Macbook Pro and Connect360

[djinn]

Anyone use their macbook Pro to rip dvds to watch on their xbox 360? If so, what process do you use? And how good is the picture quality?

 

[Shaduu]

Anyone use their macbook Pro to rip dvds to watch on their xbox 360? If so, what process do you use? And how good is the picture quality?

I rip using Handbrake at the highest possible settings, if that's too large then I'll compress the file using ffmpegx and then fire it over to the 360 via Connect360.

This is all on a 1GHz TiBook by the way, but I'm sure the same processes apply to a MBP.

Both Handbrake and ffmpegx are freeware.

 

[djinn]

What file format do you use? Codecs? Encoder? Average bitrate? and Picture Settings?

 

[Shaduu]

What file format do you use? Codecs? Encoder? Average bitrate? and Picture Settings?

I export the file as whatever Handbrake gives me, ffmpegx will convert it to .mp4 and I just use the default settings in both Handbrake and ffmpegx and that seems to work out fine.

 

[deadpixels]

Both Handbrake and ffmpegx are freeware.

ffmpegx used to be freeware, it seems it's shareware now

 

[jhsfosho]

I used to use visual hub to convert files to the necessary WMV format, but I guess that was with an earlier version of Connect 360. Woohoo!! I didn't know there was a new version out that supported mp4!!

 

[jhsfosho]

I guess it was the xbox 360 spring update more than a connect 360 update, but I am still excited!!

 

[Nicolasdec]

Do podcasts work with connect360?

 

[JonHimself]

Do podcasts work with connect360?

I don't have any solid evidence, but in the settings there is an option for sharing video and audio podcasts... I have mine unchecked so I don't know if it works.. I'll give it a try and post back if it works.

 

[djinn]

Do podcasts work with connect360?

I watched the digg one, so yeah, it works.