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#1 DarkMagic27
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anybody know of a good converter from MKV to DivX because i have quite a few HD files that are MKV for some reason, and i would like to have them play on the 360..any help appreciated, thanks:D
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#2 DarkMagic27
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nobody?
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#3 Taijiquan
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nobody?DarkMagic27

There is only one reason you would want to do this. I would google it. Also, check Super.

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#4 DarkMagic27
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[QUOTE="DarkMagic27"]nobody?Taijiquan

There is only one reason you would want to do this. I would google it. Also, check Super.

....>.>......ive googled it...all need many steps and none of the programs i find work properly..and i installed super a while ago and it didnt want to work.

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#5 Taijiquan
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[QUOTE="Taijiquan"]

[QUOTE="DarkMagic27"]nobody?DarkMagic27

There is only one reason you would want to do this. I would google it. Also, check Super.

....>.>......ive googled it...all need many steps and none of the programs i find work properly..and i installed super a while ago and it didnt want to work.

I am not going to explain the process but Super should work fine. Make sure you have Divx codecs or just grab a codec pack for your OS. I can tell you, the amount of energy, time, and PC power you will waste for minimal improvement you may as well just by the movie or stick to a rip. The quality is not much greateron the .mkv files.

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#6 DarkMagic27
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[QUOTE="DarkMagic27"][QUOTE="Taijiquan"]

[QUOTE="DarkMagic27"]nobody?Taijiquan

There is only one reason you would want to do this. I would google it. Also, check Super.

....>.>......ive googled it...all need many steps and none of the programs i find work properly..and i installed super a while ago and it didnt want to work.

I am not going to explain the process but Super should work fine. Make sure you have Divx codecs or just grab a codec pack for your OS. I can tell you, the amount of energy, time, and PC power you will waste for minimal improvement you may as well just by the movie or stick to a rip. The quality is not much greateron the .mkv files.

alright, thanks . Ill look around for some different format of the video

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Also make sure that your MKV doesn't have a DivX video stream. It'd kinda be a waste of time then. MKV isn't a codec format like H.264, DivX, etc. Its just a way of storing mulitple video, audio and subtitle streams in one file. They can store any codec type (audio/video) in them.

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#8 seabiscuit8686
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I use WinAvi Converter. It works perfectly and is nearly lossless if you get the current version. The problem is, your 360 can't decode the video fast enough (still must be issues with the DivX support. I converted a few HD DVD rips that I had just to test it out. I converted them to AVI and then streamed them to my 360. Though they play fluidly on my computer, the video is choppy on the 360 and quickly goes out of sink with the audio. Hopefully a future patch will remedy this.
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#9 darkguyver82
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all I ever do is rename the files to "(name of file).avi" and then hit enter and it will turn them into a media player format......

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#10 virtualsnyper
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There's a program called OGM to AVI. It handles OGM and MKVs. However it doesn't recompress. It splits and rejoins into an avi container. Quick. Painless. And free
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#11 Sellfish86
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Alright... the september(?)update brought a lot of new codecs to the 360 ;)

Here's a little "How To"...

1. Get yourself a portable HDD that will save you lots of money o0... DVDs are so expensive *hrhr* (got me a Buffalo 500gb TURBOUsb)

2. Format the HDD into HFS+ using MacDrive to handle very large files / or use FAT32... sucks ^^

3. Get movies!!! I now use the 360 as a perfect HD-Device... just download *.mkv files and use Videora Xbox360 Converter (should be called that way), select the mkv, change the wizard settings to the best option (except optimize video o0) wait about 3-12 hours and be proud of your *.mp4 Xbox360 compatible file! Be sure that your file contains a h264 videostream usually used for 720p or 1080p.

4. If you're able to get yourself HD-Divx or HD-Xvid files be glad! They even got 5.1 sound ... the *.mp4 files don't :(

No portable HDD?! Use DVDs or CDs at first =)

Greetings from Germany...