Mux VC1 on WMV [Archive] - Page 3

Pages : 1 2 [3]

Toti

7th June 2008, 14:19

I get the same screen. In my case it is VC1 2 AVI 1.0.1 It creates an .avi that has a green screen on each of the parts (except the first one).

I didn't noticed this before because I was using small files that I didn't have to join before.

Did another version came out that doesn't cut the file every 2 gigs?

Koadic

30th July 2008, 08:47

For those that experience flickering when muxing an untouched vc1 stream into a wmv container and playing on the 360, I believe I have stumbled upon a way to eliminate that problem. Well... it works for me on the vc1 bluray titles I have tried :) Granted it was only 3 of them, but still... Here are the steps I take:

(note: you can start on step 3 with your currently flickering wmv file, just be sure to do video only (File->Close Audio) and then skip to step 5 and remux with your audio from original wmv)

1. rip m2ts from bluray with anydvd
2. mux m2ts (or mkv w/ timecode file) into asf with Solveig ASF Muxer (http://www.solveigmm.com/?Products&id=ASFMuxer), only selecting video (you don't need to rip the vc1 stream and use vc12avi first, but if you have, you can go straight to step 3 without using Solveig's)
as a side note: I am not sure if you can do the same with evo files, but you can always use tsMuxer to create a m2ts from an evo, you can even remove pulldown
3. run asf (or avi from vc12avi) through wmvmuxer (http://www.dvbportal.de/news/index.html) creating a new wmv file (this is the important step, without this video will/may flicker)
4. use your favorite software to convert audio to 5.1 wma10 pro (for ease of use, I use dbPowerAmp (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/) for ac3 files)
5. mux wmv and wma with windows media stream editor

*(8/8/08) Attention, I am not sure if somthing might have changed on my comp or if I didnt quite go far enough into the movies I tested, but it seems like wmv muxer is corrupting the image on the asf/wmv files when processing them to eliminate the flicker. I had noticed it happening when going from mkv or m2ts to wmv with this tool, but I had thought I had overcome this by using an asf/wmv file. I may have been mistaken as I didnt keep the first "successful" conversions around, only kept them long enough to look for any flicker really. They had 'seemed' to play fine, but I may have jumped to the conclusion that it was working correctly. Oh well, guess I am still looking for that 'magic' step for converting these back to wmv.

I had previously discounted using wmvmuxer for anything, as I had tried to go straight from mkv to wmv via direct stream copy with very poor results. While it muxes just fine, the resulting wmv file doesnt play correctly. The above steps work for me and the resulting 20Mbps wmv file plays without any flickering/stuttering over my Wireless N network, while it would flicker if I skipped step 3.

Normally I don't bother with the original untouched stream as I usually re-encode to a smaller vc1 w/ ac3 mkv to use on my home network, and only then convert back to a wmv if I need to burn to a disc to play on different 360 or use the re-encoded video with the original audio to make a vc1 AVCHD disc that can be played in a PS3. But, I started experimenting with Expression Encoder 2 after seeing better video quality over TMPGEnc Xpress w/ WMV PowerToy. After I had converted to mkv, I would get flickering when converting back to wmv. So I ended up trying everything I could get my hands on to make the EE2 encodes work with what I was doing (without the flickering), and fell upon this solution which also works with untouched vc1 streams. I hope this helps someone.

Beastie Boy

30th July 2008, 09:02

I will give this a go as I have had this problem in dark scenes on the 360, making the video unwatchable. Will WMVMuxer accept an existing WMV file as input, or do I need to re-rip?

Cheers, Beastie.

Koadic

30th July 2008, 09:06

It should accept an existing wmv file, as I had tried it that way with sucess also. I just listed the shortest path to go from original to wmv. Just make sure you only do the video though, I always had it crash when I tried a file with audio if I didnt go to File->Close Audio. You should then be able to remux the audio with windows media stream editor. Let me know if it works :)

Beastie Boy

30th July 2008, 09:10

Thanks. This has good at a good time for me. I have just managed to get streaming working again to my 360 (why is it so flaky?) only to find out my files are unwatchable. I was all set to by a NMT based player so this could save me some cash!

Cheers, Beastie.

Koadic

30th July 2008, 09:16

I am glad to hear I might be of help with your flickering problem, even though I was never able to fully help with your stuttering problem.

Oleg Rode

16th August 2008, 20:15

2. mux m2ts (or mkv w/ timecode file) into asf with Solveig ASF Muxer (http://www.solveigmm.com/?Products&id=ASFMuxer), only selecting video (you don't need to rip the vc1 stream and use vc12avi first, but if you have, you can go straight to step 3 without using Solveig's)
Hm-m-m... Nice feature!:goodpost: I tired of joining splited parts after VC12AVI. By the way... How good does Solveig ASF Muxer work with mkv? Is it a good idea to mux mkv to m2ts for better compatibility? And what is about pulldown? Leave it or remove?
Sorry for my English... :rolleyes:

Koadic

17th August 2008, 05:38

So long as you have a splitter for mkv, such as Haali's, Solveig should work just fine (as far as I know), as it works for me. Although, with using this method to create wmv files, I still have the problem with getting them to play correctly on the 360. As per my edit in the post your are quoting, the only way I have been able to get rid of the flickering is using wmv muxer, BUT it corrupts the video. As far as pulldown, I guess if your not having a problem, dont mess with it, you will only need to remove it if you convert to bluray. When you rip with Soveig's though, it will read whatever the framrate is in the original file, and set the asf accordingly, so if the framrate is wrong in the mkv/m2ts, it will be in the asf too.

Oleg Rode

24th August 2008, 10:56

BUT it corrupts the video..
So, I tried to mux mkv to asf with Solveig ASF Muxer. And I received *.asf file. But WMV Muxer doesn't want to work with this *.asf file. It just crashes. Windows Media Stream Editor correctly works with my *.asf file. So, I can mux it with audio and play it on PS3, but... video is flickering. So, may be much safer to use this method - MKV-VC1-AVI-WMV? WMV Muxer correctly works with *.avi files, which were created by VC12AVI.
By the way, how does it look that WMV Muxer corrupts the video?

Sorry for my English...

Koadic

24th August 2008, 11:41

No matter what kind of file I used in WMV Muxer, whether it be an asf, wmv, mkv, m2ts, or avi, regardless of what programs made them, I would get video corruption.

For avi files, I had tried ripping the raw stream, the loading into vc12avi and running them through VDub to put them back together. I also tried using mkv extract to rip the vc1 into an avi file, which resulted in me having to run it through VDub anyway if the file was over 2GB, it would write the full stream to the avi, but both wmv muxer and solveig's stopped at where the 2GB mark would be, unable to see past it. I have also tried converting to avi then running through solveig's. When viewed through WMSnoop, this looked much truer to the source wmv file, just no AP level information. To see how the corruption looks, all you need to do is try it out and watch the resulting wmv.

I have taken a working wmv file encoded with EE2, run it through solveig's, muxed it back into a wmv. That results in a flickering video but no corruption. If I take the same wmv and run it through wmv muxer, I get corrupted video but no flickering.

From what I can determine, solveig's strips too much information from the source. The wmv I start with, when looked at through mediainfo or wmsnoop, reads AP@L3. After solveig's, no info like that at all. Wmv muxer on the other hand, running the wmv through, it will read AP@L4. It will overwrite any info that is or is not there and the file will play without flickering, only video corruption.

I dont know if the xbox needs the file tagged as AP (advanced profile) to play without flickering, or if it is some other issue. It would be nice if there was a tool to set these values manually, something like h264info.

digitalis99

15th September 2008, 20:37

I've been messing with this same problem...flickering on WMV playback on a 360. It definitely does only happen when there is extreme white or black in the video content, which is quite strange.

One interesting thing to note, however, is that playback of a 20Mbps VC1 stream plus multichannel audio is possible without hiccups. Previously in this thread, there seemed to be only the ability to stream 15Mbps or so.

If anyone has found a cure for the flickering, please post back. I'll continue looking myself.

digitalis99

9th October 2008, 23:08

I haven't completely figured out why playback flickers, but I have noticed that videos playback without flickering when you view them through Media Center on the Xbox. There appears to be some severe, real-time transcoding, though, as playback of both audio and video stutter due to buffering problems. If you look at task manager on your Media Center box, at least one CPU core will be pegged.

rica

31st October 2008, 22:45

Sorry guys, but the question still exists to me:

How can i remux a vc1 raw file to wmv?

Beastie Boy

1st November 2008, 09:56

Sorry guys, but the question still exists to me:

How can i remux a vc1 raw file to wmv?

Have you tried this method (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1082042&postcount=78)posted earlier in the thread? I think ASF Muxer also accepts mkv as input, so you could avoid the segmented AVI problem by muxing to mkv instead of AVI.

Cheers, Beastie.

rica

1st November 2008, 14:23

Hi Beastie, thanks.

Demuxed VC1 with eac3to,
Remuxed with TSMuxer to TS.
Converted to mkv with GraphStudio:
Haali Splitter > HaaliMuxer.

It can not open either TS or mkv; i get this popup even i can easily open them with GraphStudio:

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/9845/asfmuxerzw3.th.png (http://img78.imageshack.us/my.php?image=asfmuxerzw3.png)http://img78.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

If you want to check, here is a short sample:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=610f03b89c15442eab1eab3e9fa335cab06cdcd0e67fa6b9

BTW: i'm on Vista32 SP1.
_ _ _ _ _

Beastie Boy

1st November 2008, 15:55

I would suggest muxing straight to mkv with eac3to, and importing that file into ASF Muxer. I'm sure that this worked for me in the past, but it was a while ago so I may be mistaken.

Unfortunately, I'm at work at the moment and the firewall won't let me see your links.

Cheers, Beastie.

rica

1st November 2008, 17:03

I've just tried that method as well but nothing has changed.

Thanks again.

Beastie Boy

1st November 2008, 17:31

rica

1st November 2008, 18:14

I can't see the error ASF Muxer is showing, but I do remember once having a filter type problem with it. I had to either re-register a filter in the ASF Muxer folder, or re-install the app, I don't remember which. The muxer worked OK again afterwards though.

Cheers, Beastie.

As you guess it says:

Fail to build DirectShow filtergraph

And i've found a SMMASF.ax which hasn't been registered; i registered it and it works now.
It was my fault missing that.(missing ax and readme)
:thanks:

Cheers.

Awax

18th November 2008, 17:14

Sorry guys, but the question still exists to me:

How can i remux a vc1 raw file to wmv?

This is the method I used to solve the problem I had with VC-1 to WMV:

1) Open TSMuxer and Demux the audio and video into a folder.

2) Open VC12AVI, convert the vc-1 file to an avi (it will output multiple avi files) - This will not convert the video, only remux it.

3) Open Virtualdub, join all the avi files into one avi file (direct stream so as to not lose any quality).

4) Open Windows Media Encoder and convert the avi to wmv - Use the following Settings: CBR - Size 1920x1080, Bit Rate 10Mbs, Frame 23.976, Smoothness 90

5) Open Windows Media Encoder and convert the audio to wma - Use the following Settings: CBR - 384kbs, 48hz, 5.1

6) Open Windows Media Stream Editor and mux the wmv and wma together.

I have not a problem yet using this method.

rica

18th November 2008, 20:46

Thanks awax :thanks:

Audioboxer

28th November 2008, 02:17

Has anyone ever figured out a way to stop the flickering on a PS3/360?

Or know what causes it?

Thanks :)

Steve56

12th December 2008, 17:02

[...]

4) Open Windows Media Encoder and convert the avi to wmv - Use the following Settings: CBR - Size 1920x1080, Bit Rate 10Mbs, Frame 23.976, Smoothness 90

[...]

Wouldn't this reencode the video stream? :confused:

I mean, one of the goals of going this route is not to have a lengthy reencode process.

Awax

12th December 2008, 17:35

Wouldn't this reencode the video stream?

I mean, one of the goals of going this route is not to have a lengthy reencode process.

Yes, this would reencode, but I wouldn't call it lengthy. With the method I described, converting the video with WME on my setup took 4.5 hours. Muxing the VC1 into WMV with WMVmuxer took 22 hours.

Starkenator

1st February 2009, 11:44

As requested, here are the steps I used to play back the original vc1 stream on the 360. I can't take any credit for the method, but can confirm that it works. I have so far copied 3 HD-DVDs to my network; Batman Begins, The Last Samurai and 300.

1) Demux the required video (vc1) and audio streams using eac3to. The audio can be demuxed directly to 6 mono wave files using the .wavs extension

eg eac3to FEATURE_1.EVO+FEATURE_2.EVO 1: video.vc1 4: audio.wavs

The eac3to thread contains a great deal of info regarding the use of this tool for those that are unfamiliar with it.

2) Remove pulldown flagging by running the vc1 file through vc1conv. Note that madshi may soon include this step within the eac3to tool (Thanks madshi)

3) Convert vc1 file to AVI using vc12avi. At present, this splits the output file into 2GB chunks, so...

4) Use VirtualDub to open the first AVI video.00.avi. Append video.01.avi and make sure the option is checked to automtically load successive files. VirtualDub mode may display an error saying that there is no suitable decompressor. Just click OK and ignore it as no decompressor is required for Direct Stream Copy. Save the AVI ensuring that Direct Stream Copy is ticked.

5) Load the large AVI file into Solveif ASFMuxer and output an asf file with asf file extension.

6) Encode the 6 mone wave files to WMA format. My tool of choice for this is Windows Media Encoder.

7) Mux the .asf and .wma files to WMV using Windows Stream Editor. Tip: Add both files into the left hand side window, fully expand both files by clicking the little + symbol next to each one, put a tick in the last box next to each file and then click the Add button between both windows. The output window will now contain the output or 'Audience' (?). Save a WMV file.

Since I am using a standard version of XP, I share files to my 360 using WMP11. Both my PC and 360 are connected via a Gigabit router and the files all play without any stutter or dropouts. Skipping and Fast Foreward also work without issue.
(The file may stutter for the fist 1.5 - 2 secs but run smoothly thereafter)

I have written this completly from memory as I am at work at the moment, so I apologise in advance for any errors.

Cheers, Beastie.

I don't understand how you are getting this to open in Virtualdub. I load the first 2gb file of the dark knight then I get the error message then I click ok, but after that there is no file loaded or anything. The save to avi is greyed out. I am using version 1.8.8. If someone could tell me what I am doing wrong I would appreciate it.

Unhandled

3rd February 2009, 17:28

Starkenator-
Use VirtualDubMod. I used version 1.5.10.2 b2542 and it worked for me.

I also have the flickering problem that others have seen. I don't know how to get around this without re-encoding.

chiwawita

30th March 2009, 04:37

I have successfully muxed (no conversion) a VC-1 Blu-ray to WMV that plays on my XBOX 360. The "magic ingredient" to remove the flickering is using the latest version of SloveigMM's ASFMuxer which is only available in their Video Editing SDK: http://solveigmm.com/files/SolveigMM_Video_Editing_SDK_1_0.zip. I just followed the steps shown above (vc1toavi, Sloveig, WME Stream Editor) and streamed the final WMV using my QNAP NAS. Hope this helps!

Oleg Rode

1st April 2009, 15:34

Midzuki

1st April 2009, 21:35

:goodpost:
It looks like SMM_ASFMuxerApp doesn't need registration. BTW is there any way not to install full package? I need only this program.

Sorry for my English

You can use just the DirectShow muxing filter and Graphedit.

ToadMazter

4th April 2009, 00:08

This is promising news! However, before I start down this path, can anyone confirm if the VC1 WMV file will play on a 360 in "Vista Media Center Extender mode"? As I only use the 360's as extenders (no gaming), I don't want to exit out to the dash.

Unhandled

4th April 2009, 04:25

ToadMazter

6th April 2009, 17:26

I successfully ran this process on my Happy Feet HDDVD on Saturday. I'm super stoked that I don't have to transcode the video stream, and I can maintain HD 5.1 audio content. The WMV file streams at almost 14MB/second, and plays fantastic on the XBOX 360 dash when served via Vista WMP11 or my NAS UPnP server. Unfortunately, playing via Vista Media Center is unwatchable as it stutters and skips and pauses constantly. Same result on my Linksys DMA extenders (although they are connected via 5GHz 802.11n wireless, so I need to verify the same result on a hardwired connection). I’m going to test on a W7 MediaCenter to see if has better codec support.

ToadMazter

9th May 2009, 15:59

I’m going to test on a W7 MediaCenter to see if has better codec support.

The RC of 7MC (build 7100) is much better, but still won't cut the mustard for viewing 1080P WMV VC1. Hoping it will be fixed for the next RC.

turbodood

26th June 2009, 07:16

I'd like to thank all the folks here for all the info and in some cases software. I'm basically trying to do the same thing VC-1 HD-DVD to wmv for 360 playback.

Basically my problems are these. Wmvmuxer never produces a playable file, whether I let it encode the audio, or something else did.

I have a playable wmv file with no audio, and a seperatly encoded wma file but no matter where I check, or when I move it over to the left side, WMSE always gives me the content type message. First I read somewhere else that they could have different languages ... but thats not it.

The only other thing I can think of is that it could be the wma file, and that you are supposed to pick a certain type of encode (file archive, or streaming or whatever) on WME, when you encode it. Nobody mentioned this on the thread though.

Anybody got a clue what I'm missing?

--------------------------------------

Update: ok folks for the benift of future people's help let me tell you why I was confused.

The instructions said to add the video, then audio basically. This was leading me to have two seperate audiences. This is what I suggest:

1. Click the new audience so you basically have a blank one

2. add your video, check the bps part, highlight that audience you created, then click add.

3. repeat above for the audio

4. create the file ... and don't get the content type message

Maybe I was just having a brain freeze not realizingthis sooner but, whatever.

turbodood

28th June 2009, 11:42

Darnit, I got the flickering too. I already tried the asfmuxer/wmvmuxer/WMSE trick and it didn't help ... though I wonder if its my system frankly. Still anything that wmvmuxer touches comes out unplayable even when WMSE re-muxes it after.

b66pak

28th June 2009, 18:34

did you check this out?

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1267418#post1267418
_

Koadic

18th September 2009, 02:54

First, dont bother muxing the AC3 with the avi file. After using ASF Muxer, rename the .asf file to .wmv. Convert the AC3 audio into WMA audio and mux it with the WMV file using Windows Media Stream Editor (included with Windows Media Encoder 9). If you want audio with the PS3, you will have to convert the AC3 into WMA Std 9.2 stereo.

Koadic

18th September 2009, 03:25

Not if you want to stream it to the PS3, the only format the PS3 can stream with VC-1 encoded video is WMV, and the only audio you can use with that is WMA 9 stereo (not lossless or WMA 10 Pro). If you want 5.1 audio, you either need to keep it in a M2TS container and split it up to burn to multiple DVD's as BD9's, or create an AVCHD folder that you can copy to a FAT32 Hard Drive, otherwise you will need to transcode it with something like PS3 Media Server or somthing.

setarip_old

2nd October 2009, 02:30

@Xorp

Hi!i cant drag and drop a file more than 4 gigs though onto a fat32 formatted external harddrive, wtf how do i get around thisI believe you'll find your solution in one of the many capabilities of "multiAVCHD"...

WildTexasChef

3rd October 2009, 09:39

As requested, here are the steps I used to play back the original vc1 stream on the 360. I can't take any credit for the method, but can confirm that it works. I have so far copied 3 HD-DVDs to my network; Batman Begins, The Last Samurai and 300.

I'm not using HD-DVD's but I have ripped Blu-rays that are using VC-1 content (From NBC/Univeral & BBC). So is the procedure the same? I am assuming it is?

1) Demux the required video (vc1) and audio streams using eac3to. The audio can be demuxed directly to 6 mono wave files using the .wavs extension

eg eac3to FEATURE_1.EVO+FEATURE_2.EVO 1: video.vc1 4: audio.wavs

The eac3to thread contains a great deal of info regarding the use of this tool for those that are unfamiliar with it.

eac3to will work with the M2TS files of Blu-ray. Yet will make one AC3 file for audio is this ok? Is their a reason for Audio. wav's? Wav's can't support 5.1 audio?

2) Remove pulldown flagging by running the vc1 file through vc1conv. Note that madshi may soon include this step within the eac3to tool (Thanks madshi)

My XBox when doing a test of video only will play a VC1 file as is. (No audio) So what is the reasoning for removing the pulldown flagging? Is it possible because since I am using a VC1 video track pulled from a blu-ray that it has allready been removed?

3) Convert vc1 file to AVI using vc12avi. At present, this splits the output file into 2GB chunks, so...

4) Use VirtualDub to open the first AVI video.00.avi. Append video.01.avi and make sure the option is checked to automtically load successive files. VirtualDub mode may display an error saying that there is no suitable decompressor. Just click OK and ignore it as no decompressor is required for Direct Stream Copy. Save the AVI ensuring that Direct Stream Copy is ticked.

5) Load the large AVI file into Solveif ASFMuxer and output an asf file with asf file extension.

Why are we converting the VC1 file to AVI? XBox 360 will play a VC1 file at 1980x1080i without problem?

6) Encode the 6 mone wave files to WMA format. My tool of choice for this is Windows Media Encoder.

I am using Microsoft Expression Encoder 3. It supports converting AC3 to WMA9 Pro maintaining the 5.1 audio. Xbox 360 will play WMA9 Pro 5.1 audio.

7) Mux the .asf and .wma files to WMV using Windows Stream Editor. Tip: Add both files into the left hand side window, fully expand both files by clicking the little + symbol next to each one, put a tick in the last box next to each file and then click the Add button between both windows. The output window will now contain the output or 'Audience' (?). Save a WMV file.

Maybe I missed something earlier. IF I did my apologies. But I haven't figured out how to mux video & audio in Microsoft Expression 3 encoder. Maybe it can be done maybe not. But I also have Windows media 9 encoder 64 bit installed. Is Windows Stream editor in that? Aso is their a reason for having the VC1 converted to ASF? Won't the stream editor mux VC1 with WMA to form a WMV?

Since I am using a standard version of XP, I share files to my 360 using WMP11. Both my PC and 360 are connected via a Gigabit router and the files all play without any stutter or dropouts. Skipping and Fast Foreward also work without issue.
(The file may stutter for the fist 1.5 - 2 secs but run smoothly thereafter)

I have written this completly from memory as I am at work at the moment, so I apologise in advance for any errors.

Cheers, Beastie.

I realize that since the XBox 360 currently only supports Fat32 for USB drives and thus only a 4gb file size. Obviously HD files won't work being played from a USB drive & thus have to be played through WMP11 on the PC.

Here is what I have done with some success...

Rip the Blu-ray. Demuxed the VC1 video track & AC3 5.1 audio track. I started with a very small "Trailer" file so as to keep everything under the 4gb limit for usb drives.

The VC1 video track played just fine (Video only, no sound) by simply renaming it with a WMV extension.

The AC3 5.1 audio track after being converted to a WMA9 Pro 5.1 audio track. Played just fine on the Xbox 360. Obviously though no video.

Now I am "THINKING" (Maybe incorrectly) that if I can "mux" the video file back with the audio file, into a WMV container that it should play just fine on my XBox 360.

Is it possible to remux a VC1 video track with a WMA9 Pro 5.1 audio track? If so what program do I use?

Thanks

WTC

deank

3rd October 2009, 09:45

Thanks for the prog, I'm runnin into some problems though, i input an vc-1 m2ts file into multiavchd and use the ps3 option to create a avchd folder on the fat32 partition of my external harddrive, when i try and play the video on my ps3 it detects the the avchd folder but says no titles when i open it. What am i doin wrong? I checked all the settings listed in the tutorials and can't find anythin which doesn't seem to be configured properly

When you connect the external HDD, go to VIDEO, click [X] while the HDD is selected, then [X] when AVCHD is selected.

Do not use [triangle] + "Display all".

b66pak

3rd October 2009, 19:44

WildTexasChef

4th October 2009, 05:57

@WildTexasChef use eac3to to remux vc1 .m2ts stream to .mkv:

eac3to myVC1.m2ts myVC1.mkv

install SolveigMM_Video_Editing_SDK_1_0:

http://solveigmm.com/files/SolveigMM_Video_Editing_SDK_1_0.zip

run SolveingMM ASF Multiplexer and remux the .mkv to .asf

if you have installed Windows Media Encoder you will find under "Utilities" the Windows Media Stream Editor!

run it and multiplex the .asf with the .wma.
_

YEAH I did it! Woo Hoo! 2 Years! and Finanly made some progress....

Now here is my problem.... Of which I know I may have to go to the XBox 360/TiVo HD/pyTiVo forums for additional answers.

When using TiVo Desktop Plus (Latest Version) it transfers to my TiVo (WMV) and the video plays like a charm. Beautifull quality. However in the transfer process it has lost it's 5.1 audio. Weird. When I play the same file on my computer. The players all report that it does have a 5.1 audio track.

When I use pyTiVo to transfer it to my TiVo HD. It hangs. Won't transfer. Yet pyTiVo is suppose to have full support for WMV of all types.

The XBox of course won't play the file from a USB drive because the file size is larger than FAT32 will allow, & currently the XBox 360 doesn't support NTFS. (From what I hear it will in the future with the next update, or in the spring update). Thus it requires the use of windows media connect to play or Windows Media Center to play. This is where I am having some problems. If I use WMC to play it, with the Xbox set up as a WMC extender. The file does play just fine. Although using WMC/WMC extender mode really is a PIA. What I would prefer is to get Windows Media connect to work. But the video file doesn't even show up using Windows Media Connect. As far as I can tell Windows Media connect is setup properly with my computer & with the XBox, because I can play music, & view photos just fine with Windows media connect. Just am not able to view videos.

Any ideas?

WTC

deank

4th October 2009, 10:32

Hey I'm doing this and it still says theres no media? I'm lost...

No, you're apparently not doing it. The folder on your HDD must be named exactly AVCHD and if you SEE the icon with AVCHD text there is NO WAY that the console will display "no titles".

Koadic

7th October 2009, 13:20

The XBox of course won't play the file from a USB drive because the file size is larger than FAT32 will allow, & currently the XBox 360 doesn't support NTFS. (From what I hear it will in the future with the next update, or in the spring update). Thus it requires the use of windows media connect to play or Windows Media Center to play. This is where I am having some problems. If I use WMC to play it, with the Xbox set up as a WMC extender. The file does play just fine. Although using WMC/WMC extender mode really is a PIA. What I would prefer is to get Windows Media connect to work. But the video file doesn't even show up using Windows Media Connect. As far as I can tell Windows Media connect is setup properly with my computer & with the XBox, because I can play music, & view photos just fine with Windows media connect. Just am not able to view videos.

Any ideas?

WTC

If you want to play your wmv files from a usb hard drive, get a program called MacDrive, from which you will be able to format your usb drive to HFS+, which is supported on the 360 and doesnt limit you to a max of 4GB.