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{{howto|Make your Video Files playable on a XBox}}

To play on XBox and XBox360 the file you copy to it needs to be of the correct format. This format is summarized below:

== Codec Information ==

=== AVI support === 
* File extensions: .avi, .divx 
* Containers: AVI 
* Video profiles: MPEG-4 Part 2 (Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile) 
* Video bit rate: 5 Mbps with resolutions of 1280 × 720 at 30 fps 
* Audio profiles: Dolby® Digital (2 channel and 5.1 channel), MP3 
* Audio max bit rate: No restrictions 

=== H.264 support === 
* File extensions: .mp4, .m4v, mp4v, .mov, .avi 
* Containers: MPEG-4, QuickTime 
* Video profiles: Baseline, main and high (up to level 4.1) 
* Video bit rate: 10 Mbps with resolutions of 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps 
* Audio profiles: AAC, 2-channel, Low Complexity 
* Audio max bit rate: No restrictions 

=== MPEG-4 Part 2 support === 
* File extensions: .mp4, .m4v, .mp4v, .mov, .avi 
* Containers: MPEG-4, QuickTime 
* Video profiles: MPEG-4 Part 2 (Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile) 
* Video bit rate: 5 Mbps with resolutions of 1280 × 720 at 30 fps 
* Audio profiles: AAC, 2-channel, Low Complexity 
* Audio max bit rate: No restrictions 

=== WMV (VC-1) support === 
* File extensions: .wmv 
* Containers: ASF 
* Video profiles: WMV7 (WMV1), WMV8 (WMV2), WMV9 (WMV3), VC-1 (WVC1 or WMVA) in simple, main and advanced up to level 3 
* Video bit rate: 15 Mbps with resolutions of 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps 
* Audio profiles: WMA7/8, WMA9 Pro (stereo and 5.1), WMA Lossless 
* Audio max bit rate: No restrictions 

=== Maximum supported video file size === 
The maximum file size for an MPEG-4 Part 2 or H.264 file is 4 GB. However, Windows Media Player 11 and the Zune software support streaming WMV files larger than 4 GB.

Source: 
[http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/settings-and-initial-setup/watch-dvds-movies]

== Batch file ==

The batch file can look like that on [[Windows]]
 c:\vlc\vlc -vvv %1 :sout=#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,vb=1500,scale=1,acodec=wma,ab=96,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,dst=%1.wmv}}

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -vvv %1 --sout-ffmpeg-qscale 1  :sout=#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,scale=1,acodec=wma,ab=96,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,dst=%1.wmv}}

== VLC360 ==

If you have your computer connected at the same time, you can use VLC360 to play directly your Computer files on your Xbox 360.

[http://jortega74.free.fr/serendipity/ VLC360 forum]
[http://forums.xbox-scene.com/lofiversion/index.php/t499940.html Screenshots]