how to play .mkv file on 360 ?

ikillbears · 10 Jan 2008 at 22:06

As title really i want to stream this on my 360 from my laptop. I gather i may need to change its file format. So how on earth do i do this. I'm on a Mac btw

cheers for any help

triggerthat · 10 Jan 2008 at 23:44

TVersity?

ikillbears · 11 Jan 2008 at 01:23

any other way like converting the file format or something like that ? :/ tversity only works on pc

Nismo · 11 Jan 2008 at 07:02

zhx said:
any other way like converting the file format or something like that ? :/ tversity only works on pc

I use Videora 360 to convert them to .mp4 which then play fine. Can take a while though depending on the quality of the .mkv, so there is also this method which I think is quicker, but I've never personally used it...

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17815024&highlight=mkv

AdWright · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:39

Nismo said:
I use Videora 360 to convert them to .mp4 which then play fine. Can take a while though depending on the quality of the .mkv, so there is also this method which I think is quicker, but I've never personally used it...

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17815024&highlight=mkv

I have and it works a treat. Use Gotsent as suggested in that thread.

jamief · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:40

Videora 360 -> MKV passthrough mode, takes ~10-20minutes for a HD film, less for a TV show. Or GOTSent works just as well.

PiKe · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:40

GotSent is more reliable than Videora, Videora feels very bloated to use aswell.

Caustic · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:43

GOTSent works really well but I have no idea if there is a MAC version.

Nismo · 11 Jan 2008 at 14:39

jamief said:
Videora 360 -> MKV passthrough mode

I tried that and it processed everything but didn't output any file :/

Going to give GOTSent a go though instead.

yaboy · 11 Jan 2008 at 15:08

Are we talking full HD .mkv's

Whats quality like after you convert to make them play on 360?

AdWright · 11 Jan 2008 at 15:11

Exactly the same as the source content, I believe. Gotsent isn't re-encoding it, just re-wrapping it in a different container

Edit - forgot to say that Gotsent is windows only. I used bootcamp on my iMac to run it

PiKe · 11 Jan 2008 at 15:11

Only 720's play, don't even try 1080 because it just blocks up.

GotSent only re-encodes the audio.

yaboy · 11 Jan 2008 at 15:38

Ah, still 720 is sexy.

jamief · 11 Jan 2008 at 16:35

PiKe said:
Only 720's play, don't even try 1080 because it just blocks up.

GotSent only re-encodes the audio.

Works fine with 1080 files.

PiKe · 11 Jan 2008 at 16:58

jamief said:
Works fine with 1080 files.

No it doesnt, at least not all. I tried converting several, all of which blocked up.

GotSent said:
Basic work for 0.24 is underway as well, which includes a more advanced h264 header decoder/modifier to hopefully nail down the issue with a few select 720p files that don't work, and the 1080p issue. (though reports show that some high profile 1080p files actually work). On the 360 this doesn't lead to a black screen, but very blocky images.

yaboy · 11 Jan 2008 at 17:10

Whats best settings to use on Gotsent, I dont understand any of thise converting malarkey

ikillbears · 11 Jan 2008 at 23:03

just did a 720p file ended up being slightly blocky like every 3 frames. Im guessing its because i was streaming it over the network via wireless?

cheers for the help so far, most useful

Nismo · 12 Jan 2008 at 08:55

zhx said:
Im guessing its because i was streaming it over the network via wireless?
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Did you try playing it on the host PC first?

I tried GOTSent and the MKV passthrough mode in Videora last night, neither worked for me with a variety of files. Will just stick with re-encoding it in Videora, cuts the filesize down considerably as well.