Xbox 360 Music Player Suddenly Will Not Play Music

Hi! I'm Luis, a fellow Xbox Gamer . Thanks for reaching us out here.

You can listen to music on your Xbox 360 console by connecting a portable media player, inserting a CD, or playing music from your console’s hard drive.

-From a portable media player:

Connect your media player’s sync cable to a USB port on the Xbox 360 console. There are two USB ports on the front of your console behind an oval door.

Press the Guide button  on your controller.

Move to Media, and then select Music Player.

Select Portable Device.

Select the music you want to play.

-Rip a CD

Load a music CD into the console disc tray. The music player starts automatically.

Select Rip CD.

Select the songs you want to copy to the hard drive, and then select Rip CD.

-Music while playing:

You can play music from a portable music player or your hard drive while playing a game. Here’s how:

Plug the sync cable of your portable media player into a USB port on the front of your Xbox 360 console.

Start a game, and then press the Guide button  on your controller.

Go to Media.

Choose Select Music.

Select the location of the music you want to hear (hard drive or a connected media player).

Press the Guide button  to return to your game.

Your music will play in place of the game soundtrack if the game supports custom music.

Hello Laronica

Sadly there is no easy way to listen to music on Xbox 360 but here's how

1. Connect your media player's sync cable to a USB port on the Xbox 360 console
   
2. Press the Guide button on your controller.
   
3. Move to Media, and then select Music Player.
   
4. Select Portable Device.
   
5. Select the music you want to play.
   

I just encountered the same issue. Started Xbox Music app on my Windows 8 machine, tried to listen to one of my playlists (music on my own harddrive) and suddenly they're 30 second preview clips. Not only that, but some of it is even edited (ex. A.D.I.D.A.S.
by Korn).

What is going on with this issue? Why can't I play the music I already own? And why is my music suddenly edited?

In order to play music that's stored on your Xbox harddrive you'll need to use the built in media player. Xbox Music is an app for use with an Xbox Music Pass to stream music and videos from the Xbox Music catalog.

Hey Cheetah,

Sorry for the delay in hearing from us.

So, to clarify, you aren't able to play the videos from the playlist that you set up on your Xbox 360? The streaming of Music Videos is a feature of Xbox Music on the Xbox 360 console only. There's some info in our

FAQ: Listen to music and music videos on Xbox 360 with Xbox Music.

The functionality to search, play, and view Music Videos is not in the Xbox Music app on other devices.