Oh teh noez! Some iPods not working on the 360

Posted Nov 25th 2007 12:15PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News

Word handed done from a few iPod owners is that Apple's latest firmware update has rendered iPod playback on the 360 iffy. Tony sent us a tip stating that his fifth gen iPod is no longer recognized by his 360 after updating the firmware on his iPod. We've also heard from various iPod / 360 owners that, for some reason or another, their iPods either never worked (in the case of the the iPod Touch) or just quit working (2GB iPod Nano). Something is fishy here kids and either Apple or Microsoft should get on the horn, kiss and make up and throw a new Optional iPod Support download on the XBLM or fix it via a firmware update. Who has Apple's number?

[Thanks, Tony Han]

Tags: apple, ipod, xbox-360

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)

11-25-2007 @ 12:24PM

Forest said...

I think you deserve it if you actually spent money on an iPod touch, 16GB for 400 bucks?

11-25-2007 @ 12:28PM

john paul said...

support may be on the fall update

11-25-2007 @ 12:39PM

theonedub said...

my ipod touch doesnt work on the 360 or ps3 for that matter.

11-25-2007 @ 12:45PM

James McPhail said...

AFAIK Apple changed the file structure on the iphone/ipod touch. So all Microsoft has to do is add support for the new structure. I don't think Apple officialy supports access to prior ipods. Its just they haven't really tried to stop it.

Fingers crossed for a update to fix it.

11-25-2007 @ 12:50PM

Shawn said...

Who cares? Ipods suck anyway, cheap pieces of crap.

11-25-2007 @ 12:53PM

rockeranimefreak said...

hey there's always the Zune right?

11-25-2007 @ 12:59PM

Alex Cormier said...

Figures Zune fanboys actually troll this thread...

Why not just hook up your iPod to a stereo system or a TV directly?

11-25-2007 @ 1:01PM

4sakenaiden said...

ha, I called Xbox the day after the ipod firmware update and found out my 360 was as blind to it as Ray Charles.

They said it was the first time they heard of it, which disheartened me greatly, but misery loves company via this post.

btw, try that restore option on the ipod sec of itunes. revert the ipod back to 1.2.1 firmware (you will have to re-put your music on there...but hey, my 55gigs of music only took 2hours..go watch a fishing show or something)

once its back to 1.2.1, try it with the 360 again. If you see it, yell "Great Success!" in Borat's accent and try re-updating the firmware to 1.2.2

So far, despite the fact the process was a bit jarring, so good

11-25-2007 @ 1:06PM

rTwelve said...

The touch and the iPhone can't work period because of their Mac OS. It requires jailbreaking to look at the Media folder. That's Apple's realm to deal with; I doubt Microsoft can do anything.

As for the other iPods, I imagine Apple did something to that folder that coincidentally makes the 360 unable to detect it. A MS update may fix that.

11-29-2007 @ 10:23PM

Pirateinmymind said...

So in theory if my iPhone is jailbroken it should work... can't wait til I get my 360.

11-29-2007 @ 10:28PM

rTwelve said...

Yes, but the 360 doesn't know that. It technically still won't work because you still need SSH or SFTP to access inside a jailbroke iPhone. So someone also needs to make an app to do that.

Basically it's a complete pain in the ass so if anybody is going to do it's likely going to be Apple or Microsoft.

11-25-2007 @ 1:12PM

rTwelve said...

11-25-2007 @ 1:13PM

rTwelve said...

whoops double post

11-25-2007 @ 1:16PM

Alex Cormier said...

^ More like a triple post :D

11-25-2007 @ 1:16PM

Seroth said...

iPods not working well with the 360 should be old news now. Ever since iTunes updated to 7.3, iPods have been detected on the 360 as "Audiobooks." While you can still listen to music with the "Audiobooks" iPod, you can't access your playlists and stuff like that, so it's really annoying.

It sucks even more now with iPods not even working at all. I hope for a fix for this soon.

11-25-2007 @ 1:27PM

ddd1420 said...

iPhones don't work either with 360

11-25-2007 @ 1:30PM

domino said...

will the 360 work with the sansa being shipped to me?

11-25-2007 @ 1:33PM

Code601 said...

For me the ipod support has already been broken because you cant see your ipod playlists through the xbox.

11-25-2007 @ 1:33PM

NitroFrost said...

IPOD < ZUNE

11-25-2007 @ 1:34PM

Don Wilson said...

iPhone > *

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