This article describes how to play DVD movies on your Xbox 360 console.
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You do not need any special software downloads or hardware attachments to play DVDs on your Xbox 360 console. You can play DVDs on your Xbox 360 console immediately.
Typically, your Xbox 360 console automatically plays a DVD if the disc 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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919388/ ) How to select what to launch automatically when you turn on your Xbox 360 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 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 enable subtitles only if the DVD supports this option. | | • | Change camera angle
Note You can change the camera angle only if the DVD supports the option. | | • | Change the audio channel
Note You can change the audio channel only 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. |
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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. When you re-insert and then restart the DVD, the DVD continues 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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If the steps in the previous section did not resolve your issue, your console may have to be repaired. For more information about how to start the online repair process, please visit one of the following Web Page links:
For more information about how to contact Xbox Customer Support directly, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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