Hello, i am having trouble streaming my home videos via an Xbox 360 to my TV and thats because it only recognises WMV or WMA files so i was wondering if there is a converter , preferably free,I can use? I dont know what format my videos are in as Get Info doesnt reveal it .I assume they must be Mpeg .Anyone got any suggestions?
g5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Thank you Tom.Unfortunately although I was able to install it , it wont recognize my Mac .I suspect its because its a PPC tiger😟.I can see myself having to buy a new puter before too long,Ive had this thing 6 years, it still works well but is now obsolete
That site says it doesn't install anything on your computer, you just have to upload to it. There is a FAQ for reasons an encode may fail. I notice there are various subscription levels so it you are going for free you may be at the bottom of the priority list.
WMV is a proprietary Windows format so there aren't many encoders for it, especially not for converting to it on Macs (on any Mac, even a brand new one). You may need to install one of the payware variations of Flip4Mac.
Do you need to convert the file or just watch it? VLC Media Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html) has been able to open any media file I've ever thrown at it. The current version for 10.4.11 is 0.9.10 from 2009 (http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/0.9.10/macosx/vlc-0.9.10-powerpc.d mg). Probably the most up-to-date 'diverse' media player for 10.4.11.
No I clicked on some link on it by mistake , then i noticed the Choose file button and went from there.The free one you mention only takes about 100 mb so conversion stopped dead because my iDVD file (which is compressed from an 7GB Imovie file)is over 500mb. Tomorrow ill try one of the other options but I noticed they only have a limited time span.I am wondering if that means I cant actually store the converted file for use whenever I like As for Flip4 Mac ,I used to have that but it no longer supports Tiger
well i would like to watch it on my plasma via xbox 360 which is also a media server, but it only seems to accept WMV and WMA.I'll try those links though , cheers!
As for Flip4 Mac ,I used to have that but it no longer supports Tiger
http://dynamic.telestream.net/downloads/download-flip4macwmv.asp?prodid=flip4mac wmv
"Note: If you are running Mac OS X, version 10.4 or earlier, please download Flip4Mac WMV 2.3.8.1
Something else must be going on because the Xbox can read MPEG files plus a host of other formats.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100918114700AAUDNAD
That's a great clue, thanks... I wonder if it could be the naming convention, like maybe it needs to be .mpg instead of .mpeg & such?
I just installed that but its telling me that prticular download is now out of date .An updated one only works on 10.5 upwards.Does that mean this one wont work anymore?
That may be so but I cannot think what.When I tried playing either a home made video or one I doiwnloaded via iTunes I get this message : "cannot play this content because it may not be supported . For more info go to www.xbox360.com/support.Then, status code 69-C00D002F
The xbox site is experiencing problems at the moment so cant access it but i know from trying before, that putting that status code number in their search box revealed nothing.I also wondered if the particular codex my video clips are in is one that is not recognised by Xbox but have no idea what it is .Get info doesnt reveal that
For codecs try MediaInfo Mac. Again, you will need to download the older version (which hopefully is still available because it was free and they now charge).
Thanks for that link.It seems as though the codec is MPEG4 but what i find queer is that despite the movie being 7.7 GB it shows up as 469 kB when I opened the file in Mediainfo unless its deliberately compressed that much
Are these videos being transferred on an MS-DOS/Fat32 device? Which has a 4 GB filesize limit? Or via SMB with the same limit?
I am sorry but I havent got a clue what you mean by MS-DOS/Fat32 device or SMB.All I can tell you is that the MPEG4 video clip i purchased and tried to stream as well is only 46mb in size was also rejected on the same grounds .The get info shows "video codec H.264",, hmm I dont know what relation that has to MPEG 4😕.
Maybe I should try Xbox support when its up and running again.They might be able to let me know what status code C00536006 means
Converting video files to WMV
