How to Solve can't Play MP4 on Xbox 360?

MP4 to Xbox 360 Converter - Convert MP4 to Xbox 360 on Mac and Windows

Playing all types of games is not what Xbox 360 can only do. Xbox 360 also supports users to stream videos from their PCs to Xbox 360 for watching. But when playing MP4 on Xbox 360, users often encounter 'unsupported video format' or only audio but no video problems, which confuse users quite a lot, as MP4 is on the Xbox 360 supported list.

 

Can Xbox 360 Play MP4?

Short answer is 'Yes' but also 'No'. Because Xbox 360 can only support MP4 with audio and video codec defined as following:

MP4 H.264

  1. Video profiles: Baseline, main, and high (up to level 4.1) profiles
  2. Video bitrate: 10 Mbps with resolutions of 1920 x 1080 at 30 fps
  3. Audio profiles: Two-channel AAC low complexity (LC)

MP4 MPEG-4 Part 2

  1. Video profiles: Simple and Advanced Simple Profile
  2. Video bitrate: 5 Mbps with resolutions of 1280 x 720 at 30 fps
  3. Audio profiles: Two-channel AAC low complexity (LC)

 

As for the MP4 audio codec and video codec outside of the above definition Xbox 360 can not play them.

Besides you must ensure the MP4 is imported via USB storage device, Windows Media Player 11, Zune software, the MP4 file is not from iPod and the maximum MP4 file size is 4GB.

 

How to Solve Can't Play MP4 on Xbox 360?

To easily solve this issue you can convert the unsupported MP4 to Xbox 360 more accepted AVI. Avdshare Video Converter is your desired MP4 to Xbox 360 converter which can convert all unsupported MP4 to Xbox 360 supported AVI. Besides this MP4 to Xbox 360 converter also enables to convert other unsupported MOV, FLV, 3GP, ASF, M4V, etc to Xbox 360 supported video format.

 

Guide for Converting MP4 to Xbox 360

The following converting MP4 to Xbox 360 AVI step by step guide can also work to convert the unsupported MOV, FLV, 3GP, ASF, M4V, etc to Xbox 360 supported video format.

Make Preparation: Free download MP4 to Xbox 360 Converter

 

Free download the professional MP4 to Xbox 360 Converter - Avdshare Video Converter (for Windows, for Mac), install and then launch it, the following interface will pop up.

 

 

Step 1 Import MP4 video

Click "Add file" button to add the unsupported MP4 video(s) to Avdshare Video Converter. Dragging and dropping more than one MP4 video to Avdshare Video Converter to batch convert MP4 is also supported.

 

 

Step 2 Select the exporting format

Click "Profile" button to set AVI from the 'General Video' category as the exporting format.

 

Step 3 Convert MP4 to Xbox 360 Supported AVI

Click "Convert" button to start and finish converting MP4 to AVI. After the conversion you can stream the AVI to Xbox 360 for playback.