External USB 2 HDD for my movies & music?

JIT · 09-01-2008, 7:33 PM

Just about to look for an external HDD to connect up to my 360 for movies/music etc. but want to make sure i'm doing the right thing before buying.

Will mainly be DVDs & music i put on it plus some photos, is there anything i should be aware of before buying?

I know i'll have to format it as Mac HFS for 4GB+ files like WMV-HD.

ukbootlegs · 09-01-2008, 7:46 PM

nope

you know about the 4gb thing so you should be good to go

dan1979 · 09-01-2008, 7:53 PM

It's HFS+ not HFS but yeah, any drive will do.

JIT · 09-01-2008, 11:00 PM

Thanks, the Western Digital 750GB on Amazon for £95.99 looks the 1.

Indiana Jones · 10-01-2008, 1:11 PM

You mention that you will be putting DVD's on it, well the 360 wont be able to play them unless you convert them to .wmv or Divx/XviD

Immortaleffectz · 10-01-2008, 1:17 PM

If you get an external hhd but keep the 360 one will you be able to put game demo's and saves on the ext hdd?

Indiana Jones · 10-01-2008, 1:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Immortaleffectz

If you get an external hhd but keep the 360 one will you be able to put game demo's and saves on the ext hdd?

Nope.

Immortaleffectz · 10-01-2008, 1:31 PM

Indiana Jones thanks mate.

JIT · 10-01-2008, 10:36 PM

So i can't have a Vob or Avi file on disk just to be played back?

JIT · 10-01-2008, 10:43 PM

What about Iso files?

10-01-2008, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JIT

So i can't have a Vob or Avi file on disk just to be played back?

If the AVI file is DiVX or XViD yes.

Indiana Jones · 11-01-2008, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by JIT

What about Iso files?

Nope the 360 wont read .vob, .iso or MPEG-2 files so the only way to get DVD's to play on the 360 is to re-encode them.

ashleylad · 11-01-2008, 2:31 PM

Do You think the 360 will ever support playback of the vob files?? I have tried converting some using freeware software to xvid and it worked remarkably well, although picture quality was reduced due to film size going from 3.7gb down to 800Meg.

Ash

JIT · 11-01-2008, 8:57 PM

What's the playback quality of Divx files compared to their DVD original like?

Would be using a 42" screen.

Indiana Jones · 11-01-2008, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JIT

What's the playback quality of Divx files compared to their DVD original like?

Would be using a 42" screen.

All depends on what settings were used when the Divx file was created.

If space isnt an issue you could probaley make a file that has the same res and bitrate as the original DVD or you could reduce the res and bitrate making a smaller file but of reduced quality.

I suppose you would have to do some tests yourself and pick a setting you are happy with.

Trist · 21-01-2008, 12:12 PM

Fir anyone looking for an external hard drive this one from Amazon.co.uk looks like a fairly good deal at the mo. Just ordered one myself

£59.99 delivered.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digi...0917412&sr=8-6