Comments on: MKV (h.264) playback on XBOX360

By: Jeremy?

Jeremy? — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:03:00 +0000

What programs do/can you use to do all this? (I’m on a mac)

By: admin

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:25:36 +0000

Hi Andy,

You need to edit the extracted video file with hexedit, not the mkv. There’s no way this will work without that hex change. Alternatively, you can use a program called ‘gotsent’ if you have a windows machine/VM which is pretty easy to use.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:12:44 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for the guide – it’s really useful. I’ve followed your guide and unfortunately my resultant file will not play on my Xbox 360 (with status code 69-C00D119A).

The only part of your tutorial that i did not complete correctly was the hex edit – i could not find that sequence in the two MKV files that i have, and therefore did not make any changes.

I have tried both burning the resultant file to a DVD and streaming it over my network. I have proved that i can stream other HD content from my server. The file on the disc has an icon that suggests it will not play, but this is not present when viewed over the network so i’ll assume its a burn problem.

Do you have any suggestions as to what i maybe doing wrong please?

Thanks,

Andy

By: Wade

Wade — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:54:54 +0000

I have found to get mp4 to stream to the xbox360 through Windows Media Player 11, all you have to do it manually change the file extension from .mp4 to .wmv. Then WMP 11 will stream it just fine.

By: bllwyd

bllwyd — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:55:31 +0000

Wonderful! I’ve been trying avidemux and mencoder options high and low, but this hit the mark. and no re-encoding necessary, great Takes me 5 mins to fix the mkv for my xbox, wonderful again!

By: lor3

lor3 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:49:54 +0000

Or skip all that and let http://sentry23.googlepages.com/ do it for you. And get a Ps3 so you get 5.1 AAC goodness.