So late last year I purchased a HD Video Camcorder (Canon HF-200). It is pretty awesome. Although hooking up all the cables to my HDTV just to watch the videos was not. I thought I could just play the videos through my xBox 360..
Well, I was wrong. The xBox 360 did not support the mts/m2ts file format that Canon HD camcorder was recording the videos into.
So I began searching the internet for a solution to this problem. I did find a solution… eventually…
I really wanted an automated solution to this problem. Meaning that I copy the files onto my home server somewhere. The Canon mts/m2ts files are automatically converted, and appear on my xBox 360 menu.
Eventually, after weeks of on and off attempts, I got what I wanted. I wrote up a somewhat detailed page about what was needed for me to convert the mts (m2ts / hdavc / h264) files into a format that the xBox 360 can understand, and could then play them. After some more time, I should have them playable over my small home network via a Upnp server.
You can read the full detailed write-up here:
How To: Convert mts files for playback on an xBox 360