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Title:	AVI to (Xbox 360 compatible) WMV Conversion Guide
Description:	This guides shows you how to convert your AVI/DivX/XviD file to a WMV file, with emphasis on Xbox 360 compatibility
Author/Publisher:	DVDGuy
Ease of use:	Beginners
Latest Version:	1.0 (details)
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Software Used:	K-Lite Codec Pack, Windows Media Encoder
Date Added:	May 8, 2007
Last Updated:	May 8, 2007
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Categories:

Main Categories: AVI (DivX, XviD ...), MPEG-4 (ASF/WMV, QuickTime, Real, H.264 ...), Gaming
Sub Categories:
AVI To Other Format Conversion -> AVI to MPEG-4 (AVC, H.264) Conversion
MPEG-4 (ASF, WMV, QuickTime, AVC, H.264 ...)
Video Game Consoles -> Xbox 360

Page 1 of 4: Introduction

This guide will show you how to convert your AVI/DivX/XviD files to WMV format, which an emphasis on Xbox 360 compatibility. AVI to WMV conversion for the Xbox 360 was popular due to the 360's inability to decode DivX/XviD files. But all that changed with the 2007 Fall Update, where DivX and XviD decoding was added to the 360, and you can now easily share your AVI files with the 360 without much fuss (follow our Xbox 360 DivX/XviD playback guide to find out how). So while this guide is no longer that useful for Xbox 360 playback of AVI files, it still goes through the basics of AVI to WMV conversion for those that need it, and still keep the 360 compatibility instructions just in case.

Software you'll need (all freeware):

Hardware you'll need:

Optional: Xbox 360

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Article Navigation:

Page 1: Introduction <--
Page 2: Installation
Page 3: Windows Media Encoder - New Session Wizard
Page 4: Windows Media Encoder - Encoder Setup

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Date Updated: May 8, 2007
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i have followed the process, although on my klite mega codec pack, i dont have the "Decode the following video formats with ffdshow" option? continued with the process and once the file has been encoded, the new .wmv file is only 2 seconds long? have i missed something? and has anyone else had this problem? thanks

I was using Blaze Media Pro to convert avi files to wmv so I could stream them to my Xbox 360 but found that on most output files there was a two second audio/video sync problem. Very frustrating!.. This has solved the issue completely so I am delighted! Many thanks indeed!

This is Great, I knew nothing about decoding and haven't had any recent experience with video files. However, with this document, that I find my self refering to alot now, is a great, quick tourial for doing just that. Thank you to whom took the time to put this up. - Burnt Network Engineer kaorking

Great post, I have recently bought XBOX 360 and in the middle of giving it a try. I also played a little with the windows media encoder and found out that they have a command line tool, so if you have the entire season of let's say friends or 24, and you would like to convert it to wmv, you can do it in a batch mode. After you have exported your profile you should do something like: 1. open cmd.exe 2. Go to %programfiles%\Windows Media Components\Encoder 3. type 'cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs –input c:\friends_season1folderAVI -output c:\friends_season1folderWMV -loadprofile myprofile

I have followed this to the bone. However I keep getting an AUDIO CODEC error. what may I do to precent this?

faibs: You need to use gspot or mediainfo on your input file to see what kind of audio codec it uses, and then search google to download/install the audio codec

i have a movie in 2 parts ie 2 avi files, there are also 2 .srt files with the english subtitles. can i still use this method?

i was able to get this to work about 3 weeks ago. i reinstalled windows xp though and now there is a syncing problem with the audio and video after the second pass. with the final wmv file, the audio will start playing from the beginning, but the first 8 minutes of the video doesn't show up. my wmv file ends up 8 minutes shorter than what it should be. does anyone know how i might be able to fix this?

I have followed the setup of this site guide to the letter but after the encoding was completed i checked my .WMV and played it thru Windows Media Player 11 and i only had a file size of 6kb, i have Klite Mega Pack and Windows Encoder 9.8, i noticed on the WINDOWS ENCODING SETTINGS tab in the GENERAL tab, "media type...Audio "bit rate VBR" codec "windows media audio 9.1" i could only chose 9.2 would this make a difference.....can sum1 point me in the right direction here plz

I have done everything correcly, it looked great on my computer. But, its still not playing on my xbox 360. Do I have to get a certain DVD. I currently have a memorex dvd-r, 360 said it was unplayable I also tried to use a flash drive, but the 360 said I need to update my video through xbox live, which I do not have!! Can someboday please HELP ME??

ryan87: Not sure why your WMV file is unplayable on a DVD, but giving you a different error message on a flash drive. But let's try to fix the flash drive problem first - I think there is a video playback update available through Xbox Live that you need to install. The update is free and available to anyone with the free Xbox Live Silver account, so you'll need to find a way to connect your Xbox 360 to the Internet and apply the download (there might be other parts that need updating too). Fix the flash drive problem first and then if the files on DVD still doesn't play, make sure the DVD you've burned has been closed or finalized ("no multisession").