Does Xbox support AVI'S

darthlinux · 17-10-2007, 22:09

I have got my xbox 360 connected to my pc I can see my music but I have avi's on my pc and the 360 doesnt see them is there a update I need or doesn the 360 not have the support for avi's

brundles · 17-10-2007, 22:24

Not as far as I know. The two main choices you have are either running a transcoder on the PC (there are a couple around but they're pretty CPU intensive) or (probably the better option) get hold of an old original Xbox and install XBMC.

Tricky · 17-10-2007, 22:25

I don't believe it does, as it looks for MPG's. You can get software that will interact with Media Player on the XBOX and reencode the files on the fly for presentation on the xbox. I thought I had the apps in my download folder on my media pc but cannot find them so cannot remember the names - I am sure a google for xbox360 and encode will find some results though

It did work btw

**Matt D** · 17-10-2007, 22:27

"avi" is just a container format.

I assume your files are actually encoded using divx or xvid? (which commonly use the avi container, & are quite popular codecs for certain uses

)

The 360 supports:

WMV

VC-1 (based on WMV, used for HD e.g. WMV-HD)

AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10 / H.264)

MPEG-4 Part 2 Simple Profile

It will *not* play MPEG-4 Part 10 Advanced Simple Profile, which is used by divx & xvid.

What you can do, is:

a) Use something such as Encode360 to transcode your videos to WMV, and then use Windows Media Player to stream the transcoded files to the 360 like you do the music.

b) If you have a good enough PC, use something such as TVersity to transcode *and* stream the files at the same time.

v0id · 17-10-2007, 22:27

Buy an xbox 1 and softmod it

**Matt D** · 17-10-2007, 22:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by brundles

Not as far as I know. The two main choices you have are either running a transcoder on the PC (there are a couple around but they're pretty CPU intensive) or (probably the better option) get hold of an old original Xbox and install XBMC.

Quote:

Originally Posted by v0id

Buy an xbox 1 and softmod it

I still have my old modded Xbox running XBMC

Excellent app.

The only time the 360 gets used for videos is for HD stuff.

brundles · 17-10-2007, 22:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt D

The only time the 360 gets used for videos is for HD stuff.

And very good for that it is too

. Despite what MS would have you believe it streams HD content very nicely from a Linux box!