted Videos into playable formats? Or was that only for people with Media Center. I use the standard pc link. Sees all my music fine, just none of my videos.

[sparhawk]

you can use videora to convert your files to mpeg and then the 360 will see them, if you want to use mp4 you need to use an alternative server such as tversity.

[KillerGravemind]

Care to walk me through on how to convert an AVI to an Mpeg?

[sparhawk]

I would assume load the file in the converter, pick one of the mpeg2 profiles and hit start

[KillerGravemind]

Tried that and it still came out as an MP4

[KillerGravemind]

Just tried to make one with a one click convert. This is what was in the console.

EXEC: E:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\mediainfobatch.bat "E:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\MediaInfo.exe" "E:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\parameters.txt" "D:\My Documents\My Videos\Aaip.avi"

PlayTime=00:05:35.247

Width=640

Height=480

AspectRatio=1.333

FrameRate=29.970
MediaInfo Command line, MediaInfoLib - v0.7.4.5
MSG - OS - Version: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
MSG - Converter - Version: 2.25
MSG - Converter - Profile: MPEG2 480p 6144kbps Stereo/192kbps AviSynth
MSG - MediaInfo - Length: 214s
MSG - MediaInfo - Width: 640 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Height: 480 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Aspect Ratio: 1.333
MSG - MediaInfo - Framerate: 29.97 fps
WRITE: D:\My Documents\Converted Videos\Xbox360\MPEG2-PS\Aaip.avs
Line 1: DirectShowSource("D:\My Documents\My Videos\Aaip.avi")
EXEC: E:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -y -i "D:\My Documents\Converted Videos\Xbox360\MPEG2-PS\Aaip.avs" -f vob -b 6144k -ac 2 -ab 192k "D:\My Documents\Converted Videos\Xbox360\MPEG2-PS\Aaip.mpg"

FFmpeg version SVN-r9133, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-avisynth --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x264 --enable-xvid --cpu=i686 --enable-memalign-hack --extra-ldflags=-static --enable-dirac
libavutil version: 49.4.0
libavcodec version: 51.40.4
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on May 27 2007 19:45:44, gcc: 4.2.0
[avs @ 00ACBEA0]AVIFileOpen failed with error -2147221164D:\My Documents\Converted Videos\Xbox360\MPEG2-PS\Aaip.avs: Error while opening file
DELETE: D:\My Documents\Converted Videos\Xbox360\MPEG2-PS\Aaip.avs

[KillerGravemind]

Tried it again without the Avi Synth and it went through, however it was still not seen by my xbox once placed in the Mv Videos folder.

[KillerGravemind]

Tried it again with a retarded little AMV I have. This is the console report. Tried opening it in WMP and it crashed.

EXEC: E:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\mediainfobatch.bat "E:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\MediaInfo.exe" "E:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\parameters.txt" "D:\My Documents\My Videos\Dansu.avi"

PlayTime=00:03:34.247

Width=640

Height=480

AspectRatio=1.333

FrameRate=29.970
MediaInfo Command line, MediaInfoLib - v0.7.4.5
MSG - OS - Version: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
MSG - Converter - Version: 2.25
MSG - Converter - Profile: MPEG2 480p 6144kbps Stereo/192kbps
MSG - MediaInfo - Length: 214s
MSG - MediaInfo - Width: 640 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Height: 480 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Aspect Ratio: 1.333
MSG - MediaInfo - Framerate: 29.97 fps
EXEC: E:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -y -i "D:\My Documents\My Videos\Dansu.avi" -f vob -b 6144k -ac 2 -ab 192k "D:\My Documents\Converted Videos\Xbox360\MPEG2-PS\Dansu.mpg"

FFmpeg version SVN-r9133, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-avisynth --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x264 --enable-xvid --cpu=i686 --enable-memalign-hack --extra-ldflags=-static --enable-dirac
libavutil version: 49.4.0
libavcodec version: 51.40.4
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on May 27 2007 19:45:44, gcc: 4.2.0

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 30000.00 (30000/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, avi, from 'D:\My Documents\My Videos\Dansu.avi':
Duration: 00:03:34.2, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2204 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x480, 29.97 fps(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s
Output #0, vob, to 'D:\My Documents\Converted Videos\Xbox360\MPEG2-PS\Dansu.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 640x480, q=2-31, 6144 kb/s, 29.97 fps(c)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
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video:116865kB audio:5021kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 1.268225%

[sparhawk]

I downloaded an AVI file, started videora, clicked on the conversion tab, clicked on Convert Video, browsed to the AVI, clicked on the profile and changed it to mpeg2 480p, clicked start, came back 10 minutes later to a .mpg file which played when I connected to the computer via windows media centre. It also played fine in tversity (which will also automatically transcode AVI on the fly as you watch it if you want).

[KillerGravemind]

As I mentioned before, I don't have Media Center, just plain XP Professional.

[sparhawk]

then might I suggest using tversity as a media server

http://tversity.com/home

[zachisevil]

Why dont you just burn the Mp4 to a data disc (either cd or dvd) or put it on a flash drive and hook it up to your 360. It will play the file, I found the videora .mp4's to work better than any other format using this method.