Easiest/Quickest Way to Play .x264 video files

I have an older apple TV a brand new Macbook Air, and a Windows 8.1 system that is simply a beast.
I have a lot of .x264 video files on my Windows system and want to know the easiest way to play the best quality. Do I need to convert them to another filetype? If so would a 10GB .x264 file be better converted on my faster Windows PC (new macbook is the upgraded 1.7ghz and 8gb RAM)? Please point me in the right direction. 1080p is a must and not spending 2hrs to convert every file would be nice.
I'm very new to Apple, i'm an IT guy and have long used Windows, but the new Macbook Air is going to be my primary Work/School/Media hub. So excuse me if i'm missing anything obvious.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
You may find you only need to strip off the container the video is in, the Apple TV requires.
    •    H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High or Main Profile level 4.0 or lower, Baseline profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
    •    MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
    •    Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
If you find convention quicker on your PC use that.

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