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 (http://handbrake.m0k.org/) 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 :D

[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.