360 - WMV and MP4 Streaming.

Sime · 5 Nov 2007 at 02:29

Ive got my PC linked to the 360 downstairs so I can watch all the movies I have. I know the 360 supports .mp4 as there was an update for it, and when I put one of my .mp4 episodes on my USB stick the 360 detects and plays it fine.

The problem is when I go into the video tab on the 360 or Windows Media Centre. It just dosent detect the .mp4 video at all...Ive got everything set up to share to the 360 and I think its all in the right place on my PC.

Anyone know where im going wrong?

Thanks

Si

aj_4176 · 5 Nov 2007 at 02:49

AFAIK you have to use some other software (e.g Tversity etc) for you to be able to stream an mp4 across. I personally could not get along with it so I (like yourself) either put in on a usb flash drive or burn it on the dvd to watch it.

Nismo · 5 Nov 2007 at 06:22

aj_4176 said:
AFAIK you have to use some other software (e.g Tversity etc) for you to be able to stream an mp4 across.

With an update from Marketplace it plays files with a .mp4 container no problem.

Does the 360 see other files in the same directory as the .mp4? Sounds like there is still some sort of sharing issue, as I know I can stream them no problem from Vista.

ic1male · 5 Nov 2007 at 13:44

WMC does not recognise MP4 containers by default. It's supposedly fixed by creating a new entry in the registry for MP4 but I could never get it to work. I just plug my USB HDD into the 360 and play stuff that way.

Sime · 6 Nov 2007 at 01:10

aj_4176 said:
AFAIK you have to use some other software (e.g Tversity etc) for you to be able to stream an mp4 across. I personally could not get along with it so I (like yourself) either put in on a usb flash drive or burn it on the dvd to watch it.

Is there any sort of folder options you have to use when buring the mp4 to DVD?

i.e - THE DVD/movies/***.mp4

Or do you just burn it straight to the DVD?

Also what program should I use to burn it? If a program like Nero, what catorgery should it fall under? (Data, S-DVD etc)