Problems playing H.264 on Xbox360

[Neillithan]

Okay, I'm not sure if this is the right forum for it so please feel free to move it to the right forum.

I have been using MeGUI to convert some videos to H.264 with AAC audio using the PD-PS3-Xbox360 profile and .mp4 container. For some reason, when I try to access the video from the Xbox 360 Media dashboard, I get an error before it plays. Has anyone else had similar issues with playing H.264/AAC Mp4 files?

I have tried using PD-PS3-Xbox360 profile with Main@L4.1 and that doesn't work either.

I have tried to play it without audio and it still doesn't work. I have tried to encode it using the PD-Xbox_HiRes profile which does not use CABAC and that did not work.

Something worth noting: The video is 60fps. I don't know if that poses a problem.

This is the media info for the file.

General #0
Complete name : E:\h264_x360_movie_rsmb_music_1280x800a.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format/Info : ISO 14496-1 Base Media
Format/Family : MPEG-4
File size : 5.21 MiB
PlayTime : 8s 592ms
Bit rate : 5088 Kbps
StreamSize/String : 4.17 KiB
Encoded date : UTC 2008-05-02 03:18:50
Tagged date : UTC 2008-05-02 03:18:50

Video #0
Codec : AVC
Codec/Family : AVC
Codec/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Codec profile : High@L4.1
Codec settings, CABAC : Yes
Codec_Settings_RefFrames : 2
PlayTime : 8s 583ms
Bit rate mode : VBR
Bit rate : 4961 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 6938 Kbps
Width : 1280 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display Aspect ratio : 1.600
Frame rate mode : CFR
Frame rate : 60.000 fps
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.081
StreamSize/String : 5.08 MiB
Encoded date : UTC 2008-05-02 03:16:18
Tagged date : UTC 2008-05-02 03:18:51

Audio #0
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio
Codec/Family : MPEG-A
PlayTime : 8s 592ms
Bit rate mode : VBR
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 132 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
StreamSize/String : 134 KiB
Encoded date : UTC 2008-05-02 03:18:51
Tagged date : UTC 2008-05-02 03:18:51

Thanks in advance for any help.

-Neil

[Ronin-7]

Just out of curiosity try AutoMKV (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=136007) and use it's PS3/X360 profile just to see if the video plays.

Everything I've put through AutoMKV has always worked on the Xbox.

[Neillithan]

Well I solved my problem. I redownloaded the H.264 profiles for MeGUI, reencoded the video and the audio as well and that fixed the problem.... Also, I just now realized the media info for the video that doesn't work had Mpeg-1, not AAC as the audio. I wonder if that caused Xbox360 to give me an error. Oh well, problem is solved! :)

[HookedOnTV]

Can the 360 play h264 and ac3 in a ts container?

[Ronin-7]

Nope.

AC3 5.1 only in AVI with XviD or MPEG-2 in DVR-MS.

AC3 will be down-mixed to 2 channel if playing MPEG-2 in .mpg container.

H.264 in MP4 with AAC LC audio only.