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Iomega launches gaming console HDD
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article published on 17 April, 2008
Iomega has announced its all-new Media Xporter drive, a game console-oriented 2.5-inch portable hard drive that will provide storage for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles.
The company says the new drive will make it "easier than ever to use game consoles and high definition televisions and other large screen TVs to share photos, videos, and music collections with family and friends."
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algtz1
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19. April 2008 @ 16:29 |
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Just format the external usb HDD with a program called macdrvie 7.0. Its way better than Fat 32. There is no size limit on files. So you can save files bigger than 4GB. I have Converted some of my Concert DVDS which are 6GB+ to WMV and they play fine. I tried doing the steaming thing but was too frustrated because of all the stuttering during playback. External HDD are definately the way to go.
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emugamer
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19. April 2008 @ 16:52 |
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Originally posted by algtz1:
Just format the external usb HDD with a program called macdrvie 7.0. Its way better than Fat 32. There is no size limit on files. So you can save files bigger than 4GB. I have Converted some of my Concert DVDS which are 6GB+ to WMV and they play fine. I tried doing the steaming thing but was too frustrated because of all the stuttering during playback. External HDD are definately the way to go.
Thanks man. I will try it. Getting the program now. So I'm assuming that Macdrive formats to ext2 or ext3. I've tried to do that in the past and it didn't work, but I probably did it wrong or used the wrong program for it. I hope this works out! Heck, I'll throw in a 750GB HDD and put all of my 1080P movies on it. Now I'll just have to convert to to mP4 or something and not worry about splitting the files.
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varnull
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19. April 2008 @ 17:14 |
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From the FAT32 specifications..
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? A FAT32 volume must contain a minimum of 65,527 clusters. You cannot increase the cluster size on a volume that uses the FAT32 file system so that it contains fewer than 65,527 clusters.
? The maximum disk size is approximately 8 terabytes when you take into account the following variables: The maximum possible number of clusters on a FAT32 volume is 268,435,445, and there is a maximum of 32 KB per cluster, along with the space required for the file allocation table (FAT).
? You cannot decrease the cluster size on a FAT32 volume so that the size of the FAT is larger than 16 megabytes (MB) minus 64 KB.
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algtz1
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21. April 2008 @ 12:55 |
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emugamer,
Check out this tutorial:
HDD Format Tutorial
Once you format the external HDD correctly, you can load your movies of any size and it will play nicely on the 360 (no more splitting files). Remember that an external HDD pluged into a 360 only plays avi, wmv, and divx files. I haven't been able to play any .mpg or .mp4 files successfully yet using my 500 gig hd. So you will have to convert all your viddys as I have been doing for the past month to .wmv files. For this I use a program called AOA Ripper which lets you convert your dvds to wmv files. And I use winavi wich lets you convert media files to wmv files. Hope this helps
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emugamer
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21. April 2008 @ 13:31 |
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@algtz1
I will try it just to see if it works. After all of the tinkering I've been doing, I just got an email from Popcorn Hour saying that I'm next in line for the next batch. So $179 is worth my time and energy converting all of my .mkv movies. Now I'll just play them in all their glory with no conversions. Thanks for posting the info though. I'm sure others will benefit from it!
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algtz1
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21. April 2008 @ 17:23 |
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Can you shed some light on the popcorn player. I heard rumors of it but haven't heard much else.
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emugamer
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21. April 2008 @ 18:30 |
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Originally posted by algtz1:
Can you shed some light on the popcorn player. I heard rumors of it but haven't heard much else.
Sure, I'll PM you. Don't want to bring this post too much more off topic :P
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21. April 2008 @ 18:47 |
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Originally posted by varnull:
From the FAT32 specifications..
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? A FAT32 volume must contain a minimum of 65,527 clusters. You cannot increase the cluster size on a volume that uses the FAT32 file system so that it contains fewer than 65,527 clusters.
? The maximum disk size is approximately 8 terabytes when you take into account the following variables: The maximum possible number of clusters on a FAT32 volume is 268,435,445, and there is a maximum of 32 KB per cluster, along with the space required for the file allocation table (FAT).
? You cannot decrease the cluster size on a FAT32 volume so that the size of the FAT is larger than 16 megabytes (MB) minus 64 KB.
Mh great technical docs. XFAT that the xbox use is a bit diffrent than the FAT32 spec mostly Security, But did upgrade the cluster size Limitation. If we could get are hands on somthing that Mimics XFAT we could use that too unlock the External HDD.
For some odd reason the rear Usb port Has a lesser Security.
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