Xbox reading video index wrong, only playing part of a video

Tok

Hi,

I have been using my Xbox for a media centre for the last 2 months without any problems. But in the last week some files are not playing correctly.

They are new episodes of TV shows and the Xbox only reads the length as 1-2 minutes rather than 22 minutes.

The files play fine on my Mac and the older files I have, all play correctly. When I play one of the new files on the Xbox, the screen goes black but the sound remains when the length goes beyond 2 minutes.

I was using Connect360 for the Mac, but I connected the external hard drive directly to the Xbox and got the same results.

Has any one come across this before? Do I need to transcode all of my files in to a different format

Thanks

Eoin

Taltos

Hi Tok,
I also started getting this problem - but only randomly.

My workaround is a pain but it works
1. Convert files to mp4 or m4v using Handbrake on the pc
2. Copy new file to a memory stick
3. Whop it into the slot on the front and play from there

Works a treat but is a real pain.
Saw someone else post a query on the tversity website a few days ago but I have not seen a response yet. FYI - they also tried the PRO version but had the same issue.

Hopefully someone here has the answer though as converting it on my old PC takes hours.

Taltos

Tok - in searching/trawling the last few days I came across one suggestion that might work - forcing tversity to encode to WMV.

Have not tried it - streaming the video to a different device instead. Just got tired of the randomness of it. Anyway even if you upgrade to PRO the same issue will exist so save your dosh.

Mr E

Try rewriting the header of the AVI file using MPEG4 Modifier. If the file shows up as having a Packed Bitstream, unpack it.

Taltos

Nice Mr. E

Have not come across that before - will also give it a shot.