Topic: Usb Mass Storage Question (Read 147 times)

Dracc · « **on:** October 03, 2006, 04:42:00 AM »

USB storage support has to be the coolest new addition to XBMC. I just want to know if I have to manually add the recourse. When I plug in my thumbdrive, it detects it, but there is no autogenerated link. If I have to do it manually, will I have to map the drive for each port? I know there is a drive letter guide somewhere, so that shouldn't be too much trouble. Also, I checked the XBMC wiki, and found lots of technical info, but nothing on this sort of thing.

Jezz_X · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2006, 05:37:00 AM »

If its not auto mounting a share for it then look @ the window that pops up it probably says failed to mount

ABuNeNe · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2006, 09:28:00 AM »

Anyone tried connecting his/her Sony Ericsson W800i mobile phone to Xbox as a USB drive? Will get the adaptor if it'll work.

pike · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2006, 10:15:00 AM »

for us to be able to support a USB memory, it must conform to UMS.

I'll explain what this means in plain english; if you connect a UMS device to a windows pc for the first time, there won't be any drivers required for windows to map it as a removable device.

IF windows requires drivers for the device to work properly, it is NOT UMS

Furthermore, the FILESYSTEM must be either FAT12/FAT16/FAT32

This post has been edited by pike: Oct 3 2006, 05:18 PM

c-2 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2006, 11:26:00 AM »

i have a Lexar 256meg stick and a DAH-1100 mp3 player and both work great using the PSO USB card that MS gave us all for free all those years ago! .. pretty cool being able to play music off my mp3 player stickin out of the top of my controller :]

heres a few pics of the PSO adapter for those of you who missed the free giveaway..

http://www.geocities.com/jason_s_baker/pso...-keyboard-s.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/jason_s_baker/pso...x_usb-order.jpg

xbmc rules!

edit: oh and my Lexar stick was FAT when i looked at it and it wouldn't work until i made it FAT32 ..

This post has been edited by c-2: Oct 3 2006, 06:28 PM

incognegro · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2006, 02:04:00 PM »

QUOTE(pike @ Oct 3 2006, 04:46 PM)

for us to be able to support a USB memory, it must conform to UMS.

I'll explain what this means in plain english; if you connect a UMS device to a windows pc for the first time, there won't be any drivers required for windows to map it as a removable device.

IF windows requires drivers for the device to work properly, it is NOT UMS

Furthermore, the FILESYSTEM must be either FAT12/FAT16/FAT32

and the capacity must be under 4 gigs or it wont show up...

ABuNeNe · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2006, 05:32:00 PM »

QUOTE(c-2 @ Oct 3 2006, 05:57 PM)

i have a Lexar 256meg stick and a DAH-1100 mp3 player and both work great using the PSO USB card that MS gave us all for free all those years ago! .. pretty cool being able to play music off my mp3 player stickin out of the top of my controller :]

heres a few pics of the PSO adapter for those of you who missed the free giveaway..

http://www.geocities.com/jason_s_baker/pso...-keyboard-s.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/jason_s_baker/pso...x_usb-order.jpg

xbmc rules!

edit: oh and my Lexar stick was FAT when i looked at it and it wouldn't work until i made it FAT32 ..

Nice adaptor, any idea where can I get it now?

Dracc · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2006, 10:51:00 PM »

Yeah, it wasn't mounting... I would have read the popup more clearly, but the box was being used at the time so I only had time to glance at it. I remembered one thing about my drive that I suspected was the problem. It was a JumpDrive Secure. It has a passworded partition, which I had set to 0MB and removed the originaly installed software. As I suspected the second partion still existed in the table, so a reformat to FAT32, and voila.... it mounted. I added it to the compatibility wiki with instructions to remove the secure partition. Thanks all.

nachomans · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2006, 12:15:00 PM »

Well...I have a memorex traveldrive 256mb, windows doesn´t need any drivers....
But xbmc says, impossible to mount... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

This post has been edited by nachomans: Oct 4 2006, 07:17 PM

gottastopdrinkin · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2006, 05:40:00 PM »

My 1GB IPod Shuffle works 100% perfect! Now write support would be even better of course, but, for now this is perfect.

c-2 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 2006, 06:03:00 PM »

nachomans.. make sure its formated FAT12/16 or 32 , not just FAT ..

nachomans · « **Reply #11 on:** October 05, 2006, 12:21:00 AM »

Thanks, Ill try to format with different fat, to see what happen...

BTW, maybe Ill buy another pendrive....there is a new compatibility list? (besides the one at xboxmediacenter.com)

nachomans · « **Reply #12 on:** October 06, 2006, 02:50:00 PM »

There is no way...unable to mount...formatted with fat and fat32

Traveldrive and traveldrive mini from memorex...doesnt work... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

pike · « **Reply #13 on:** October 06, 2006, 11:29:00 PM »

here is something you can test to see if the stick is "xbox compatible". leave stick connected and enter msdhasboard gamesaves. if stick works with xbox, msdashboard should AUTOFORMAT stick as FatX (xbox native filesystem)

Darknior · « **Reply #14 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:48:00 AM »

Hello

I have a question where you're not answer here ... what is this USB : 1.1 or 2.0 ?
To know if it is faster or not ...

Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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