Microsoft KB Archive/919424

= Xbox 360: How to play DVD movies =

Article ID: 919424

Article Last Modified on 4/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft XBox 360 Video Game System
 * Microsoft Xbox

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SUMMARY
This article describes how to play DVD movies on an Xbox 360 console.



MORE INFORMATION
You do not require any special software downloads or hardware attachments to play DVDs on an Xbox 360 console. You can play DVDs on an Xbox 360 console immediately.

Typically, the Xbox 360 console will automatically play a DVD if a DVD is in the disc drive when you turn on the console. An auto-update is available that lets you change the default option from automatically playing the DVD to automatically advancing to the Xbox Dashboard when you turn on the console.

For more information about how to configure how the Xbox 360 console starts, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

919388 Xbox 360: How to configure how the Xbox 360 console starts when you turn on the console

After the DVD starts, you can press any button on an Xbox controller to initiate the on-screen menu.

From the Basic on-screen menu, you can perform the following functions:
 * Stop or pause DVD playback
 * Fast-forward or rewind the DVD
 * Move to the previous or to the next chapter on the DVD
 * Move to the main menu for the DVD
 * Move to the title menu for the DVD
 * Select from the following Advanced on-screen menu options:
 * Enable subtitles

Note You can only enable subtitles if the DVD supports this option.
 * Change camera angle

Note You can only change the camera angle if the DVD supports the option.
 * Change the audio channel

Note You can only change the audio channel if the DVD supports the option.
 * Zoom the picture

Note You can press the Zoom button multiple times to initiate different levels of zoom.
 * Set an A-B looping repeat point
 * Display an on-screen information pane

Note The on-screen information displays the DVD title number, the DVD chapter number, the time elapsed, and the time remaining.

The Xbox 360 console uses a “bookmark” feature. The bookmark feature enables the console to remember the point where you stopped and ejected the last DVD movie that you played. Therefore, when you re-insert and then restart the DVD, the DVD will continue from that bookmark point. To clear the bookmark for a particular DVD, insert a different DVD.

Note You cannot turn off the bookmark feature.

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