Hey guys I am new here, so nice to meet all of you.

Now i have scoured the forums before posting this problem, yet i still cannot find a definitive answer. I downloaded a movie in the format of h264 mp4. I am encountering more lately that most blue ray ripped movies will not play on my 360 due to the codecs etc being used. I am trying to look for a definitive way to re encode movies when i have these issues.

So here's the details so far on a specific movie:I have my pc connected to my xbox so i can stream from the pc. I have no problems with avi etc and a few times i have even had h264 movies work. So i saw another post where someone had used a software called MediaInfo to see what codecs were running in the container how the movie was encoded etc.and I have that info for you.

Also, i did what many others have said to do as well and changed the file extension to avi, took the movie out of the folder and put it back in as an avi, but my xbox is still saying it cannot play. I also tried using a usb stick and popping the movie on there and trying to play it in my 360 to no avail. Any suggestions? I am assuming my issue on this particular movie is with the 7 frames as i have heard he 360 supports way less, i think 2? The audio format seems fine but if it is the frames, is there converting software out there i can use that wont screw up the quality too much?? NOTE: i changed the extension to avi but that was not the original extension. Here's the details:

General
Complete name : C:\Documents and Settings\Murry\My Documents\Downloads\Dumbo.avi
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Apple audio with iTunes info
Codec ID : M4A
File size : 700 MiB
Duration : 1h 3mn
Overall bit rate : 1 531 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-30 10:26:39
Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-30 10:26:39

Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 7 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 3mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 463 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 5 960 Kbps
Width : 960 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.088
Stream size : 669 MiB (96%)
Writing library : x264 core 115 r1937 aa21558
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=0 / rc=2pass / mbtree=0 / bitrate=1463 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=62500 / vbv_bufsize=62500 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=0
Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-30 10:26:41
Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-30 10:27:01

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 3mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 64.4 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 91.4 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 29.5 MiB (4%)
Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-30 10:26:39
Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-30 10:27:01

Originally posted by attar:

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StaxRip has a preset for the XBox.
Try using it and see if you get a usable file.

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Using StaxRip right now but i keep getting a bunch of errors and it does not finish the file. If anyone is familiar with StaxRip and wants to take a look at the error logs and see what i am possibly doing wrong, please let me know :(

My bad, i noticed you said it has a preset? I am just wondering if i will lose a lot of audio or video quality?