Converting to WMV for Xbox 360

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Guest

The XBOX 360 dashboard was recently updated to allow streaming video from a windows XP PC. However, only WMV encoded video can be streamed. I am looking for a conversion tool that can convert from MPEG, AVI and DivX etc to the WMV format, but crucially WITHOUT a drop in the video quality. I have tried downloading a few tools, but they all force some compression in creating the WMV file. Does anyone know a tool that will allow me to convert files to WMV without the drop in quality??? I would really appreciate some help, thanks!!

GoldNKiD

Guest

Good luck. What you are asking for is good beer made from recycled hops. The best you can hope for is a reasonable fascimile of the oringial vid file. Once you understand that you will never get a converted copy that looks as good as the source vid there are many options.

As you’ve discovered there are a million different tools to decode/re-encode vid data but the quality ultimately depends on the quality of the decoder and, ultimately, the wmv encoder. They vary in speed and price.

I ultimately decided it would be easier to use XBMC on my original XBOX (as it handles ALL codecs) and it streams to TV with great clarity or the need to transcode my entire collection of media in various formats.

With H264 encoding fast becoming the replacement to XviD and DivX I would look for another solution other than converting your entire library.

Check doom9.org and videohelp.com. GREAT resources for all things to do with playing/converting/editing with the best guides and links to tools.

GoldNKiD