On the contrary, we still find some doubt about whether Xbox 360 plays AVI, or even when playing AVI on Xbox 360, the message “Can’t play this content because it may not be supported” appeared. Let’s figure out the reason behind this phenomenon.
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The Xbox 360 features HD video experience, but only several video formats are compatible to Xbox 360 including AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, etc. AVI is right in the list. Similar to MKV, AVI is also a multimedia container storing video and audio information with different codec. At present, only AVI with DviX and Xvid codec can be viewed by Xbox 360, but others not. In other words, if your AVI file is in other codec, Xbox 360 will fail to play the AVI clip.
Supposing you have lots of AVI files which download from Youtube or other website and want to play AVI on Xbox? One easy solution to solve Xbox 360 can’t play AVI issue is to find a third party app and convert AVI files to Xbox 360 more compatible formats. Here, we can show you the most effective way to encode AVI for Xbox 360 with best quality.
What you need:
Fortunately, there is an easy and effective way to fix the problem. Actually, it’s not as difficult as you imagine. What you need is just a common video converter like Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. This program features high efficiency and seamless conversion. With it, you don’t need to know what is the audio or video codec in the AVI format that’ll be best for your Xbox. And with preset Xbox WMV profile, you can convert AVI to WMV for Xbox effortlessly. If you find other guide pages talk about how to convert AVI to MWV. A while later, the video conversion will be finished and you’ll be able to stream and watch the awesome AVI media content on Xbox One/Xbox 360 without having to compromise on the quality. Here is reason why you choose Pavtube for AVI to Xbox 360 Converter.
What’s more, this package tool is mainly for users to rip/convert Blu-ray/DVD and any HD videos for different uses such as playing on iOS/Android/Windows Tablets & Phones, HD Media Players and more. And it also supports 1:1 copying the latest releases of Blu-ray/DVD movies without quality loss in fast speed. If you are running on Mac, turn to Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac. Below is the guide about how to convert AVI video file with the help of Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate for Xbox 360.
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Step 1. Launch the Xbox 360 Video Converter and import AVI files.
Drag & drop AVI files to the program directly. Or go to the “File” menu, choose “Add Video” to locate the AVI files you want to add. You can add several files to do batch conversion.
Tips. You can Add SRT subtitles to AVI
Click “Edit” to switch to the “Video Editor” interface where you can find many editing functions. Click “Subtitle” tab and check the box “Enable” to allow subtitle insertion. Click “Browse” to locate the SRT subtitle file downloaded from the website in advance, and then you’ll see SRT subtitle display on the output preview window.
Step 2. Choose Xbox Video as Output Format
From the drop-down list of “Foramt”, navigate to the “Zune/Xbox 360 Device” category. From the sub-category, you can choose the most appropriate output format. For the best quality and compatibility, select the “Xbox 360 Video-Windows media Video” format as the final output format.
Step 3. Customize video specs for Xbox 360 (Optional).
For people who want to further customizing output video size and quality, you can click “Settings” on the bottom to enter Profile Settings Window, and customize video size, frame rate, bitrate, codec and sample rate(Hz). In general, the higher bit rate, the bigger output file size.
Step 4. Start converting AVI video to Xbox 360
At this point, you can change the output filename or output path if you wish. If you feel satisfied with your options, Just hit the Convert button to activate AVI file to Xbox conversion.
When all conversions completed, you’ll get a pop-up notice. Just click “Open Folder”, you can fast find where your converted files are saved. Now you can stream and play the incompatible AVI files on Xbox 360 or Xbox One with ease.
Additional Tips: So what’s in my AVI file anyway?
Let’s just take a moment to check out what is in your AVI file that the console needs to be able to play. For this you will need to install AVICodec, a freeware multimedia file analysis tool. The picture to the right of this text shows a re-sized screenshot of AVICodec when you first run it. As with any pictures in this guide, you can click on it to enlarge it if you cannot see it properly.
In order to check an AVI file, simply drag it from a folder and drop it inside the white space on the AVICodec application, or click Select and navigate through your HDD until you find the AVI file you want to check.
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