Playing AVI, WMV and MP4 videos on the 360

[pap64]

montrealsoon said:

pap64 said:

This is something that keeps bugging me. I love playing videos on my 360 since I hate watching them on the computer. The problem is that this seems to work only if your 360 is connected to the internet. Whenever I try to play a video when the console isn't connected it keeps giving me a message saying that I need to download the update that allows media to be played.

Can I only play videos when the 360 is connected or is there a way to avoid this?

I'll appreciate the help I can get.

 

You definitely can watch video's without being connected (my 360 is rarely connected, only when I want to buy a game), I do so by copying files to a usb drive and plugging the drive into the 360.  The update you mentioned downloads, but shouldn't ask again.

 

 

 

That's the thing. My burn my videos onto a DVD and only plays them when I'm connected to XBL. I also tried playing them off a memory card and it still wouldn't play them. It just kept saying that I needed the update that allowed videos to be played, even when I load my profile up.

So again, why is this happened if the update has already been downloaded onto the memory?