Play Your iPod With Xbox 360

21. November 2008 02:02 / jstawski / Comments (30)

If you want to connect your iPod to your Xbox 360 and be able to play your music you are going to need to download the free Optional Media Update to play unprotected music (AAC format), which is the format that the iPod and Zune uses. I found this how-to which explains how to download it on the old dashboard. Here are the instructions on how to download the update on the New Xbox Experience dashboard.

1. Sign in to Xbox Live
2. Press the Xbox Guide Button (the big silver X button in the center of the controller)
3. Go to Marketplace
4. Select Game Marketplace
5. Scroll down and select All Games
6. Select the letter "O"
7. Download the Optional Media Update (4.64 MB as the time of this writing)

As of this writing you can't play music or video from your iPod Touch or iPhone, but you can see pictures. The reason is because the iPod and iPhone use a different path than the previous generation of iPods.

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Matthew

12/30/2008 4:14:14 PM

Thanks, I didn't know what software to download from the marketplace. I did know that it was needed to play my Classic 80GB Ipod.

alec

1/19/2009 8:20:06 PM

how do you get it without xbox live ???????????

Jonas Stawski

1/20/2009 2:28:42 PM

You could try downloading it using the silver membership, which is free.

jeff

2/18/2009 6:05:34 AM

i have a fairly new ipod. a little before the touch but its color screen and i downloaded the media update and it still doesnt work. please email me at muzikly@gmail.com to fix this!!

Ben Harrison

4/2/2009 4:32:31 PM

I just got it and im trying to figure how it work
can anyone help me put music on my xbox 360 from
my ipod nano any ideas

jstawski

4/4/2009 12:18:12 PM

You can't download the music from your iPod to your Xbox (at least in a legal way). You can only play your iPod through the Xbox

Taylor

4/19/2009 7:02:58 PM

you can your apple thing in mircosoft without doing illegal thing i try it only plays trough your ipod or headphone the only thing you can do is probaly to jailbreak your ipod to mircosoft im not sure but i know it is illegal

Mike hunt

5/23/2009 7:43:43 AM

I'm impressed on your guys' grammer. The only thing is why would you want to download music on your xbox when it just takes up space?

haden

6/17/2009 1:37:44 PM

i have dun all of this and a little icon iis next to all the song i hav bought off of itunes if yall can help that would be great.

This sucks

1/16/2010 3:48:56 AM

That sucks the iPod touch/phone won't wok, hopfully they fix that because I go an itouch and that wold suck if I can't play it on the 360 while I'm playing a game then.

Nick Vallis

12/6/2010 12:50:59 AM

can you download a movie in your xbox 360 into your ipod???

rowbot451

1/14/2011 2:34:45 AM

i tried that but it didnt work i have the new ipod nanos and the xbox elite dose that change anything?

1/23/2011 3:46:41 AM

Sorry to get the acc update u must sign on to xbl

ethan

4/17/2011 2:47:00 PM

u need to tell us without xbox live duh

alan

5/3/2011 9:48:21 PM

i downloaded that but my songs still wont play and when i click on em a thing comes up saying service code: 19-01-80004005 and they wont work

willgooner55

5/17/2011 4:10:08 PM

Downloaded update but xbox still tells me that "information for this song is not available"

stephen

5/21/2011 12:03:55 AM

wow all of these dont help all i want to do is play the music on my xbox 360 and thats it i donloaded the update and nothing the same crap holy crap how hard is it?!

Ben Dover

6/29/2011 5:20:43 PM

Here's the thing guys. It's not a problem with the newer iPods, it's a problem with the newer form of music that gets downloaded off the iTunes store. Nowadays, we're up to MP4. There may be a new update or whatever, but I've not looked into that. You can however, go into iTunes and right click on all of your songs, then hit "create AAC version" This may degrade sound quality on the actual iPod, but I'm not sure. I haven't tried any of this, but it sounds like this is your guys' problem.

Buddy

8/21/2011 1:15:05 AM

I've tried but nothing happend

Hooba Stank

9/11/2011 4:39:55 PM

Not sure which gen Nano i have, but its the small one, with the color screen. no video. Can store pictures as well. Anyways, I've downloaded the "UPDATE" from XBL, and still same result. I plug in and go to "my ipod" and no songs show and nothing for me to choose. Please help. parboleda6@yahoo.com

wright8509

11/22/2011 9:49:12 PM

Can i do it with the newest ipod nano?

aBlansett

12/17/2011 2:42:54 AM

Hey I downloaded the media update and I plugged in my ipod to my xbox and when I selected my ipod in media it said there were no songs but I have hundreds please help. My email is aBlansett5@gmail.com

Kristi Ambrose

1/1/2012 7:07:41 PM

I am having the same problem as everyone else. I did the update a few weeks ago and it specifically said "Xbox Users will now be able to use their Apple products". I went and downloaded (and redownloaded) the Optional Media Update and it still is not working for me. This is really starting to get annoying! It's bad enough Xbox was stupid and took off the option to watch shows and movies with Netflix Xbox buddies, but then they say they added the option to do Apple products and yet almost everyone I know cannot get it to work. Do I need a magic wand or something?

Matt

1/4/2012 5:37:17 PM

I don't know what is the problem, when I plug my ipod nano fifth gen(the one with the camera), i click the xbox button, go to media, click on select music, and can play a shuffled version of my ipod, or can go to music player app, select my ipod, and my songs in abc order are all displayed, and I pick whichever I want. I run the latest updates with an xbox slim 250 gigabyte model.

john

6/15/2012 11:40:29 AM

didnt work still said found no songs

bradley

6/30/2012 1:55:52 PM

to play music from xbox 360 from ipod u first need to go on i tunes and tick enable disk use then tick the thing to be able to put songs on manualy then plug in xbox and vlick the music tile

d3mon72

8/30/2012 9:29:40 PM

What can I do when I get a message that says " error code there's a problem with x box live" this happens when I try to download the update and I cant get ne where with it

godlypanda

10/26/2012 10:16:25 PM

u suk bro. stil noting. l2p

1/30/2013 3:43:48 PM

hey all you guys need to do is open your xbox live menu 'hit the green\silver circle on your controller' then scroll over to the media tab there you want to hit select music now this will only work with nano's and not touches because when apple came out with all the new updates that is only for the ipod touches\iphones they disabled the music file reader to be compatable with windows devices such as xbox there are a couple apps out there that can enable you to listen to your ipod over wi fi but it isn't the greatest sorry guys who have touches your pretty much skrewed.

Dwight dd

2/21/2013 10:29:29 AM

ok so the easiest way to get your music of ipod with all the latest updates

you need wifi or adhoc connection for your ipod

download the appsync:stream

open the app and wait a minute it will say that you now can stream music to any dlna compatible device(bassicly your xbox :p)

go to your xbox and there you will see"sincmusicserver["your ipod nam"]

then you will have all your ipod music streamed to your xbox

tnx for reading

~shuBii~

Jonas Stawski

Play Your iPod With Xbox 360

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