Thread: matroska video ?

help me

i didnt know this section was here lol
anyway i need help people i have a lot of manga but i cant get it to work streaming on my xbox 360

i looked in to it a bit and as far as i can see its because the file type (mkv i think) xbox dont like these

so i use avi as a rule (it works lol) so can i convert the mkv files to avi and how ?

i know this might not be the best way as i think mkv is about the same as avi (if not better ?) but streaming to my xbox is the way i watch stuff and it would be nice to see all that manga on my tv

again any help would be nice thanks

Mkv ftw

You can either stream from a PC to the 360 with something like tversity Or convert them to avi or wmv and transfer them to the 360 to play them.
Encode360 used to be the way to go but it's been a while since I last had a look at it all tbh as I use an acer revo running xbmc hooked up to the tv for all my media needs now. I think the developer had to stop working on it and has a similar tool called EncodeHD instead now lol.

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Originally Posted by Hippie

Mkv ftw

You can either stream from a PC to the 360 with something like tversity Or convert them to avi or wmv and transfer them to the 360 to play them.
Encode360 used to be the way to go but it's been a while since I last had a look at it all tbh as I use an acer revo running xbmc hooked up to the tv for all my media needs now. I think the developer had to stop working on it and has a similar tool called EncodeHD instead now lol.

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Xbox 360 Multimedia and Streaming Forum at AVForums.com

thanks mate i use tversity but it cant play some stuff Mkv is one of the things
i tryed to convert one but it didnt work, and i had to install about 6 or 7 things to do it lol
then i had to wipe my pc
so i dont have them progs installed any more so im hopeing theres a better way of doing it lol

what language are you speaking, pigeon english? gobbledegook to me

Do the mkv files play on the PC for you?
If not then you need to install some codecs. I used Shark's Shark007's FREE Codec solutions - Windows 7 codecs as people were reporting problems with Klite and CCCP and Windows 7 and DXVA at the time. After a quick look on AVForums, they say the DivX pack DivX Plus Codec Pack works well streaming to the 360.
If they play on the PC they should stream to the 360 aswell.

VLC Player on the pc will play the files.
No idea about on a console though.

Or an easier way to play files if you have a ps3 is to use mkv2vob which will transcode the mkv file to burn to a dvd/pendrive etc and then playback on your ps3 faultless.

I use this for movies etc on the ps3, just open the file with the program hit add and it will transcode the file if needed and also split the file if it's over 4gig in size as a usb pendrive for a ps3 has to be formated in Fat32 not ntfs like windows 7 etc so the max file size is 4gb.

The program is awesome as you still get 5.1 sound and don't loose any quality off 720p or 1080p video \o/.

And no need to install any bs codec packs which is a good thing really.

thanks djay i dont use my ps3 anymore but i will have a look as i might have to start lol

dj Euphoria i cant spell lol so when i cant spell a word i have to type what i want to say in a way that makes some kind of sence and using words i can spell and fuck me some times its hard anyway we cant all be great like you
anyway Euphoria stop posting shit that dont help in the help and how to's section to get your post count up

and yes they work fine on my pc using windows media player and vlc media player
like i said its just streaming to my xbox 360 that they dont play, the file type will not work on xbox 360

so i need to convert them and i want to know whats the best way of converting them to avi ?