Play movie on 360

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I have a movie file in x264 format (720p/matroska file) that is just over 4 gigs. Is there anyway I can watch this on a 360? I can't copy the file to a flash drive as it is formatted to FAT32 and FAT32 has a 4gig limit. I've tried burning it to dvd as data using Nero but it shows as a mixed format disc in the 360 and wont play. I've tried formatting the disc with INCD and it wont play either. Am I trying to do something that isn't possible by any chance? My pc uses XP Pro so I cant stream to the 360.

Any help would be appreciated.

Rob.
 
I have a movie file in x264 format (720p/matroska file) that is just over 4 gigs. Is there anyway I can watch this on a 360? I can't copy the file to a flash drive as it is formatted to FAT32 and FAT32 has a 4gig limit. I've tried burning it to dvd as data using Nero but it shows as a mixed format disc in the 360 and wont play. I've tried formatting the disc with INCD and it wont play either. Am I trying to do something that isn't possible by any chance? My pc uses XP Pro so I cant stream to the 360.

Any help would be appreciated.

Rob.

the xbox cant play it so you need to re-encode it and stream it.Tvercity does this,there are many guides,google it.

it is a long winded process though.Hopefully they will introduce support for .mkv soon as its the future of hd downloads.
 
a prog called zune will also do this i have been led to beleive
 
Thanks

Cheers for the advice, was hoping that there would be an easy way to watch hd using my 360. Have heard of Tvercity before but haven't tried it before. Thanks for your help.

Rob.
 
I download movies and tv episodes on my PC, and put them on a 400Gb external drive,
I then plug it in the front USB slot,
And i can explore the drive and play directly with the xbox, using the hdmi out into tv and its great!!
 
I download movies and tv episodes on my PC, and put them on a 400Gb external drive,
I then plug it in the front USB slot,
And i can explore the drive and play directly with the xbox, using the hdmi out into tv and its great!!

yes but the xbox 360 cannot recognise or play the .mkv format.your videos are obviously xvid or divx.Microsoft are defo gona have to address this issue. .mkv is the future download format and i couldnt be bothered networking the xbox until they support it.
 
Easiest way to get HD movies on a 360 is to download (or convert) your movies into HD-WMV, it'll stream no problem without any re-encoding.

There are plenty of movies to choose from on the newsgroups and the quality is amazing, typical file sizes are around 4gb, now compare that to a bloated mpeg file with the same HD quality which is around 16gb!
 
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