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Information from computer to 360

Has anyone been able to figure out how to transfer files from the computer to the xbox 360? I?m using XP and can?t watch video files unless they are on the computer? So how do I get them there?

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The only way to watch video files from the computer to the 360 is to stream them, which can only be done if you have Windows Media Center. Even then, the only formats that it would play are DVR-MS, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and WMV. So if you want to watch movies that are in quicktime, divx, avi formats or any other, you would first have to convert them into the supported formats.

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