Portable GOTSent - MKV/h264 to 360 Converter

Are you sick and tired of trying to figure out how to convert .mkv files with h264 video into a file compatible with your XBOX 360, or getting a 3rd party streaming video application to work? If you want to watch 720p or 1080p HD h264 videos in an MKV container on your 360 then this is probably for you. I have created a ThinApp package that includes all the software needed for GOTSent to convert it painlessly - AC3Filter, Haali Media Splitter (for mkv support), and NERO AAC encoders. This package has only one function: To convert an mkv container file with h264 video and ac3/mp3 audio, into an mp4 container file with h264 video and aac audio which is compatible with the XBOX 360. There is no actual video re-encoding, only audio re-encoding, because the h264 video codec only needs to be transferred to an mp4 container. Conversion is extremely fast. I have a Core2Duo 3.0 GHz E8400 with 4 GBs of RAM, and conversion of a 558 MB video file takes 1:23 on my machine (that's 1 minute and 23 seconds). The use of the application is about as easy as it gets. Choose the file to convert, choose the output directory, and click Convert. None of the other options are necessary. During the process, if you see the application title bar show (Not Responding), ignore it, nothing is wrong, let it finish. I built this in a Windows XP SP2 virtual machine and tested it on Windows 7 x64. Sorry if it doesn't work for you. The file is in 7z format so you will need 7-zip to extract it.

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Gumy (2011-01-29)

Can any1 tell us how is this ending up for them?
Is there any video quality loss when converted?
Thank you very much for putting this up, I just don't feel like testing it right now.

charincol (2011-01-29)

There is no video loss at all because there is no re-encoding of the video codec.
This strips it out of the MKV container, and puts it into an MP$ container.
Only the audio is re-encoded, because the 360 doesn't support anything other than AAC inside an MP4 container.

charincol (2011-01-29)

MP4, not MP$, damn shift button!

Gumy (2011-01-30)

Yes, I understood that from description. I was just wondering how this turned out to be for those who tried it. cheers

piratefuk (2011-03-11)

charincol....... Thanks a million times over this works brilliantly...i have just converted nine it was 1.43gb mkv file and it is now 1.48gb mp4 and it plays flawlessly... It took about 10 mins if that to convert...you my friend are tops in my eyes i was sick of super duper mkv converters that did jack n took hours to convert for my xbox...THANK U TONS....

piratefuk (2011-03-12)

This program of your's could make ya very rich mate it is bloody brilliant...I have just converted ---how to train ya dragon---for my girls and its fantastic no quality lose at all and you my friend deserve thanking again so THANKS again....brilliant...and to look like i have at mkv this and that and to find this is amazeing u need to take it down make it your's and sell the fucker cos i would ....the amount of xbox360 users that want some thing to convert mkv quick is millions everyone in the xbox forums go on about it...get back to me and we can sort sumat if ya want ..i will promote this no probs it's mint..the best program ive ever dl off tpb for mkv to xbox360..

xeno100 (2011-12-15)

Virus! Poison trojan

charincol (2012-02-26)

Of course it has a virus! If you knew anything about ThinApp packages, then your dumbass would understand that even if it had a virus, it'd be sandboxed within the virtual environment that ThinApp created. Go fuck yourself douchebag.