Xbox 360 H264 conversion - unsupported format

[srwike]

I followed all the steps in your guide (http://www.digital-digest.com/articl...ows_page1.html) and I'm using power DVD Ultra. When I try to read the disc I get the message "There is a disc with an unsupported format in drive...".
The disc in question is the King Kong HD DVD that came with the Xbox360 DVD drive. I tried other HD DVDs and I get the same message.

I noticed the configuration options list of available tabs in Power DVD Ultra does not match up to what your instructions show as I do not have an HD DVD tab, but a Bluray tab that looks quite different from the HD DVD one.

Is there a handling for this error?

I also should mention that I do not own an Xbox360 console. From the instructions it appears I do not need one but can hook up directly to my PC. Because of this I wasn't able to install the firmware update that comes with the drive as I have no way of doing so without a console (such is my understanding anyway).

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[UncasMS]

whatever drive you tried to read the HD DVD with is not capable of reading this disc type

you cannot simply play disc types like hd dvd or blu-ray with a normal cd or dvd drive

[srwike]

Yes, I know. However this is a xbox360 HD DVD drive and according to the link referenced it easily plays HD DVD movies while connected to a PC as a USB drive.

[UncasMS]

oh sorry, didnt know that was possible

[admin]

Which version of PowerDVD are you using?

Only the 7.x series of PowerDVD Ultra support HD DVD, and after that, only the initial release 8.x Ultra version with a patch supports it (http://www.digital-digest.com/articl...DVD_page1.html).

I would recommend using WinDVD Plus Blu-ray for HD DVD, if you cannot obtain an older version of PowerDVD (note that you *can* have both one 7.x install and one 8.x/9.x install at the same time, unlike previous PowerDVD versions, so you can switch to 7 for HD DVD and then 8.x/9.x for Blu-ray if needed).

I've amended the guide to include more details about the version of PowerDVD required.

[srwike]

Thanks for the update. That might explain the issue because I'm using power dvd 9 ultra.

I'll recheck the article and try something different.

[srwike]

I loaded WinDVD and it finally recognized the DVD and played the movie. Only one hitch now - the sound is intermittent. I'll see if updating the drivers helps.