How to Watch Netflix on Xbox 360
2012-03-25 21:28:46 /
Posted by Adam Cash to Mobile Fun
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Netflix is available on Xbox if you have connected your Xbox to the Internet and have upgraded your Xbox Live to Gold, oh yes, you are also required to be the member of Netflix to watch Netflix on Xbox 360. Sounds attractive? Then set up your console for your Netflix entertainment on line:
- Upgrade your Xbox to Xbox LIVE Gold. If your Xbox Live is the platinum version, you are required to have a Gold update first – Netflix is only available for Xbox LIVE Gold version. The Xbox LIVE Gold has two versions: Xbox LIVE Gold and Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack, so you’d better make sure which one is the most proper one for you. To get more info about the two, you can click this: Join Xbox.
- Join Netflix. To watch Netflix movies, TV shows and more, you are required to be a member of Netflix.
- Connect your Xbox to the Internet.
- Download the Netflix app on your Xbox 360.
- Sign in your Netflix.
Now just watch your Netflix on the game console.
And if you have some old Netflix contents purchased on your Mac, and wanna enjoy them on the Xbox 360 console, you may need to do some adjusting work first to get a perfect view.
The supported Xbox video formats are AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV and M4V, and video codecs are H.264, MPEG-4 and WMV.
And Netflix differs according to the versions. The first generation of Netflix used a Windows Media format for instantly items. And these videos are encoded by WMV3 which is supported by Xbox 360. These Netflix video has the resolution of 740 x480, while Xbox videos are required to 1920 × 1080 resolution. And the second Netflix video files otherwise adopted the VC1 codec and used Microsoft Silverlight for streaming its videos for making the streaming job more efficient.
And actually both of these Netflix videos are all compatible with Xbox because the correct video format and codec, the problem is how the Netflix videos looks like on Xbox – Netflix videos have several different video bitrates and resolutions and some of them won’t be presented perfectly. So in these cases, you then need to do some video adjustment. iSkysoft Video Converter for Mac, a professional video tool for converting videos with the capability of adjusting video bit rate, resolution, video codec and more. To do the video adjustment, you can directly drag and drop your Netflix videos to the Mac app > click the format icon on the video info bar > choose Xbox preset > click Done > hit on Convert. If you just wanna customize the video bit rate and resolution, you can click Advanced… on the output video setting window. Learn more: Video Converter for Mac User Guide.
Have fun!
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