Has anyone ever watched dwnloaded movies on their Xbox 360 via a USB Flash Drive? If so, what format does/can it need to be? Thx all.
Supported formats
The Xbox 360 console supports most movie formats. Refer to the lists below for details about supported formats.
AVI support
The Xbox 360 console supports the following for AVI:
H.264 support
- File extensions: .avi, .divx
- Containers: AVI
- Video profiles: MPEG-4 Part 2 (Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile)
- Video bit rate: 5 Mbps with resolutions of 1280 × 720 at 30 fps
- Audio profiles: Dolby® Digital (2 channel and 5.1 channel), MP3
- Audio max bit rate: No restrictions
The Xbox 360 console supports the following for H.264:
MPEG-4 Part 2 support
- File extensions: .mp4, .m4v, mp4v, .mov, .avi
- Containers: MPEG-4, QuickTime
- Video profiles: Baseline, main and high (up to level 4.1)
- Video bit rate: 10 Mbps with resolutions of 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps
- Audio profiles: AAC, 2-channel, Low Complexity
- Audio max bit rate: No restrictions
The Xbox 360 console supports the following for MPEG-4:
WMV (VC-1) support
- File extensions: .mp4, .m4v, .mp4v, .mov, .avi
- Containers: MPEG-4, QuickTime
- Video profiles: MPEG-4 Part 2 (Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile)
- Video bit rate: 5 Mbps with resolutions of 1280 × 720 at 30 fps
- Audio profiles: AAC, 2-channel, Low Complexity
- Audio max bit rate: No restrictions
The Xbox 360 console supports the following for WMV:
- File extensions: .wmv
- Containers: ASF
- Video profiles: WMV7 (WMV1), WMV8 (WMV2), WMV9 (WMV3), VC-1 (WVC1 or WMVA) in simple, main and advanced up to level 3
- Video bit rate: 15 Mbps with resolutions of 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps
- Audio profiles: WMA7/8, WMA9 Pro (stereo and 5.1), WMA Lossless
- Audio max bit rate: No restrictions
From the Xbox site:
Will WMV work on an Xbox?
From the Xbox site:
WMV (VC-1) support