Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:12 pm Post subject: ok, here goes. newb in at the deep end.
my plan, after years of ps2, is:
get xbox pro (pre-mod)
get external usb drive (any thanks to macdrive tutorial on here)
from what i've been reading (it's been hours & my head is spinning) i think the following is possibly correct:
from the external drive i can play mp3s, view photos and various movie files.
- what video formats? what is native & what needs codec downloads from live?
i can backup games and play them from external drive rather than stick in dvd
- true? just in iso format?
and if using purely external drive, do i need pro or would arcade do the same?
apologies if this is in the wrong place or just stupid stuff.
apes
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject:
firstly welcome to the site, if you have a large hard drive, make sure its formatted to fat32, small flash drives do work as well, the 360 can play divx but sometimes depending what you encode your audio or video it cant play them. i dont know whats best, im trying to figure out the best and when i do will let you know. it doesnt play any other video files as far as im aware, mp3's work fine, but if u want to rip to the hard drive you need to have the cd to copy onto the hard drive. in order to play the divx file you need your xbox connected to live and play the divx file (file extension .avi) and it tell you you need an optional media update, go through the procedures and download the add on for free, and it will play divx!
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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject:
thanks for the replies & the link. have ordered it & the drive so now sitting by the letterbox. ordered new 42" hd tv as well - seemed the right thing to do really. will have a good look round this site while i'm waiting.
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:49 am Post subject:
Hi Apes,
You can purchase just about any USB hdd and load it full of DIV, XVID, WMV, mp4 and other formats and play them anywhere at anytime.
If you want to run HD files that are over the 4gb filesize limit then you will need MACDRIVE.. If you are just running smaller files like xvid, divx and mp3 then you dont need to use MACDRIVE.
Check out our compatible Xbox 360 devices forums here:
As for previously having a PS2 I myself was in the same boat and now I have 1 360 and 3 xbox originals and no PS's at all. Go figure.
The 360 is a great media centre and will play alot of your video and audio as long as its not real old or corrupted. I use it constantly for all types of media & have to say it's the best console I have ever owned.
Ask as many questions as you want these guys and girls on here are great and will help you as much as they can.
Hopefully might even catchya online one day for a game or two.
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject:
thanks both. this place really is a goldmine, the more i read the more i know i've done the right thing.
and nice to find somewhere so willing to help.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject:
just thought i'd pop in and update this thread. all working fine so will work out how to add the drive to the compatible device stuff.
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i use dvd fab mobile to format all my movies to .wmv so i can watch them on my 360. dont even need a usb hd to do it depending how much free space you have on your pc.
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