VLC HowTo/Play on Xbox

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This page describes how to make your Video Files playable on a XBox. Other "how to" pages

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: [1]

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}}

or 

"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.

VLC360 forum Screenshots

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