How to Burn Music to XBox 360

You can rip your favorite CDs right to your Xbox 360 console.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console comes equipped with a hard drive for saving your game data and other media such as videos and music. Transferring music to the Xbox 360 is accomplished through a process known as “ripping” and will not only make your music library easily accessible on your Xbox, it may allow you to provide your own soundtrack to certain games. Ripping music to the Xbox 360 hard drive must be executed using a CD.

Things You'll Need

• Music CD

Instructions

1. Turn on the Xbox 360 console. Remove any game discs you may have in and make sure you are at the Xbox 360 Dashboard.

2. Insert the music CD you wish to rip into the disc tray.

3. Select “Rip CD” when the Xbox 360 Music Player launches. You can find this option just below the control buttons (Play, Stop, etc).

4. Ensure that the tracks you wish to rip are selected, then highlight “Rip CD” and press the "A" button. The 360 will begin copying your CD to the drive.

Tips & Warnings

• You can edit album, artist and track information at any time through the “Music Library” section of the Xbox 360 Dashboard.

• Never attempt to circumvent copyright protection to rip a CD to your Xbox 360 console. This may violate international copyright law and could land you in legal trouble.

References

• Microsoft Support: How to Rip, Play, and Update Music on Your Xbox 360 Hard Drive