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Watching video files off a usb stick

Tinie · 2011-02-22 02:32:23

Can anyone help me with trying to watch a video file off a usb on my xbox 360? Its formatted in fat32 but no video files show up in the portable device section in videos on the xbox 360. Ideas?

22-02-2011 3:32am

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Tinie

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Can anyone help me with trying to watch a video file off a usb on my xbox 360? Its formatted in fat32 but no video files show up in the portable device section in videos on the xbox 360. Ideas?

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#2 22-02-2011 4:10am

dunworth1

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what format are the videos?

the xbox only supports these from a usb key
WMV(Unprotected),

Mpeg4,

H.264,

AVI

from
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-video-playback-faq.aspx

if you have a windows 7 pc did you ever consider using the xbox as a media center extender i use mine
i have my laptop wireless and my xbox connected to my routher with 200mb home plugs and can stream hd movies that are in mkv avi wmv etc.

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