Scav880
03-06-2002, 09:30 AM
Here's the deal: Microsoft wisely decided to allow Xfans the opportunity to rip their own music and create their own soundtracks for use whilst playing games on Xbox. It also means you can compile your favorite soundtrack for chilling to when you're all Xboxed out.
Why rip music to Xbox?
By installing a nice fat 10gig (I know, I know it's 8gig!) hard-drive into Xbox, Xfans can board to Bob Marley and the Wailers, blast around Tokyo at 140 MPH whilst grooving to Plácido Domingo or waste some bad dudes whilst rocking to Linkin Park.
How do I rip music to my Xbox?
To rip music to your Xbox, you simply need to insert the original audio CD into the CD-Drive on your Xbox, head over to the audio menu and copy your fave tracks to the folder of your choice.
How do I rip MP3 tunes to my Xbox?
Alternatively, if you're like 98% of the video-game public, you'll have 1 or 2 MP3's on you're PC (I thought I had a lot on my hard-drive - 3Gig's worth, until someone mentioned he has 46Gigs of MP3 audio....) and you'd like to put them on Xbox - right?
To accomplish this task you will need some software and some CDRW's. I personally use Nero (http://www.ahead.de), but other packages that are upto the task include Easy CD creator from Roxio (http://www.roxio.com) and Windows Media Player included with Windows XP
On the CDRW front - note this means Compact Disc Read and Write - not CDR - Compact Disk Recordable (write once only). The brands that we have used successfully include Verbatim, TDK and Memorex, but most brands you pick up from Best Buy, Soundtrack or Dixons are upto the task.
Simply use the software above, dump the tunes to CDRW and place into your shiny black box - bring up the copy manager screen on Xbox and rip those tunes to your hearts content.
For more information on ripping tunes to CDR and CDRW, creating VCD movies that play on your DVD player head over to our sponsor magazine: http://www.connectedhomemag.com
Thanks!
Scav.
Why rip music to Xbox?
By installing a nice fat 10gig (I know, I know it's 8gig!) hard-drive into Xbox, Xfans can board to Bob Marley and the Wailers, blast around Tokyo at 140 MPH whilst grooving to Plácido Domingo or waste some bad dudes whilst rocking to Linkin Park.
How do I rip music to my Xbox?
To rip music to your Xbox, you simply need to insert the original audio CD into the CD-Drive on your Xbox, head over to the audio menu and copy your fave tracks to the folder of your choice.
How do I rip MP3 tunes to my Xbox?
Alternatively, if you're like 98% of the video-game public, you'll have 1 or 2 MP3's on you're PC (I thought I had a lot on my hard-drive - 3Gig's worth, until someone mentioned he has 46Gigs of MP3 audio....) and you'd like to put them on Xbox - right?
To accomplish this task you will need some software and some CDRW's. I personally use Nero (http://www.ahead.de), but other packages that are upto the task include Easy CD creator from Roxio (http://www.roxio.com) and Windows Media Player included with Windows XP
On the CDRW front - note this means Compact Disc Read and Write - not CDR - Compact Disk Recordable (write once only). The brands that we have used successfully include Verbatim, TDK and Memorex, but most brands you pick up from Best Buy, Soundtrack or Dixons are upto the task.
Simply use the software above, dump the tunes to CDRW and place into your shiny black box - bring up the copy manager screen on Xbox and rip those tunes to your hearts content.
For more information on ripping tunes to CDR and CDRW, creating VCD movies that play on your DVD player head over to our sponsor magazine: http://www.connectedhomemag.com
Thanks!
Scav.