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simon900
10-08-2006, 04:06 PM
Hi Guys,
I've just got a new 4Gb USB drive and the Xbox 360 doesn't seem to be recoginsing it, even though the lights on the drive come on when it boots up.
Any thoughts/recommendations?
Paranoid666au
10-08-2006, 04:28 PM
You'll only be able to stream music and photos from an external drive.
simon900
11-08-2006, 01:49 PM
Bugger!

Thanks for the info.
DangerBoy
11-08-2006, 01:59 PM
You'll only be able to stream music and photos from an external drive.
I stream photos from my usb drives all the time
Baz
11-08-2006, 02:00 PM
Is it possible to copy music from your media device (mine being my psp) to the HDD
DangerBoy
11-08-2006, 02:04 PM
I dont believe so Bazz, i couldnt copy anything from my ipod, but streaming wasnt a problem.
Baz
11-08-2006, 02:10 PM
Yer, i wanted to put all my music on the HDD to save me from having to plug my psp in all the time and then having to charge my psp cos USB mode drains the battery faster than normal
DangerBoy
11-08-2006, 02:22 PM
burn just put it on a cd and rip it to the hard drive, that should work
Baz
11-08-2006, 02:23 PM
What about a dvd music disc?
DangerBoy
11-08-2006, 02:44 PM
dunno mate sorry,
cant see why not though
Baz
11-08-2006, 02:48 PM
Sweet, ill start burning now and see how that goes
Paranoid666au
11-08-2006, 03:32 PM
The 360 can only rip an audio CD so DVD's or data disks wont work.

The best methods is either stream over a network or an external hard drive/device. You could plug you PSP into it's charger to keep it charged.
Baz
11-08-2006, 03:38 PM
I do that but think of the power i could save by having it on my box and also no cables running all over the place
Paranoid666au
11-08-2006, 04:53 PM
Yea it would be good if you could transfer files over like that. Maybe in a future dashboard update they might let us do it.

I'm getting an old power mac that I'm going to set up as a music server. I'll plug the 360 in via ethernet and have my entire music collection availble while playing games. All at full CD quality.