XBMC4Xbox

i don't know if this is the rigth place to post this but in all the years of xbox i used this guide http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=53741 and it was just perfect in quality and in every way. it was named 720p/HD movies on your xbox... and haves a table for staxrip with max bitrates for resolution... so xbox does not brake... but now the post as been removed and i has just wanting to know if someone in here have that awesome table that saved my xbox

okay i have in my pc one of the resolution's for the 1280x720 -vbv 5978400,3866624,3866624 you just need to put these on codec configuration the advanced and just replace the value given, then use insane quality and just put the target quantizer for 3 the lower the better but it might get files over 4 gb try 2.8 and just go from there put bidirectional codding in single adaptive. that's what i can remember from the post that helped me and try it you will be amazed

check http://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/forum/viewt ... ?f=4&t=697

and

http://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/forum/viewt ... f=14&t=355

in first thread I describe a 1 pass encoding using ffmpeg's mpeg4 codec , and the second thread is 2 pass xvid using staxrip.

yeah, i have read both you post( and many more), but the table that was posted have max bitrate for diferent resolutions and that as helpful when encoding... and thank's for all your work you have helped me in a lot of issues from other treads from people all over the web. do you think i will get even better image by doing a 1º pass ffmpeg?

sorry for my English but it's not my native language.

thanks Buzz!!!

This is how I transcode cartoons(mkv>mpeg4 sucks for cartoons)


I use avi->xvid->lcpm or ac3

Letterbox: Encode @ 1280x528
16:9: Encode @ 960x720
4:3 Encode @ 960x720

4368 average video bit-rate for everything(single pass)

You can upscale these encodes to 1080i w/xbmc4xbox 3.1(however 3.1 doesn't play h.264 efficiently, or stream internet content very well)

I spent years trying to find a way to get 720p video conversions to work right on the Xbox. The result? Only one software could do the job right consistently with quality results (out of many tried) - a simple command line tool called "FF MPEG". Just download it, change your command prompt directory, issue the command, hit enter, and it all just works. I've "been there, cut that", but only FF MPEG works. Here's the magic command (keep the quotation marks where they are present):

ffmpeg -i "PATH TO FILE\source_video.mkv" -scodec copy -acodec copy -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 3000k -maxrate 5000k -bufsize 4096k -s 1280x720 -f matroska -y "PATH TO OUTPUT FILE\output_file_name.mkv"

i totally agree with 2 Bunny FF MPEG is the best way for 720p content.

Buzz did an excellent job talked me through encoding the files and i must say the quality is just excellent. Been enjoying 720p content ever since. Have a go and see the results for yourself, you wont be disapointed!!!

Just as an example (and I'm not saying it doesn't have some encoding artifacts etc, but it looks generally good to me). Single pass encode, so this is generally what I get when I transcode from 1080p via mediatomb etc.

http://malus.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/true_skin.mkv

BuZz wrote:Just as an example (and I'm not saying it doesn't have some encoding artifacts etc, but it looks generally good to me). Single pass encode, so this is generally what I get when I transcode from 1080p via mediatomb etc.

It does look better than the method I've been using.

Tutorial: How install and use FFMpeg on PC with user friendly GUI instead of linux command line interface.




*note you must run apps in xp, so be sure your version of windows supports xp compatibility.
I used the latest builds, they work fine. so just use the links in the youtube description.

Lets you set min/max/average/buffersize bitrates.

Redneck9 wrote:Tutorial: How install and use FFMpeg on PC with user friendly GUI instead of linux command line interface.





*note you must run apps in xp, so be sure your version of windows supports xp compatibility.
I used the latest builds, they work fine. so just use the links in the youtube description.

Interesting. Can that be applied to do batch conversions?

2 Bunny wrote:
Interesting. Can that be applied to do batch conversions?

Yes, is does do batch encodes/transcodes.

(1) Set the output file settings in the main GUI (or "default template")
(2) Go to "Job Control Manager" drop your files in, select output directory, leave template alone(unless using prepacked template PSP PS3 ect...)
(3) Click "Process Jobs"

may take awhile depending on number of vdieo files, as this install can only run in 32-bit.

Redneck9 wrote:

2 Bunny wrote:
Interesting. Can that be applied to do batch conversions?

Yes, is does do batch encodes/transcodes.

(1) Set the output file settings in the main GUI (or "default template")
(2) Go to "Job Control Manager" drop your files in, select output directory, leave template alone(unless using prepacked template PSP PS3 ect...)
(3) Click "Process Jobs"

may take awhile depending on number of vdieo files, as this install can only run in 32-bit.

Cool, thanks. If I ever find myself needing to batch convert, this is what I'll try.

i will try that also

Just to say that the first link that i posted the one i was looking for it's up again.