what video formats does the xbox 360 support?

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barcafan

I want to rip my dvds to a portable hard drive so i can then watch them on my xbox 360 when i connect it to the portable hard drive.

What format should i rip my dvds to? .avi? .wmv? .mp4?

Answer
I believe the Xbox 360 supports .wmv, .avi, h.264, and MPEG 2. I would recommend .avi because it will work with pretty much anything (by anything, I mean other media devices). And although the Xbox was made originally to play only WMVs it now fully supports .avi. BUT, just so you know, an external hard drive needs to be formatted to FAT32 before the Xbox can detect it and even then it is only limited use but you can watch movies off it. If your rip the DVD to .avi, the Xbox will also support 5.1 DD if the DVD is 5.1 and you correctly ripped it. If your external hard drive isn't formatted to FAT32, use a flash drive or stream it from your computer using TVersity which is an excellent piece of media sharing software found at www.tversity.com

Can i connect XBOX 360 4GB Console wit 320GB WD Portable HDD to use 16 GB for games and rest for Mp3,Videos?

Paiyya

I have brought XBOX 360 4GB console. I have a 320 GB Western Digital Elements 2.5" Portable Hard Drive. Will i be able to use this to extend 16 GB memory to store some games and remaining for for my personal Mp3 and videos for entertainment ?

Answer
Yes as long as it's compatible with the 360. It needs to be FAT 32 to play media on the console. You can partition it under the memory section when you choose to use it to store 360 content. Set aside 16GBs for use on there and the rest will be accessible on your computer to add media.

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How do you connect a hard drive to a xbox 360?

connect portable hard drive xbox image

Joy

I want to connect my hard drive to the xbox 360 to watch movies but its not connecting. It is already available to connect to other devies but it still won't let me get into portable device on video please help.

Answer
What you can do is actually set up windows media center to wirelessly connect to your computor to watch videos in your video folder without having to lug around a external hard drive from consol to comp and back, go to xbox.com and itll give u instructions on how to do it.

How to I save music from a Portable Device onto my Xbox 360 Hard Drive?

Emma

I saved all of my music onto a USB portable hard drive, and connected to my Xbox 360 (250GB). It's letting me play this music, but I was wondering if it was at all possible to actually save it to my Xbox Hard Drive so I can create playlists etc.? Thanks (:

Answer
Not possible.

If you want to put music on your hard drive, you have to rip it from an audio CD.

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Can i connect XBOX 360 4GB Console wit 320GB WD Portable HDD to use 16 GB for games and rest for Mp3,Videos?

connect portable hard drive xbox image

Paiyya

I have brought XBOX 360 4GB console. I have a 320 GB Western Digital Elements 2.5" Portable Hard Drive. Will i be able to use this to extend 16 GB memory to store some games and remaining for for my personal Mp3 and videos for entertainment ?

Answer
Yes as long as it's compatible with the 360. It needs to be FAT 32 to play media on the console. You can partition it under the memory section when you choose to use it to store 360 content. Set aside 16GBs for use on there and the rest will be accessible on your computer to add media.

Can I Download Xbox360 Games from Computer to Portable Hard Drive then connect to Xbox360 to play them?

SwishBalle

I just purchased a portable hard drive for my computer and was wondering is there a way to like torrent Xbox360 games to the hard drive then connect the hard drive, via USB port, and open up the games to play on my Xbox360??

Answer
the only way to play off a hard drive is the xbox hard drive, which is hidden or something(like when u pull the tab from a video tape so it cant be corded on by the vcr) but u can unlock the hd with some mad program. you need to look it up on google. even then im pretty sure the only games available u need to torrent and then burn to dvd. then to get them to play you need to "flash" your cd drive which means install new dodgey firmware to the actual cd drive which requires you to take it apart and plug in into your computer then run some dos program (so if u are bad a coding?). once all this is done u need to run some shadow client thingy when you play it so xbox live dont find out about it and ban your account and console, yes they can ban your actuall xbox 360 byt he mac address or something. so its a lot of work to play dodgey games on your xbox. and really you need to google it to uderstand i only gave you a taste.

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what video formats does the xbox 360 support?

connect portable hard drive xbox image

barcafan

I want to rip my dvds to a portable hard drive so i can then watch them on my xbox 360 when i connect it to the portable hard drive.

What format should i rip my dvds to? .avi? .wmv? .mp4?

Answer
I believe the Xbox 360 supports .wmv, .avi, h.264, and MPEG 2. I would recommend .avi because it will work with pretty much anything (by anything, I mean other media devices). And although the Xbox was made originally to play only WMVs it now fully supports .avi. BUT, just so you know, an external hard drive needs to be formatted to FAT32 before the Xbox can detect it and even then it is only limited use but you can watch movies off it. If your rip the DVD to .avi, the Xbox will also support 5.1 DD if the DVD is 5.1 and you correctly ripped it. If your external hard drive isn't formatted to FAT32, use a flash drive or stream it from your computer using TVersity which is an excellent piece of media sharing software found at www.tversity.com

Can i connect XBOX 360 4GB Console wit 320GB WD Portable HDD to use 16 GB for games and rest for Mp3,Videos?

Paiyya

I have brought XBOX 360 4GB console. I have a 320 GB Western Digital Elements 2.5" Portable Hard Drive. Will i be able to use this to extend 16 GB memory to store some games and remaining for for my personal Mp3 and videos for entertainment ?

Answer
Yes as long as it's compatible with the 360. It needs to be FAT 32 to play media on the console. You can partition it under the memory section when you choose to use it to store 360 content. Set aside 16GBs for use on there and the rest will be accessible on your computer to add media.

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Can I Download Xbox360 Games from Computer to Portable Hard Drive then connect to Xbox360 to play them?

connect portable hard drive xbox image

SwishBalle

I just purchased a portable hard drive for my computer and was wondering is there a way to like torrent Xbox360 games to the hard drive then connect the hard drive, via USB port, and open up the games to play on my Xbox360??

Answer
the only way to play off a hard drive is the xbox hard drive, which is hidden or something(like when u pull the tab from a video tape so it cant be corded on by the vcr) but u can unlock the hd with some mad program. you need to look it up on google. even then im pretty sure the only games available u need to torrent and then burn to dvd. then to get them to play you need to "flash" your cd drive which means install new dodgey firmware to the actual cd drive which requires you to take it apart and plug in into your computer then run some dos program (so if u are bad a coding?). once all this is done u need to run some shadow client thingy when you play it so xbox live dont find out about it and ban your account and console, yes they can ban your actuall xbox 360 byt he mac address or something. so its a lot of work to play dodgey games on your xbox. and really you need to google it to uderstand i only gave you a taste.

How Can I Store Media On My Xbox 360 Hard Drive?

Whole Lott

I have a 120 Gigabyte Xbox 360 Hard Drive , and I have no idea how to store music , Pictures , and Movies on it , how can I copy media from my PC to my xbox ? + is there a way to use the Xbox Hard Drive as a Regular portable hard drive ?

Answer
You should get a professional cable to connect pc and your hard drive.Then directly download the data from your pc to hard drive.That's easy way.
Also ,here is a site you can find the cable:

http://www.gameyeeeah.com/data-transfer-cable-for-xbox-360-p-1627.html

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How do you connect a hard drive to a xbox 360?

connect portable hard drive xbox image

Joy

I want to connect my hard drive to the xbox 360 to watch movies but its not connecting. It is already available to connect to other devies but it still won't let me get into portable device on video please help.

Answer
What you can do is actually set up windows media center to wirelessly connect to your computor to watch videos in your video folder without having to lug around a external hard drive from consol to comp and back, go to xbox.com and itll give u instructions on how to do it.

How to I save music from a Portable Device onto my Xbox 360 Hard Drive?

Emma

I saved all of my music onto a USB portable hard drive, and connected to my Xbox 360 (250GB). It's letting me play this music, but I was wondering if it was at all possible to actually save it to my Xbox Hard Drive so I can create playlists etc.? Thanks (:

Answer
Not possible.

If you want to put music on your hard drive, you have to rip it from an audio CD.

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