[MEncoder-users] Script for h264 conversion for mencoder

[Cameron Just]

Unfortunately the many combinations I have tried will just not play on 
the xbox 360... very annoying that they lock it down.

I tried
1. encoding just the video
C:\System\Apps\MEncoder2\mencoder.exe Test.mpg -o test-conv.avi -aspect 
16:9 -passlogfile "x264-2pass.log" -nosound -ovc x264 -x264encopts 
bitrate=350

2. encoding with defaults only
C:\System\Apps\MEncoder2\mencoder.exe Test.mpg -o test-conv.avi -aspect 
16:9 -passlogfile "x264-2pass.log" -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:br=128 
-ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=350

Odd thing is that the xbox360 shows a preview image of the video but 
when it comes to playing it an error saying

Can't play this content because it contains audio or video with an 
unsupported codec. For more info, go to www.xbox.com/support.
Status code 80-C00DF242

Extremely annoying as I really would like to archive my videos so that 
they can be read in a format compatible with the xbox 360... I can 
convert them to xvids however I am trying to get as small a filesize as 
possible and x264 does that perfectly for me....

I will try http://sourceforge.net/projects/h264enc as Grozdan suggested 
and see what it tries to do for the 360 format....  unfortunately it is 
written for a unix shell... might be able to decode what it does though...

If anyone knows of the correct command line arguments they would be 
greatly appreciated.

Thankyou