Xbox 360 Replacement + AAC iPod Support = @#%^&!!
The past few nights, I’ve been trying to hook up my iPod to my Xbox to get some LCD Soundsystem out of my speakers while playing the new 3D Ultra Miniputt on the Xbox Live Arcade. This is usually a pretty trivial thing. The past few nights however, I’ve been plagued by the inability to play my music. I thought, hey, I’ve replaced my console maybe I need to redownload the iPod support! This bold process of thought was met by a cryptic error message. “Unable to complete your download, #80070005″.
“That’s really helpful!” I thought, and proceeded to google for the number. The results, if you follow that link, point to a lot of ASP.net crap that didn’t interest me. Then I found a support page on microsoft.com with a bit of not very helpful text:
When you are using a friend’s Xbox 360 console, Xbox Live Marketplace will allow you to again download the AAC codec. But if you have already downloaded the codec to your own console, the codec will not work on your friend’s console. This is because the codec is only valid the first time that it is downloaded by a specific gamer profile. You may receive the following error message if you try to download the codec more than one time by using a specific profile:
Can’t download – Optional Ipod Support
Status Code 8007005
What if I’m using my OWN Xbox 360, I screamed, shaking my bloody fists at the heavens.
What the above tells me is that the Optional iPod Support (available from the Xbox Live Marketplace in Media and Entertainment, scroll down to the bottom) is “protected” by DRM, permitting a single profile to download and install the optional update. You’re not allowed to carry your hard-drive around and install the update on any of the other Xbox 360s you might have lying around the house. Or take it to a friend’s place along with your iPod and hook up for awesome fun. No, your “friend” has to download the optional iPod support themselves and activate their own iPod (and figure out on their own how to enable the iPod support on all their other Xbox 360s).
If you want to install the update on another console, do as dirt junkie 77 suggests and navigate into your hard-drive (called “memory” on the System blade) and delete the file. Then you need to create a new profile on Xbox Live (a Silver account will suffice). Once you’ve gone through the agony of supplying all those character to Microsoft, they’ll let you download a new copy of the iPod support and you’ll be able to listen to music again with your own profile.
Daft!
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6 Comments
That is utterly ridiculous…and it happened to a few friends of mine. So I am guessing that if I get a 360 Elite console the same issue may apply? Sucko.
Posted by RPM on 4 May 2007 @ 9pm
yeah, exactly. You’ll need to create as many profiles as you have consoles.
Posted by boolean on 4 May 2007 @ 11pm
I don’t understand, I had no such issue when I had my dead 360 replaced.
Posted by Boondoggler on 18 May 2007 @ 1pm
and the files on your iPod are in AAC format? I wonder if you got a refurb that was already AAC-enabled? According to the customer support woman on the phone, the US got refurbs, Canucks got replacements.
In any case, that’s strange.
Posted by boolean on 18 May 2007 @ 1pm
has the ACC codec been removed fromthe xbox marketplace? i have hunted far and wide and cannot find the thing. Having passed the hurdles of streaming video and music to my 360, ive found only a fraction of the tracks in my itunes appear. i presume its due to their aac formating. calling xbox (uk) they responded that they were not sure if the codec’s still avialble and helpfully suggested i reformat all my music. Not having a free week im gettign rather fustrated with all this!
Posted by jaggerjagger on 14 September 2007 @ 6am
well, I hadn’t heard that yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me. I’ll be very disappointed indeed if they remove support for this format. Searches on Google aren’t showing any reports of them removing it so you might have to dig around in XBLA to find it.
from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909154
1. In the Xbox Live section of the Xbox Dashboard, select Xbox Live Marketplace, and then select Game Downloads.
2. Select All Games, and then select Alphabetical List of Games.
3. Select Optional iPod Support from Xbox Live Marketplace, select Optional iPod Support again from the Xbox Guide, and then select Confirm Download.
4. After the download is completed, select Done, and then press the BACK button or the B button three times to return to the Xbox Dashboard.
5. You can now listen to unprotected AAC audio files by themselves or in playlists with MP3 and WMA audio files from the following devices:
• An iPod
• A portable audio player
• The Xbox 360 Hard Drive
• A USB flash-memory device
Posted by boolean on 14 September 2007 @ 8am