[Solved] Does Xbox 360 Play Blu-ray or Can it Function as Blu-ray Drive?
“Does Xbox 360 play Blu-ray disc? Is the Xbox 360 a Blu-ray drive? I want to play the Blu-ray disc on my brother’s Xbox 360 so that I don’t need to buy a Blu-ray player. Can I find the Blu-ray player for Xbox 360? Is it possible for me?”
I think you will agree with me when I say:
It is necessary to buy a Blu-ray drive FOR playing Blu-ray disc. But the cost is very high.
Or is it?
If I tell you there is a way to play Blu-ray disc on Xbox 360 without buying a Blu-ray drive, are you willing to try? If the answer is yes, keep reading.
Part1: Does Xbox 360 play Blu-ray? YES
When we talk about playing games, the Xbox One/360 and PS4/PS3 game consoles will be the hot choices for us. The former two come from Microsoft, the latter two come from Sony.
A few years ago, most of us use DVD to storage our games, but now, the Blu-ray disc changes the style of playing games, it provides us a better visual enjoyment.
In this part, I will talk about the question that does Xbox 360 play Blu-ray disc in details.
At the very beginning, I need to statement 2 things.
1. computer doesn’t have the ability to play Blu-ray disc without a Blu-ray drive and Blu-ray disc playing software.
2. Xbox 360 can only read Blu-ray disc from the same region code. Learn more information about region code.
Situation1: How to play Blu-ray disc on Xbox 360 [the same region code]?
Step1 Connect Xbox 360 to computer with HDMI cable, and then insert Blu-ray disc into Xbox 360.
Step2 If you installed Blu-ray player app before, your Blu-ray disc will play automatically.
Step3 If you don’t have Blu-ray player app, don’t be scared. Just follow my instructions.
In the Store section, click Apps icon. And then you will see lots of apps.
Click Search apps icon, and then type Blu-ray player in the search box.
You will see another interface, click Install on the left panel. Finally, you just need to watch movies.
Situation2: How to play full regions Blu-ray discs on Xbox 360?
If the region codes are different between Blu-ray disc and Xbox 360, the best way is converting Blu-ray to Xbox 360 console compatible formats, such as MP4, AVI, and WMV.
We need to prepare these things.
1. Blu-ray Ripper software
2. Blu-ray drive
3. Blu-ray disc
4. USB drive with enough storage space or blank-rewritable DVD disc
Step1 Download and install Blu-ray Ripper on PC or Mac. Don't be afraid of it, this software is totally clean, and it helps us read Blu-ray disc on the computer.
Step2 Connect Blu-ray drive to computer with USB, and then insert the Blu-ray disc into it.
You may also want to know: How to rip ISO file to Xbox 360?
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Step3 On the top of the interface, click Add Blu-ray/DVD button to load Blu-ray disc information.
Step4 On the right of Add Blu-ray/DVD button, you can see another button, click it, there will be a drop list, choose Edit option. After clicking it, you can see “Trim, Crop, Watermark, Effect, 3D and Remove Noise”. You can choose them to adjust your video.
Step5 Select output format in the drop list, choose Change option and click Device >Microsoft >Xbox 360.
Step6 After editing, you can see Convert button next to Xbox 360 button on the top of the interface. And you will be required to choose the final saving route in the Save to box. Then choose Convert button below to start the ripping process.
Step7 Find the converted MP4 files according to the saving route in the Save to box, and then you can choose to copy MP4 to DVD or transfer MP4 file to USB. Because the Xbox 360 supports play USB file and DVD.
In conclusion, after ripping Blu-ray disc to MP4 format, you can benefit from these things.
On the hand, you can play the converted MP4 file without Blu-ray drive anymore. On the other hand, the MP4 format is popular among so many devices, such as iPhone and Android phone.
Other people also want to know: As the next genereastion of Xbox 360, does Xbox one play Blu-ray disc? Learn more information here.
Part 2: The Best Blu-ray Ripper Software for Xbox 360
After reading Part1, you may have this question.
What is f2fsoft Blu-ray Ripper software?
What I want to say is that the Microsoft Xbox 360 is a multi-function player can play WMV, AVI, H.264 or MPEG-4 videos.
f2fsoft Blu-ray Ripper is a multi-function video converter, which can convert Blu-ray to 180+ popular video & audio formats, including but not limited to WMV, AVI, H.264, MP4., so does DVD. It is recommended by thousands of customers strongly. It can compatible with Mac and Windows.
Besides converting video formats, you can personalize your DVD by cropping, trimming, adding watermark, removing noise with f2fsoft Blu-ray Ripper too.
Finally, you can play converted videos on iPhone, iPad, HTC, Sony and other devices.
Rip Blu-ray Disc/Movies/ISO/Folder, DVD, MP4, MKV and more on Windows and Mac.
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