MP4 playback quality limits on XBox?

[cncb]

I am trying to play some MP4 files via WMC on the XBox 360 and get a blank screen but hear the audio playing. These files are home videos taken with my digital camera (see MediaInfo below). I have MP4 files taken from an older digital camera that play fine. Is this just too much for the XBox to handle? Thanks.

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Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media
Codec ID                                 : isom
File size                                : 23.4 MiB
Duration                                 : 5s 748ms
Overall bit rate                         : 34.2 Mbps
Writing application                      : Lavf54.59.107

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Baseline@L5.0
Format settings, CABAC                   : No
Format settings, ReFrames                : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=12
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 5s 715ms
Bit rate                                 : 34.3 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.689
Stream size                              : 23.3 MiB (100%)
Language                                 : English
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.601

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 40
Duration                                 : 5s 748ms
Duration_LastFrame                       : -13ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 90.0 KiB (0%)
Language                                 : English

[cncb]

Well, I found some specs on H264 video that the XBox can handle and it looks like the "level" can't be greater than 4.1 (whatever that means). I lowered the level with ffmpeg on one of the videos and it now plays properly. It is disappointing that the video playback capabilities on the XBox are so poor...

[foxwood]

Well, I found some specs on H264 video that the XBox can handle and it looks like the "level" can't be greater than 4.1 (whatever that means).

It's one of 17 "levels" of complexity that h.264 can be encoded in. Lower power devices can only handle lower levels, which only support smaller screen sizes and lower bit rates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Levels

Bluray content is usually Level 4.1, so most HD players support up to 4.1, but may refuse to play content that is marked with a higher level (even if they could actually cope with it).

[glugglug]

34.2Mbps is way too high for the 360. Officially it supports up to 10Mbps. In practice the limit seems to be closer to 16Mbps.

[Crash2009]

What is the model number of the most powerful Xbox?