Mac OS X/Xbox 360 Container Conversion for H.264

[chronomac]

I apologize in advance if this question's been answered before. I searched the forums and couldn't find an answer so I'm hoping someone can help me.

I have a Powerbook running Mac OS X and I'd like to convert a movie file I have that's encoded in .x264 to .mp4 or any other container using MPEG4 that would work so I can stream it to my Xbox 360.

It seems like the only problem is that the 360 doesn't recognize .x264 so I just need the file type changed for recognition's sake.

Thanks in advance!

[Dark Shikari]

I apologize in advance if this question's been answered before. I searched the forums and couldn't find an answer so I'm hoping someone can help me.

I have a Powerbook running Mac OS X and I'd like to convert a movie file I have that's encoded in .x264 to .mp4 or any other container using MPEG4 that would work so I can stream it to my Xbox 360.

It seems like the only problem is that the 360 doesn't recognize .x264 so I just need the file type changed for recognition's sake.

Thanks in advance!There is no such thing as a ".x264 file". x264 generates H.264 files, which are either in .h264 format (raw stream), .mkv format (container), or .mp4 format (container).

[chronomac]

Whoops. They're in an .mkv format. I'm not quite sure why I messed that up.

[kxmas]

What I usually have to do is mkvextract to create seperate video and audio files.

The audio is never AAC, so I use neroAacEnc to encode it. I tweak the the h.264 file so it says it says the profile is 4.1 instead of 5.1, which the Xbox 360 won't play.

Then, I package it all back up using MP4Box. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. TV shows usually go alright. Movies lower my batting average.

[steve77]

Well it's not as simple as changing the extention:

http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/Xbox_360_H.264_Conversion_Guide_page4.html

I've been using this method for all of my mp4 rips and they work great on X360. I suggest you stick to the guide posted above...

Cheers,

steve77

[chronomac]

http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/Xbox_360_H.264_Conversion_Guide_page4.html

I've been using this method for all of my mp4 rips and they work great on X360. I suggest you stick to the guide posted above...The programs in that guide require Windows, and like I mentioned, I'm running Mac OS X.

[steve77]

The programs in that guide require Windows, and like I mentioned, I'm running Mac OS X.


Fair enough, but it points out all of the necessairy settings in x264 that need to be checked/unchecked in order for playback to succeed with the Xbox 360

steve77