Watch Movies On Xbox 360 From External Hard Drive

I tried it with an external hard drive that was formatted from the 360 and it works.

Watch movies on xbox 360 from external hard drive. Using an external hard drive to watch a movie with my xbox 360 problem i have seen in the past an external hard drive connected via usb used to watch movies using the xbox 360. In the media menu under music i can play mp3 files from the external hard drive but i cant play the movies. You just have to format the drive into ntfs fat or fat32.

All of xbox movies are in high resolutions with stream or download options equipped. Answered january 17 2018. At least that i have downloaded.

Hi all does anyone know if i can play files mpg avi wmv from an external hard drive connected to the xbox 360. Put your movies onto it and plug it into your xbox 360. A short demonstration to show you how to watch videos on your xbox 360 via a usb storage device your usb thumb drive or external hard drive must be formatted.

Make sure your movies are in a compatible format that xbox 360 plays. An easy way to watch movies on the xbox 360 from an external harddrive that i found was if the codec you use for the movie is a mp4 codec but converting to avi then just change the avi to mp4 for the movie. When i connect my movie filled iomego e go hard drive to my xbox 360 via usb my xbox doesn t even recognize it.

Get a usb jump drive or portable hard drive. If you ve got a usb stick formatted in fat32 that will work but the videos will need to be. Id rather do it this way then having to hook my laptop up to my tv to watch them since my xbox is already there.

The drive must be formatted in fat32 for the 360 to see files on it drives formatted in ntfs won t work. Therefore whether to download xbox movies or to watch directly depends on your personal requirements. And most movies use that.