Xbox won't play .MKV files

[Richie]

it just doesn't show up? .avi work fine, does anyone know how I can either get .MKV files to work or convert the movies to AVI



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[Recursion]

Convert them to .AVI, 360s "don't know" how to play MKV files, have fun trying to convert them, it's the biggest PITA ever.

[Richie]

gahhh id probs be better off just downloading them again but as avi wouldn't i?

[MattFr]

gahhh id probs be better off just downloading them again but as avi wouldn't i?

From doing this myself, yes.

[Richie]

ahhh god, thanks u2.

[Jordy]

Can't you get software to convert them to .AVI while your streaming them? Read about stuff like that in the past.

[The Professor]

Nothing can play .MKV files, they're such a pain. But they're a popular container for pirating aparently because it gives a nice small file with good quality. Whatchagonnado

[N!ck]

MKV is just a container lol. They're the future because they can contain pretty much anything. avi is massively out of date as a container now and is being used less and less because it can't contain x264 video which is what is being used more and more these days.

[Richie]

it sucks anywhere I look its .MKV anyone got a solution?

[Robbie]

Try and stream it to your Xbox using TVersity.