Xbox 360 supported video format

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Xbox 360 Supported Video Formats

• MPEG-4 Part 2 video, up to 5Mbps, 1280 x 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple/Advanced Simple Profile in AVI containers with Dolby Digital 2 channel and 5.1 channel, MP3 in .avi and .divx file formats;
• H.264 video, up to 10 Mbps, 1920 x 1080 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline/Main/High (up to level 4.1) Profiles in MPEG-4/QuickTime containers with two-channel AAC low complexity (LC) in .mp4, .m4v, mp4v, .mov file formats;
• MPEG-4 Part 2 video, up to 5Mbps, 1280 x 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple/Advanced Simple Profile in MPEG-4/QuickTime containers with two-channel AAC low complexity (LC) in .avi and .divx file formats;
• WMV (VC-1) video, up to 15Mbps, 1920 x 1080 pixels, 30 frames per second, WMV7 (WMV1), WMV8 (WMV2), WMV9 (WMV3), VC-1 (WVC1 or WMVA) in Simple/Main/Advanced up to level 3 in asf containers with WMA7/8, WMA 9 Pro (stereo and 5.1), WMA lossless in .wmv file formats;

Xbox 360 Supported Video Codecs

Scenario	Supported codecs
From USB storage device to Xbox 360 Dashboard Video Player	WMV(Unprotected), Mpeg4 H.264 AVI
From Windows Media Player 11 to Xbox 360 Dashboard Video Player	WMV(Protected) WMV(Unprotected) Mpeg4*  *H.264* AVI
From the Zune software to the Xbox 360 Dashboard Video Player	WMV(Unprotected) Mpeg4 H.264
From Windows Home Server to the Xbox 360 Dashboard Video Player	WMV (protected) WMV (unprotected) AVI
From Windows Media Center to an Xbox Media Center Extender	WMV (protected) WMV (unprotected) Mpeg2

Xbox 360 DVD Drive Specifications

Disc capacity	1
Progressive scan	No (for DVD video)
Playback formats supported	Playback formats supported: DVD-Video, DVD-A, CD-Audio (Red Book CD), Xbox Game media
Playback formatsnot supported	DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, CD-I, CD-Recordable, Video CD, SACD
Multi-angle viewing	Yes (with applicable discs)
Subtitle	Yes (with applicable discs)
Multilingual support	Yes (English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean)
Surround-sound output	Dolby ® Surround Sound, Dolby ® Digital 5.1 (with supported games and media), and DTS Digital Out (DVD Movie Playback only)

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