External drive media streaming

Discus and support External drive media streaming in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hi everyone, I'm trying to come up with the best way to watch all of my downloaded movies through my Xbox one onto my tv. What I want is to have an... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by undervenued, Jan 6, 2015.

  1. undervenued
    undervenued Guest

    External drive media streaming


    Hi everyone,

    I'm trying to come up with the best way to watch all of my downloaded movies through my Xbox one onto my tv. What I want is to have an external hard drive permanently connect to the xbone via USB 3.0, and then be able to add movies and such to the drive
    from PC in another room to the drive wirelessly.

    Is this even possible? Google searching this topic is driving me insane. It keeps landing me on portable storage for iPhones and tablets.

    Any advice is greatly appreciated

    :)
     
    undervenued, Jan 6, 2015
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  2. Kassad
    Kassad Guest
    Play videos on burned discs

    I've put a disk in and none of the apps even see the optical blu ray drive let alone any media files on it. The blu ray player app does play media on a blu ray disk that is in the proper blu ray format, but VLC, or even the file explorer app do not even display the optical drive. I can play media on an external drive using VLC.
     
    Kassad, Jan 6, 2015
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  3. ash26ace
    ash26ace Guest
    Xbox One & Macbook

    Can anyone give me a bit of advice on this.

    I currently have all my media stored on my Macbook and have being using Sofaplay to stream to my Xbox One however it rarely works consistently and is incredibly frustrating.

    Is it possible to have an external hard drive connected to my Xbox via USB to store and play media and also have the ability to wirelessly add/remove media to that hard drive from my Macbook?

    If it is possible any recommendations for suitable drives above 1TB would be appreciated or if it's not possible any alternative solutions?

    Thanks!
     
    ash26ace, Jan 6, 2015
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  4. Rock ninja
    Rock ninja Guest

    External drive media streaming

    not sure about how to do it with a usb, but try this link out and see if you can get it to work for you from pc:

    support.xbox.com/.../playto
     
    Rock ninja, Jan 6, 2015
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  5. AMAV1974
    AMAV1974 Guest
    I no with Windows 8.1 you can right click on movie and it brings up option to play on Xbox one. I have done this and it works great. I have only added a 3 terabit hard drive to save games on
     
    AMAV1974, Oct 31, 2018
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  6. davemcfly85 Win User

    Downloading or transferring media onto xbox 360.

    only if said media is on a flash drive or an external drive set up to run on a 360 or you can stream it from the laptop as well.
  7. Rock ninja Win User

    External drive media streaming

    not sure about how to do it with a usb, but try this link out and see if you can get it to work for you from pc:

    support.xbox.com/.../playto
  8. AMAV1974 Win User

    External drive media streaming

    I no with Windows 8.1 you can right click on movie and it brings up option to play on Xbox one. I have done this and it works great. I have only added a 3 terabit hard drive to save games on
  9. BobMcFly247 Win User

    Media from an external USB?

    Unfortunately there is no media support for external USB drives yet. We hope that this will be coming in one of the next dashboard updates. Until now it is only possible to stream media from a PC or laptop with at least Windows 7.
  10. ngocphi Win User

    Not enough space problem

    Are you using long file names you gotta remember this ia a console not a computer

    Also xbox internal atorage isnt meant for media files except for captures

    Why not use an external drive

    Youngotta remember consoles need reseeve space to keep the performance up

    If you are talking about files bigger then 4 gigs that would be a problem

    You gotta remember media drives are meant to be storedin fat32

    Not xbox internal hd

    Small downloads and media captures are fine

    Not complete movies except for ms store

    Most people use external hdds or streaming

    Its probably more about the reserve space for media captures or.ms store purchases

    As mentioned you arent using the internal hd as intended

    Your best bet is streaming via computer or using an external media drive
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