Xbox360 and Apple Quicktime .Mov .Mp4

[tan_nar]

Hi there

I joined this forum to find out one answer, that is how can one play .mov and .mp4 from the Xbox360 dashboard directly. That means not through media centre, not via transcode etc.

The last Xbox360 update states that it should play all Apple Trailers..

When HD Movs are renamed to .avi, it shows up in Xbox dashboard and they play like a dream?

Now the additional question is why cant i see any movies or trailers with a .mov or .mp4 extention.

Lastly, further reading around suggests i need to install MS Zune?

Any comments from anyone

cheers

[bevancoleman]

Originally Posted by tan_nar

Hi there
The last Xbox360 update states that it should play all Apple Trailers..

It doesn't actually, it will play many of teh apple trailers, but not all of them.

Microsoft have a good faq regarding exactly what the 360 supports here;
http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archi...yback-faq.aspx

In particular it only supports certain profiles of h.264, and only 2 channel AAC LLC audio.

Originally Posted by tan_nar

Hi there
When HD Movs are renamed to .avi, it shows up in Xbox dashboard and they play like a dream?
Now the additional question is why cant i see any movies or trailers with a .mov or .mp4 extention.
Lastly, further reading around suggests i need to install MS Zune?

You don't say how you are getting the videos to the 360.

However if you wish to share them by the network, then you need Windows Media Player 11. You need to insure that the PC supports the codecs as well before it will stream the content to the 360 (see the FAQ I linked too above)

[tan_nar]

Many thanks for the reply.

OK my setup is as follows

Setup
Dell XPS710 PC with Core2Duo, 2gb ram, 1.5TB HD, Vista Ultimate 32bit with Vista Media Center, Media Player 11 (shares setup OK) latest CCCP codecs and reg. hacks..
- PC is setup with all tweaks and registry hacks so that VMC can see AND play avi, ALL movs (SD and HD resolutions), Divx, xvid, .ts files (i.e. blu-ray and hd rips). In fact everything plays. The only thing I cant remember is .mkv format (thru VMC that is)

Xbox360 - has latest updates, connects to PC via Media Center and natively via Video dashboard.

All above is connected via hard-wire ehternet Cat6 cable and performace is superb.

I have many movies in true WMV-HD format in resolutions 720p and 1080p which play without a glitch.

Problem

Now back to the original question, why can i playback high-res .Movs via Xbox360 when they are renamed to .avi format?

Whats making me scratch my head is why i fail to see any .mov and .mp4 files in Xbox360?

When i had this issue in Vista MC, all i did was add a reg_sz entry for .mov called perceivedtype.

You guys are on the ball with this stuff, so any help appreciated?

Let me ask the same quesiton in a different manner, can the rest of you see .mov formats in Xbox360, either dashboard or media center?

cheers

[bevancoleman]

Originally Posted by tan_nar

Many thanks for the reply.

OK my setup is as follows

...

cheers

First things, are your sure you have the latest firmware for the 360? The previous version wouldn't show mov/mp4 files.

If you are (i.e. you are loged into Xbox Live), then it may be worth finding another PC to check that the Windows Media Player share is actualy showing up all teh files (i.e. to determinate where the issue lies).

It would be easist to use anotehr windows PC with WMP 11, but any device capiable of UPnP video sharing will do.

[tan_nar]

Yup > latest firmware is on.. thats why i can play xvid, divx etc from the dashboard itself. I have a Live account and download updates regularly. :-)

I will check the share > thanks

However my share is set at the root of the disk and within it at all the trailers, movies, music, demos and so forth, all in sub-folders.

[tan_nar]

From lastest 2007 firmware update

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/sy...4-features.htm

Improved playback performance for h264 720p .MOV files
Improved playback performance with 1920x1080 MP4 files
Improved playback performance with 5Mb h264 encoded video files
Improved playback performance with 60fps 720x480 MP4 content
Improved playback performance with h264 files in .m4v containers

However I cant see .mov or .mp4 files under XMC or Video blade in dashboard