is this software possible???

[tkolt]

sup fellas. i was brain strorming and thinking if something like this was available it may be cool. is their software or is it possible to creat software that i can dump to a external HD and plug into say a xbox360 or a hd tv with usb connections and have the video play thru the HD. yes i know they have ALOT of programs for streaming media to ps3, xbox360, etc. i do this now for my 360. the thing is that these latest video formats like avcHD and most matroska will not play on a xbox360 without reencoding or transcoding. the external hd would have to have all the codecs inorder to play the latest video types. plus you have to format the hard drive with mac drive in order for it to be read by the 360. too bad microsoft doesnt add these abilities to the 360 via firmware updates.
Sorry so long..is this even do able?
thanks

[minidv2dvd]

wow. i'll assume you didn't take any computer science courses in school. a HD is an i/o device. it only receives and sends data. it can't run any programs by itself.

[grossjamesh]

I dont think they went to school. Their grammer is terrible.

[jagabo]

Tvix, PopcornHour, etc. No Xbox 360 needed.

[redwudz]

You can also use a hard drive based media player. There are quite a few on the market. They are mostly made to play video on a TV or monitor. This is one example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817388013

Here's a overview of the devices, though it's a bit out of date now: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hard-disk-drive-video-players-hit-mainstream,1107.html

And welcome to our forums.

[lordsmurf]

I dont think they went to school. Their grammer is terrible.

We call this irony.

• "dont" should be "don't" with an apostrophe = a merger of the words "do not"
  "they" is a plural expression = the correct version would be "he or she" for singular noun
  "grammer" is spelled with two a's = "grammar"

At any rate, I would agree with the assessment that this person does not sound like he or she either went to or has finished gradeschool yet, due to the lack of grammar.

However, this does not discount his or her question.

The 360 is a gaming system, it was not intended to take on ever-changing video tasks. The best way to solve this problem is either with a dedicated HTPC type device, or by plugging a camera directly into the television.

[Noahtuck]

I dont think they went to school. Their grammer is terrible.

Spellun is a b!tch also

[grossjamesh]

oh, you noticed!