Sunday 6 January 2008

Xbox 360 DivX / XviD - Guide

This is my short guide on where & how to download High Quality DivX Videos and play them on your Xbox 360.

For this to work, you need to have either Media Sharing setup from your PC to Xbox 360, or an External USB device which you can plug up to your Xbox 360 and view the videos off.

If you are going to use an External Hard Drive, you need to make sure its formatted with the FAT32 File System. Otherwise the Xbox 360 will not be able to play videos from it.

And id like to point out now that there is no converting / encoding needed in this, all you need to do is download the video from Stage6, pop it into your sharing folder, and away you go!



The best site ive found to download high quality videos from is "Stage6". Stage6 is owned and ran by the DivX Company. (So everything is fully compatible with the Xbox 360!)

Here is some background info about the Stage6.



Follow the following to get glorious HD Quality Videos onto your Xbox 360....


Useful links...

Stage6.com Xbox 360 Related Videos

Stage6.com 1080p Related Videos

Stage6.com 720p Related Videos

Once you have found the video that you want to watch on the Xbox 360, you need to do the following steps...

(Its worth mentioning, that its best to use Internet Explorer for the following)



1. Got to view the video and wait for the video menu to appear, you then need to download the video by clicking the arrow pointing down. Screenshot.

2. Click "Save" on the file download prompt. Screenshot.

3. Then select where you want to save it, id suggest the "My Videos" folder in your "My Documents". Important - You need to select "All Files" in the "Save As Type" drop down box. You then need to give the video a name in the "File Name" box, then you must type .avi after the name. Screenshot. The reason why you need to put the .avi at the end is because the Xbox 360 seems to have a few problems recognizing and playing .divx files, if you save it as a .avi, then you wont have any problems! (Screenshot)

(Move the video to an external device if you are using one such as an external hard drive).


Once you have done that, its time to go onto your Xbox 360 and play the video. (No extra encoding / converting is required!)

Make sure you have selected the correct source of the video file on the Xbox 360, whether it be your PC or External Hard Drive.

The video should show up like this. Screenshot.



Thats it, done.

If you found this useful, or need any help... Please leave a comment or message me on Xbox Live.

Thanks!

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