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Play/Stream RM/RMVB file to Xbox 360

Asked by: mav11rick

I have many clips that are in the RMVB or RM format.  Is it possible to stream these to the Xbox 360 like I do with Mpegs and AVI files?

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Answers

 

by: RartemassPosted on 2009-03-24 at 21:15:17ID: 23976009

From Xbox 360 website:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925916?sd=xbox


Make sure that you use one of the following compression formats for any files that you want to use on an Xbox 360 console:  WMV
WMA
MP3
MPEG2
MPEG4-Part 2, Simple Profile, and Advanced Simple Profile  Note These files are often referred to as Xvid or DivX video files.
Note These file formats are the only file formats that are supported by Xbox 360 consoles.


The following media file types are not compatible with the Xbox 360 console: QuickTime
iTunes
RealPlayer video


Short answer is not possible without converting the files.

 

by: mav11rickPosted on 2009-03-25 at 06:33:33ID: 23979178

I was afraid that would be my answer.  Can you suggest a high quality converter that doesn't cost much?  Maybe even a free one?  I've tinkered with a couple here and there and they always seem to screw up my clips.

 

by: JstncasePosted on 2009-03-25 at 11:02:11ID: 23982650

Microsoft provides a Media Converter to convert just about everything to WMA or WMV.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx

* Windows Media Encoder Series 9

I'm not for or against Microsoft here as in this is the best product to use. I only mention this being that you want this to work on a Microsoft Xbox 360, so using their own tools to convert it to that format, I would find as the most logical.

 

by: mav11rickPosted on 2009-03-25 at 11:50:45ID: 23983181

Jstncase,

This did not work.  I keep receiving an error message:

"file.rmvb is not a valid source file.  It may have an unsupported or invalid format or may be corrupted.

One or more codecs required to open this content could not be found. (0xC00D1B83)

Enter a different file name before continuing"

Any more ideas?

 

by: JstncasePosted on 2009-03-25 at 12:58:55ID: 23983987

My setup is a bit hacked up, as i have tons of items installed for development, coding and more, and may have something installed that allows that to work for me. Here is a site i have referred to on several occassions that may be helpful. There are tons of programs out thereto convert, shareware and more. Hopefully this article may be able to provide some further assistance, or another expert here can provide additional information.

http://www.jakeludington.com/dv_hacks/20051210_how_to_convert_rmvb.html

 

by: RartemassPosted on 2009-03-25 at 14:09:02ID: 23984748

I use WinAvi and I am yet to find a file that it can't convert.
http://www.winavi.com/en/video-converter/video-converter.htm

As long as RM and quicktime codecs are installed you shouldn't have any issues.

 

by: therealteunePosted on 2009-05-25 at 01:23:00ID: 24465089

I'm using Tversity to stream to my Xbox360 maybe you could try this i'm not sure if it works with RM, but you can give it a try. But Xvid and Divx, FLV will work, TVersity can transcode videos before it streams to your Xbox. More info here: http://tversity.com/. This is more useful than the MediaCenter functionality. You can also add a Video RSS feeds from Youtube and lots more.

 

by: therealteunePosted on 2009-06-03 at 01:00:03ID: 24534131

Did you already tried my solution?

 

by: mav11rickPosted on 2009-06-03 at 07:50:09ID: 24537181

I will hopefully take a stab at it this weekend.

 

by: mav11rickPosted on 2009-08-05 at 06:49:18ID: 31562255

Worked for most of my files.  I gave up on the others.

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