I have an issue streaming Mpeg2 from Vista Media Center to my Xbox360 encoded with Dolby AC-3/6. It runs fine using using Dolby AC-3/2 The audio will not play on the xbox. It will play locally on the Vista Media server though. I thought I read that the Xbox 360 only plays Dolby AC-3/2 Then I read that Dolby AC-3/6 is backwards compatable. Very confusing. This would really suck for the fact that I would have to encode the movie twice one for my Xbox 360 and one for media center so I could take advantage of the 6 channel sound. Any ideas?? My Setup Sun Ultra 20 Running Vista Ultimate with My Movies Hava Pro HD Xbox 360 Elite Mpeg backup software: Clone DVD mobile and Video Redo +
Not supported According to Microsoft's website 6 Channel isn't supported for MPEG4. http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/05/09/spring-07-video-playback-faq.aspx The only thing I could think of is use a portable hard drive and connect it to the Xbox with the movie file on it. I've used encode 360 and I've never been able to get 6 channels to work. What exactly does the Xbox 360 support for MPEG-4 Part 2? Xbox 360 supports the following for MPEG-4: · File Extensions: .mp4, .m4v, .mp4v, .mov · Containers: MPEG-4, QuickTime · Video Profiles: Simple (including Simple profile content mislabeled as Advanced Simple) · Video Bitrate: 5 Mbps with resolutions of 1280 x 720 at 30fps. See question number 6 for more information. · Audio Profiles: 2 channel AAC low complexity (LC) · Audio Max Bitrate: No restrictions. See question number 6 for more information.
