How to convert videos to Xbox 360 compatible format on Mac

It is easy to play DVD on Xbox 360 with Mac. When Xbox 360 was plugged into a Mac PC, the drive was detected instantly and even directed the DVD player in the OS to play the DVD movie. This is a step by step tutorial on how to play any video file on your Xbox 360 from your Apple Mac computer.

There are 3 steps:

  1. Convert videos to WMV format that compatible with Xbox 360 on Mac
  2. Connect Mac and Xbox 360
  3. Play Video File on Xbox 360

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Step 1, Convert videos to WMV format that compatible with Xbox 360 on Mac

You might have a bunch of awesome videos or movies on your Mac and you would like to storage them on your Xbox 360. If these videos or movies are in AVI, MPEG or a format that is not compatible with Xbox 360, you probably won't be able to do this or to watch them on your TV with flash drive. In such cases, you need a WMV Video Converter to convert your videos to Xbox compatible format like WMV.

Many people recommend Flip4Mac to do the task. WMV Video Converter or Flip4Mac, compare.

Xbox360 supported file extensions and corresponding codec

  • File extensions: .wmv - Codec: wmv
  • File extensions: .avi, .divx - Codec: avi
  • File extensions: .mp4, .m4v, mp4v, .mov, .avi- Codec: H.264
  • File extensions: .mp4, .m4v, .mp4v, .mov, .avi - Codec: MPEG-4

Note: If the file extension if among one of above extensions while your Xbox 360 can't recognize it, that's because the codec is not the corresponding one.

Below is the step by step tutorial about how to convert video to WMV format for Xbox 360. Why WMV not MOV? Because the odds are pretty good that it will work perfectly on Xbox.

Convert videos to WMV format that is compatible with Xbox 360 on Mac

Video Converter for Mac is an extraordinary video conversion tool, it can convert video formats from one to another with perfect output quality and high conversion speed for Mac OS X users. It supports all popular video formats including FLV, MPEG1, MPEG2, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, MOV, AVI, MPEG TS/TP (for HD Video), M4V, etc.

You can download it for free:

1. Launch Video Converter for Mac, drag and drop the files to the program.

convert video formats from one to another with perfect output quality and high conversion speed.

2. Selct Xbox 360 preset from the output format list.

convert video to wmv

3. At the bottom, click the "Convert" button. Bingoļ¼That's it! When the conversion is done, the videos are ready for being uploaded to Xbox 360.

Go to step 2, Connect Mac and Xbox 360