happybeggar

You might want to try this new method. It is based on Windows Media Encoder 9 batch facility:

http://happybeggar.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=2

This is the new method I would recommend over VLC. VLC still had the edge for speed but WME9 produce better quality encode at about half the speed of VLC.

TVersity will probably provide a realtime solution sooner than later. At this point my VLC based solution will become obsolete. For now I have not found anything easier around.

For those interested, check back on my site, I have now an updated set of batch file to produce cleaner looking file for both 4:3 and 16:9 content.

Can you beleive it, playing with resolution I noticed that the 360 seem to have a bug with some resolution. If you feed the 360 with a WMV of 640x360 it will alway play it as a 16:9 Aspect Ratio... even if it is flagged as 4:3. The same file will play as 4:3 in WMP11... so it is clearly a bug.

I actually ran into a similar bug with the MPEG2 decoding engine when working with runtime on Transcode 360. We had to come up with a work around to fix the issue.

Cheers!