Watch movies from External USB

SovietSnyper75 · Nov 24, 2015

I have an external drive formatted for XBOne and another formatted for my PC. How can I transfer movies from my "PC" usb to the XBOne drive? I hooked up my "PC" USB, but it was not recognized by the XBOne.

I have looked for this in the forums, but I couldn't find anything.

Thanks in advance!!

:)

AMiTY Calamity · Nov 24, 2015

media transfer

When i had my 360, I used to hate this about them. I used numerous USB stick and Countless different formats for movies to see what would work. I was able to use a 4gb USB stick to watch movies in the MP4 format. Anything else didn't work. But as far as
i know theres no patch or software that will let you transfer movies from a USB stick or external hard drive to the xbox internal hard drive. i suggest trying different USB devices as some external hard drives dont even register on the xbox. Also the format
of the movies you have on USB as anything in MKV wont work. You'll need to convert movies into MP4 or AVI

regulatordelta · Nov 24, 2015

Watching movies with External Hard Disks

I have two WD external 1tb hard disks with movies on them, can I hook them up to the xbox via usb and watch movies off them through the xbox to my tv?

DENAz666 · Nov 24, 2015

Hey mate,

Should be as simple as moving the movies to your USB, then going to the Media Player app on the xbox and playing the files.

The only thing is that you can't have your games and your movies on the same drive. You can either format a drive for media, or you can format it for games

Cheers

Denaz

DENAz666

Hey mate,

Should be as simple as moving the movies to your USB, then going to the Media Player app on the xbox and playing the files.

The only thing is that you can't have your games and your movies on the same drive. You can either format a drive for media, or you can format it for games

Cheers

Denaz

AMiTY Calamity

When i had my 360, I used to hate this about them. I used numerous USB stick and Countless different formats for movies to see what would work. I was able to use a 4gb USB stick to watch movies in the MP4 format. Anything else didn't work. But as far as
i know theres no patch or software that will let you transfer movies from a USB stick or external hard drive to the xbox internal hard drive. i suggest trying different USB devices as some external hard drives dont even register on the xbox. Also the format
of the movies you have on USB as anything in MKV wont work. You'll need to convert movies into MP4 or AVI

x24hrs2livex

USB sticks can be plugged into the side of the console. However xbox one does not support external storage at this time. Try using playto or skydrive to watch your movies

Mister Cerb

Hey there Doon!

Which USB ports have you tried the external HDD in? Front? Back? Both?
What version of USB does your external HDD use? 2.0? 3.0?
Are you able to put some movies from your external HDD onto a USB drive that's formatted for your Xbox 360 console and try playing the movies from there?

Let us know and we'll work with you from there! ^_^

DigitalAssassin

Hi there, no external hard drive as the 360 only accepts two USB's of 32gb each and that's it fort external storage, I didn't think it was possible to watch movies from the USB though.

The closest thing you can do is use the 360 as a media extender and you can play your movies and music through the Xbox that way. More information here:

support.xbox.com/.../windows-media-center-on-xbox-360-windows-7

Watch movies from External USB