Getting .avi files to play on 360?

1pudding1 · 25 Oct 2008 at 17:19

I have some .avi files on my Pc i want to watch on my 360 downstairs. Can I burn them to a dvd/cd and they'll play ok? Ive tried this but the 360 doesnt seem to recognise the disc. Is there a particular way of burning the files?

orderoftheflame · 25 Oct 2008 at 17:24

Network streaming is far easier.

1pudding1 · 25 Oct 2008 at 17:25

Im using Ubuntu and Linux, can I still do that?

orderoftheflame · 25 Oct 2008 at 17:32

I'm sure there's some programs that will work. Don't know of the top of my head tbh.

Try google?

JaFFa · 25 Oct 2008 at 17:56

easiest way is to just throw them on a USB pen drive.

ic1male · 25 Oct 2008 at 18:15

What format are the AVI files in?
Did you burn the DVD as a regular ISO data DVD?

Trox · 25 Oct 2008 at 18:15

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steveo · 25 Oct 2008 at 20:21

flash drives work ok and make sure when you burn the dvd to burn it as a data disc my 360 reads them just fine using nero

1pudding1 · 25 Oct 2008 at 20:54

I tried burning the .avi files to a data cd and a dvd....neither worked, but they were recognised in my pc, not sure if it was a filesystem setting on burning that was the problem. That was using Brassero and K3B on Ubuntu. Ive now installed Ushare and that works to stream the files directly to the 360

thanks.