Reasons your DNS-323 won’t work with your Xbox 360:
- You need to update the firmware to the latest version (Xbox support was added in firmware version 1.06).
- You have upgraded your firmware and not reset to default settings causing UPnP to stay disabled even when you enable it in the web admin settings.
- You have ‘Root’ sharing enabled in UPnP.
- Your UPnP directory has filenames & paths longer than 81 characters.
- Your files have special characters in their names.
Following these steps should resolve all of these issues and get your DNS-323 NAS working with your Xbox 360:
Steps for DNS-323:
- Upgrade to the latest firmware.
- Download the latest firmware version from the dlink website.
- Open the downloaded firmware zip and copy the file inside to your desktop.
- Login to your DNS-323.
- Select TOOLS from the menu then FIRMWARE.
- Click Browse and select the firmware file copied to the desktop in part b.
- Then Click Apply to upload the new firmware and install it. Be patient and follow the prompts as it is possible to break your DNS-323 if it is powered of or reset during this process.
- Reset to default settings.
- Select TOOLS from the menu then SYSTEM.
- Click Save under CONFIGURATION SETTINGS to save a copy of your current DNS-323 settings as they will be wiped in the next step.
- Click Restore under DEFAULTS. This will cause your DNS-323 to default settings. You might need to use the EasySearch utility to find it again.
- Log back into your DNS-323.
- Select TOOLS from the menu then SYSTEM.
- Click Browse under CONFIGURATION SETTINGS and select the configuration file you saved in step b.
- Click Load to restore your previous settings.
- Reorganise your media to fit with the DNS-323 path length and character limitations.
- Reduce the number of folders and simplify the names of your videos, music and images do not exceed 81 characters in length.
- When renaming files they should not contain any special characters, to be safe stick with dashes, spaces, letters and numbers.
- Enable UPnP on the DNS-323.
- Select ADVANCED then UPnP AV SERVER.
- Select enable.
- Un-tick Root.
- Click Browse and select the medial folder created in step 3.
- Click Save Settings.
- Click Refresh and wait for your media to be catalogued, you should only need to do this once as the DNS-323 will automatically catalogue newly added files.
- Your Xbox should now be able to see folders and files on your DNS-323 when you go to the Video Library, Music Library and Photo Library in the My Xbox menu.
Steps for Xbox 360:
- Install ‘Optional iPod Support’ (instructions copied from xbox site for convenience).
- Go to the Xbox Live area of the Xbox Dashboard and select Xbox Live Marketplace, Game Downloads.
- Select All Games, Alphabetical List of Games.
- Select Optional iPod Support twice (once from Xbox Live Marketplace and again from the Xbox Guide screen), then Confirm Download.
- Once your download is complete, select Done and return to the Xbox Dashboard (press BACK or B three times).
- Note that not all video and audio formats are supported by Xbox 360.
- The xbox site has a Video Playback FAQ which lists supported formats.
- You can re-encode your videos to work with your Xbox 360 using a tool like Handbrake.
References
D-Link Forum – Path & Filename Length Limitations