what video formats does the 360 support?

Langlest · 8 Feb 2011 at 09:21

i have a 2nd xbox 360 and im thinking of putting it in the living room to replace my divx/avi dvd player, can the 360 play these formats? also can it play them from a usb drive?

i have no way to test myself right now but ill pick up a usb drive if it can

Talon · 8 Feb 2011 at 09:24

Yes it can play divx/xvid and will play them from Flash Drive or USB HD.

Langlest · 8 Feb 2011 at 09:25

thanks a lot mate

ill pick up a flash drive today then

Lithon · 8 Feb 2011 at 20:07

If you use windows media centre from your pc to the xbox via the home network you can play pretty much anything. But yeah, play films regulary from a USB.

Frapple · 8 Feb 2011 at 21:55

BJames said:
If you use windows media centre from your pc to the xbox via the home network you can play pretty much anything. But yeah, play films regulary from a USB.

Indeed, love it!

Install DivX codec and it'll stream .mkv files

House · 9 Feb 2011 at 06:43

If you want to not use media center and just use shared media dicx still works fine just not mkv.
If your going to use a USB drive then it has to be fat32 formated xbox wont read NTFS drives.

I stil rip all my DVDs to dvix, i know MKV is "much better" but divx is more universal and i can use it on all my devices, xbox,ps3,DLNA enabled tv and bluray player so i just have a huge media libary set up on my main pc which acts as a server and share around 10tb of data all around my house. Music pics and video.

I just wish there was a affordable way to back it up because i really couldnt live with ripping that lot again it would be soul destroying.

PS some older divx files dont work if your downloading stuff and also be careful with some audio codecs as they can be the main probelm (DTS dvd rips caused me some issues)