Getting music onto your 360's HD

Mr Men said:
If your PS3 is full of music why do you need the 360 to do it? and yes you can play music from the HD, you rip it from CD as already said but still you rant that you can't, ripping from CD is no different to copying to the PS3 now is it, unless you don't buy original CD's I guess.....
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Well some games have the option of playing your own music, that's why!.. Ripping from CD is painfully slow compared to using a USB and I'll never get round to doing it.. Also I REALLY CANT be bothered to dig out a USB pen for music.. What part of that can you not understand? Sony should market themselves better on the following.

Better all round media player
No annual fee's
Can be your music player without having to stick CD's and USB flash drives in
Has a Bluray player
Multi Console ownership is doable, unlike the 360.. well not without having to transfer profiles over every single time ????

Microsoft should market themseleves as having the favoured controller and that's about it... Yes XBOX Live is better than PSN, but not 50quid per annum better !
 
thedoc46 said:
Well some games have the option of playing your own music, that's why!.. Ripping from CD is painfully slow compared to using a USB and I'll never get round to doing it.. Also I REALLY CANT be bothered to dig out a USB pen for music.. What part of that can you not understand? Sony should market themselves better on the following.
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All games can play your own music on the 360 IIRC, so you have ripped a CD to the 360 to know how long it takes?

How can you not be bothered to stick music onto a USB stick, but can be bothered to watch it copy to the PS3? copying to USB would probably be quicker lol your post makes no sense really. Just seems like a massive troll
 
This is starting to turn really gay.

its simple. Copying a full library from 1 drive to another is going to be quicker than copying from multiple CDs. It's probably not going to be quicker than copying music to a pen drive and playing the music from it, No. But I'm more of a fan of not having a USB drive sticking out the front of my console. If it's got internal storage why not use it? Obviously that option isnt there with the 360, And thats what we're saying... its stupid that you cant store it internally.

but yes, as usual. Pointing out a flaw and voicing it means you're a troll. As always
 
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wannabedamned said:
This is starting to turn really gay.

its simple. Copying a full library from 1 drive to another is going to be quicker than copying from multiple CDs. It's probably not going to be quicker than copying music to a pen drive and playing the music from it, No. But I'm more of a fan of not having a USB drive sticking out the front of my console. If it's got internal storage why not use it? Obviously that option isnt there with the 360, And thats what we're saying... its stupid that you cant store it internally.

but yes, as usual. Pointing out a flaw and voicing it means you're a troll. As always
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You can put the USB at the back of the 360 then ;) And yes the option to use the internal storage is there, just means you have to take a different approach to use it, but the option is there for music so its missing the point to claim you can't....

it's not really a flaw either, but the OP has gone from music on the HDD to live fees, blu ray and whatever else so yeah its probably trolling ;)
 
Mr Men said:
You can put the USB at the back of the 360 then ;) And yes the option to use the internal storage is there, just means you have to take a different approach to use it, but the option is there for music so its missing the point to claim you can't....
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It's not "missing the point" at all. You can't transfer music files to the 360 without first burning them to a disc and then ripping them; that's hardly just a "different approach". It amazes me that people are so defensive about an obvious feature omission.
 
TheVoice said:
It's not "missing the point" at all. You can't transfer music files to the 360 without first burning them to a disc and then ripping them; that's hardly just a "different approach". It amazes me that people are so defensive about an obvious feature omission.
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if its not a different approach then what is it? I agree with what you say but to claim you can't use the internal memory to store music is simply wrong :D Don't see much defence of anything just the way it is.....
 
It's not wrong, because he's talking about music files; you can't transfer MP3s directly to the 360 HDD. It's so painfully obvious that it'd be much easier and better for everyone if it supported that option.
 
Yes it would be easier, but it is still wrong to say you can't put music on the HD, when you can, no idea why you are arguing against that but shall leave you too it :)
 
So if you have an HD video file, which you then have to burn to a DVD, and rip to a second system, that's exactly the same file throughout, is it? No, of course not. You lose quality throughout the process, but it's also far less convenient, far more time-consuming and in the case of MP3s, means you probably lose your ID3 tags.

I may be wrong, but you seem to think that anyone wanting to transfer MP3s etc shouldn't be allowed to because it means they don't own the original CDs. You don't need to own the CD to own music legally. The fact that the 360 has far superior music streaming options in the form of Zune and Last.FM makes it all the more ridiculous (albeit not in the least bit surprising) that it can't do simple MP3/WMA/whatever transfers.
 
Yes you are wrong :) and clearly do not read what I have written, anyway no point getting into a circle jerk with you over it, I am off to stream some MP3's that I downloaded to my 360 :)

To sum up, op asks how to put music on 360 HDD, op is told by ripping cd's, this will place music files on your HDD to listen too at your pleasure, there is no other way to do it. Only other options are streaming or usb or external drive or device. No idea why there is any need for you to argue that, yes its silly to do it that way, yes its time consuming, but thats how it is, if you really want music stored on your HDD then thats how you do it, or seek alternative ways as stated :)

The point at which you jumped in with both feet was when someone said you can't put music on the 360 HDD, when in fact you can.
 
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Neither the PS3 or 360 are great media players both have limited file format support the 360 is a pain to put music on and the PS3 has an awful file system. Yeah PS3 has a Blu-Ray drive if your that way inclined..
I gave up trying to use either as a media server and built a small pc to do the job, the cost was not much more than a console and it supports anything i can throw at it. It far outways the hassle of file systems or file support.
 
Mr Men said:
ripping from CD is no different to copying to the PS3 now is it, unless you don't buy original CD's I guess.....
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Clearly I do read what you've written.

The 'argument' is that there's no way to transfer (intact) music files from anything to the 360 HDD. Sure, you can rip CDs, but as I pointed out above, that isn't the same as transferring the files themselves for various reasons. You're the only person I'm seeing who's defending the pointlessly laborious method that 360 owners are forced to use, and I can't think why.
 
TheVoice said:
Clearly I do read what you've written.

The 'argument' is that there's no way to transfer (intact) music files from anything to the 360 HDD. Sure, you can rip CDs, but as I pointed out above, that isn't the same as transferring the files themselves for various reasons. You're the only person I'm seeing who's defending the pointlessly laborious method that 360 owners are forced to use, and I can't think why.
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I have not defended anything and nobody said ripping cd is the same as transfer, and how can you state there is no way to transfer files to the 360 yet then go on to say you can do it via CD, seriously LOL there is not and never was a 'argument' about transferring intact music files to the 360, just a question as to how to do it.

A member posted you can't store music on the 360 HDD, I stated you can, that is not debatable or a argument. So clearly you either don't read what is written or read it but choose to ignore it :cool: I have no idea why you are having trouble following what was said, I can't think why.
 
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Mr Men said:
A member posted you can't store music on the 360 HDD, I stated you can, that is not debatable or a argument.
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Evidently it is. The discussion has been about transferring actual files (i.e. MP3, AAC, WMA etc) and not just 'music' in general. Once again, ripping discs is not the same as just transferring the files themselves. If you have to burn a CD and then rip it, you're not getting a carbon copy of the files you started with. You're stuck with whatever quality the 360 decides to use when ripping, along with a loss of ID3 tags. It's a pointless way of doing things, considering so many people buy their music digitally in the first place anyway.
 
TheVoice said:
Evidently it is. The discussion has been about transferring actual files (i.e. MP3, AAC, WMA etc) and not just 'music' in general. Once again, ripping discs is not the same as just transferring the files themselves. If you have to burn a CD and then rip it, you're not getting a carbon copy of the files you started with. You're stuck with whatever quality the 360 decides to use when ripping, along with a loss of ID3 tags. It's a pointless way of doing things, considering so many people buy their music digitally in the first place anyway.
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No the discussion was never about that, maybe you should read the thread again, slowly if needed :eek: show me a quote that mentions MP3, AAC, WMA apart from the one you just made.....you are just adding things on now that were never part of it to try and make your point valid :eek: The discussion was how to put MUSIC onto your 360 HDD, very easy to follow..
 
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