Video format for the xbox 360

Last night i plugged in my portable hard drive into my Xbox 360, and i thought i would test out to see if the videos i have on there could be played through the xbox, but they don’t. They are predominantely in avi. format.
Does anybody know what format i wouuld have to change these videos to watch them through my 360?
Thanks
Answer #1
360s will play .avi files if they’re DivX/XviD.
Answer #2
Does it support avi? Divx? Xvid? Quicktime? H264?
No. The Media Center Extender in the Xbox 360 only supports playback of DVR-MS, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and WMV video.
hope this helps
anyway, check here for further info
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/Xbox360/video.html
Answer #3
New media update will alow it to play Mpeg 4 files
Answer #4
I know on old update streaming video codec is WMV
Answer #5
Quote:
Does it support avi? Divx? Xvid? Quicktime? H264?
No. The Media Center Extender in the Xbox 360 only supports playback of DVR-MS, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and WMV video.
hope this helps
anyway, check here for further info
Code:
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/Xbox360/video.html

thanks for this , and everyone else