XBMC4XBOX 3.5 no video on some movies

[Badboy7357]

I have a first model black Xbox running XBMC4XBOX 3.5. I use it to play videos from my computer onto my TV. I have some videos (AVI, WMV..) that will play as an audio file with no video. Other movies/videos in the same format will play fine. I have even converted the problem videos into a different format but they still play with no video.
Is there a fix for this?

I am new here, and only pulled the box out of the closet to use as a TV server after the kids were gone. I apologize if this has been asked and answered before.

[Dom DXecutioner]

re: support & debug logs: http://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/forum/viewt ... p=315#p315

[Badboy7357]

I apologize. Here is a debug log while trying to play a problem movie.

http://goo.gl/pbnNAZ

[Dom DXecutioner]

it looks like you're trying to play a video that the xbox can't handle; i.e. resolution higher than 720p with a high bit rate, that's most likely the issue... by gathering the name of the file you're trying to play: Surrogates.2009.1080p.BrRip.x264.YIFY+HI.wmv ( 4151 kbps )...

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CDVDFactoryCodec - High video resolution detected 1920x800, trying half resolution decoding
14:51:26 M: 30277632    INFO: ffmpeg[17C]:     Stream #0:1(eng): Video: wmv3 (WMV3 / 0x33564D57), yuv420p, 1920x800, 4151 kb/s, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
14:51:26 M: 29638656   DEBUG: ffmpeg[17C]: [asf] parser not found for codec wmapro, packets or times may be invalid.
14:51:26 M: 30269440   DEBUG: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Unable to open codec

also, because wmv is not commonly used for movie or tv shows, you may need to enable full codec support, which will decrease available memory thus hindering video playback - in the videos settings; however, i suspect you still may not get video play back due to the aforementioned... the xbox is just not capable of decoding high resolution video above 720p with moderate bitrate.

you could also try playing the video with mplayer as oppose to the default dvdplayer

[Badboy7357]

Thank you. The video WAS a MP4 than I converted just to see if it would work. Also have a few MKVs.
I'll try what you indicated, but I'll limit my searches to lower resolutions.

[Badboy7357]

I found out that converting the movie to DVD folder only, and via the network playing the first video_ts.ifo file the movie plays fine...and if the movie is a keeper, it is ready to burn onto disk.

[Dom DXecutioner]

That makes sense, since a DVD is standard definition, it should handle it normally..