http://technopipeline.com/1010/how-do-i-play-blu-ray-rips-on-my-xbox-360-via-an-external-hd/ Tue, 18 May 2010 18:16:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://technopipeline.com/1010/how-do-i-play-blu-ray-rips-on-my-xbox-360-via-an-external-hd/comment-page-1/#comment-2803 Clueless Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:41:37 +0000 http://technopipeline.com/1010/how-do-i-play-blu-ray-rips-on-my-xbox-360-via-an-external-hd/#comment-2803 FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit. Ordinarily this would be a bad thing, but since the XBOX 360 won't play any video files larger than 4GB (except WMV, naturally), it's not a problem at all. As long as the File Size is under 4GB, the XBOX will play it, provided it was ripped to H.264 specs. If it's not playing a file, check its file size and its video stream info on your Mac using Quicktime. You may need to re-encode the files. Also note: Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard uses a different system of calculating "gigabytes" from the rest of the world. An Apple gigabyte is a little smaller than regular gigabyte. FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit. Ordinarily this would be a bad thing, but since the XBOX 360 won’t play any video files larger than 4GB (except WMV, naturally), it’s not a problem at all.
As long as the File Size is under 4GB, the XBOX will play it, provided it was ripped to H.264 specs. If it’s not playing a file, check its file size and its video stream info on your Mac using Quicktime. You may need to re-encode the files.
Also note: Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard uses a different system of calculating “gigabytes” from the rest of the world. An Apple gigabyte is a little smaller than regular gigabyte.

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