Xbox 360 .mkv playback

Yeah, kind of sucks the power you need for tversity. I had a p4 3.0, and could only convert videos at 400*300 res from MKV files to have smooth playback on my 360. Otherwise buffering would occur every 30 seconds.

But I upgraded to a Q6600. I think the programmer of tversity made use of the multiple processors, because I have no issues of playing 720p/1080p mkv files on the fly on the 360, playing at the original resolution. It does take around 50-60% processing power of the CPU. So I think you will need a "newer" generation CPU to even play 720p/1080p videos (MKV to WMV on the 360)--at least a core duo or equivalent is required..maybe (?).

MKV is just a container of a "standard" format. The 360 doesn't recognize it, but the PS3 (got this baby today) can play MKV files, and recognizes it as a standard format (MPEG 2/4) file but if it has subtitles or whatever then that won't get displayed.

So I think the best way (for anime and you have a 360)is to go to Tversity, or convert. Otherwise if you want to play MKV files with no subtitles..you can always get a ps3. or if you can spare MORE money buy a new PC. I got my Quad core (completely loaded minus the monitor and VC), a dell, for 300 dollars back in November, but it was during one of those hot deal days.

And the standard formats for the 360s are the following: avi/xvid, H.264 files but in Mpeg-4 format, WMVs, and normal mpeg files.

Jam it back in, in the dark.