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QUOTE(tha5150 @ Jan 19 2008, 05:29 PM)

ok as the topic says, i have a 500bg external hard drive, a network storage link (nslu2) and a 360. obviously a laptop aswell. what i am trying to do here, "trying" is to be able to view all the hard drives files through my 360 on my plasma, without having my laptop on.

right now, if i have my laptop on and use twonkyvision or some other UNPoP file server, i am able to do what i want. the whole reason for getting this nslu2 was to bypass my laptop having to stay on.

so here are a few questions.
-could someone help me to set this up properly?
-if i were to connect from port 2 on the nslu2 to the back of the 360's usb port, would it work?
-do i have the wrong device (nslu2) to do what i am wanting?
-i would also like to have all my files viewable from work (not a big deal though)
someone PLEASE help me with this, i am so frustrated and feel i have wasted money.

I dont know what nslu2 is, but what I can tell you is that if the hard drive is in ntfs format, it won't work with the 360. Only fat format on external hdds work on the 360. Princess 360 is so picky sometimes

[tha5150]

ok, so here inlies a new problem. i can find a way to format my 500gb external HD back to ntfs or fat32 or whatever i need. right now, it is ext3, so the nslu2(network storage link, simply makes the hard drive wireless). but i still dont have an answer..

to everyone who has an external hard drive with movies and mp3's and pictures on it, how do you get your 360 to play them without a pc??

[imdickie]

The nslu2 is a simple NAS box that runs linux which is why the disk is formated in ext3.

There are only two ways for you to see your 500GB USB drive on your 360. One is to format it in fat32 but I think you have to use some sort of special program to format 500GB in fat32 or you only get a small amount of available hd space visable.

The other way is to buy or build a simple machine that is your mediaserver. There are a number of $200ish machines out there that you can set up to run media player with Xbox sharing turned on. Then you can point media player to the NAS drive and folder and have it available on your 360. Better yet you can attach the 500GB drive directly to the machine and by pass the NAS all together.

One more thing, using NAS limits you to the speed of your network and the nslu2 only supports 10/100 while USB 2 supports 480Mbps.

[plutonium1977]

Well iff u have a 500 gig hdd. with a USB output. Its can be even simpler.

use MacDrive format your HDD as a Mac HDD and your xbox360 will read it just fine.
Your aviable 500gig will be used normal and your max files size is ?? at least 30 gig. Iam not sure iff there is a limit. Put your WMV-HD (or what ever u wanna put on it) movies on your hdd (use macdrive on your laptop to acces your hdd) because plane windows vista/xp can't handle a normal mac formated hdd.

connect the hdd with the USB connector to the XBOX360 and voila.

no media machine is needed.

Goodluck iff u have questions just ask i will try to awnser them.

Greets Pluton

[tha5150]

if i have the HDD connected to the 360, how am i going to download content to it? thats why i bought the NAS. so i can access the HDD wireless and have it connected to the 360.

i am looking into macdrive right now. thanks! i will let you know what i see.

i will still be able to download content to the HDD wirelessly right? my 360 is hard wired to my wireless router, fyi.

[tha5150]

ok, got it. tested on my smaller 120hdd. works fine, i can play music and look at pictures fine. but i cant play movies. and i am still confused how i am getting content from my laptop to the HDD.

before i go to bed, i want to make sure you know what i am trying to do and maybe you can give me a step by step if it is too complicated.

laptop downloads music and movies. i want to play it through the 360 WITHOUT MY LAPTOP BEING ON. like you said, it takes too much bandwith streaming from HDD to laptop and back to the 360 to my tv. just a waste.

so your saying to get macdrive and i can plug and play to the 360. it does. thank you.

questions still stand, how am i to get the content from my laptop to the HDD wirelessly. the HDD does not have an eithernet port. only a usb. i have the NSLU2 which have 2 usb ports and an eithernet port.

HELP!!!

[tha5150]

QUOTE(imdickie @ Jan 20 2008, 05:24 AM)

The nslu2 is a simple NAS box that runs linux which is why the disk is formated in ext3.

There are only two ways for you to see your 500GB USB drive on your 360. One is to format it in fat32 but I think you have to use some sort of special program to format 500GB in fat32 or you only get a small amount of available hd space visable.

The other way is to buy or build a simple machine that is your mediaserver. There are a number of $200ish machines out there that you can set up to run media player with Xbox sharing turned on. Then you can point media player to the NAS drive and folder and have it available on your 360. Better yet you can attach the 500GB drive directly to the machine and by pass the NAS all together.

One more thing, using NAS limits you to the speed of your network and the nslu2 only supports 10/100 while USB 2 supports 480Mbps.

i bought it through amazon. you think i should return it? would i be able to? i still have the boxes and stuff. i paid 80 bucks for it like 2 weeks ago.

[BamberTwat]

QUOTE(tha5150 @ Jan 21 2008, 04:51 AM)

i bought it through amazon. you think i should return it? would i be able to? i still have the boxes and stuff. i paid 80 bucks for it like 2 weeks ago.

There are a few media servers which run on the NSLU2 (Slug!) if you install linux onto it. Look up www.nslu2-linux.org for more info on how. You won't need to re-format your disk - it's basically a drop-in replacement for the current OS on the slug.

Twonky do a version which runs on an 'unslung' slug, but it costs. There are a few free versions, and with the 360 now able to decode divx, it doesn't need to decode on the slug, so you can stream video (as long as the 360 is decoding it!). Sound and pictures work fine, too.

Bamber

[wallace4793]

Hey :-)

I have the exact same setup and it works like a treat :-) . You simply need to install the "open source" firmware for the nslu2. I use unsling 6.8 (www.nslu2-linux.org) and twonky-mediaserver. I can stream Xvid/music to both my xbox1 (xbmc) and my xbox 360 and stream HD content to my xbox 360.. All without any PC needing to be switched on. The Nslu2 is a genius piece of kit :-).

If you need any further help pm me. It will pay to do a little bit of digging of the nslu2-linux site and find out what you need but im a linux noob and i managed. Good Luck

As for getting things to the drive wirelessly you need to plug the hard disk drive in to the nslu2 and the nslu2 to your wireless router. Setup a share on the nslu2 (192.168.1.77 - this may need changed to match your router - mine is 192.168.0.77). Once the share is setup, it will appear in windows as a networking folder :-)

[tha5150]

i sent you a private msg Wallace.

i checked the linux site and was completly lost. need some help configuring it to make it faster. 10/100 isnt that fast and i think i might have bought the wrong device. this is going to be playing media only. i am not using it for a file managment reason with small files, so speed is of the essence. i might have bought the wrong device.

someone please calm me down and say it is ok and will work fine as a media player and help me to install whatever i need to make it run smoothly without my laptop being on and killing the speed to transfer to laptop and back to router.. thanks!

[tha5150]

QUOTE(wallace4793 @ Jan 22 2008, 09:59 AM)

Hey :-)

I have the exact same setup and it works like a treat :-) . You simply need to install the "open source" firmware for the nslu2. I use unsling 6.8 (www.nslu2-linux.org) and twonky-mediaserver. I can stream Xvid/music to both my xbox1 (xbmc) and my xbox 360 and stream HD content to my xbox 360.. All without any PC needing to be switched on. The Nslu2 is a genius piece of kit :-).

If you need any further help pm me. It will pay to do a little bit of digging of the nslu2-linux site and find out what you need but im a linux noob and i managed. Good Luck

As for getting things to the drive wirelessly you need to plug the hard disk drive in to the nslu2 and the nslu2 to your wireless router. Setup a share on the nslu2 (192.168.1.77 - this may need changed to match your router - mine is 192.168.0.77). Once the share is setup, it will appear in windows as a networking folder :-)

one more thing, should/could i format back to ntfs since i formatted it to ext3?

[tha5150]

nothing? from anyone?

[tha5150]

QUOTE(wallace4793 @ Jan 22 2008, 09:59 AM)

Hey :-)

I have the exact same setup and it works like a treat :-) . You simply need to install the "open source" firmware for the nslu2. I use unsling 6.8 (www.nslu2-linux.org) and twonky-mediaserver. I can stream Xvid/music to both my xbox1 (xbmc) and my xbox 360 and stream HD content to my xbox 360.. All without any PC needing to be switched on. The Nslu2 is a genius piece of kit :-).

If you need any further help pm me. It will pay to do a little bit of digging of the nslu2-linux site and find out what you need but im a linux noob and i managed. Good Luck

As for getting things to the drive wirelessly you need to plug the hard disk drive in to the nslu2 and the nslu2 to your wireless router. Setup a share on the nslu2 (192.168.1.77 - this may need changed to match your router - mine is 192.168.0.77). Once the share is setup, it will appear in windows as a networking folder :-)

still cant figure it out man. tried downloading the unslug but have no idea how to install it. please provide me with a step by step process how to get this working, if you would. please!

[wallace4793]

You install the firmware in the same way you install the linksys updates, via the browser setup screen (192.168.1.77 or whatever you have made it on your network) Its in administration/advanced and then upgrade. Once you have upgraded you need to "unsling" the unit. This copies the filesystem to the hard drive.. then you can install anything you like without the limitations of the 32mb ram of the nslu2.  The instructions are in the readme with the firmware. Then its time for twonky :-)... Dont worry its not as hard as it sounds and once you have it installed/sorted you ll be impressed with it.

As far at the formatting goes i use mine in ext3 natively formatted by the slug
John

[tha5150]

ok it is just about done. thank you so much. i will be installing twonky after this for sure.
do i have to pay for it or go to the second link or what?

what is itunes server?