It is easy to play DVD on Xbox 360 with Mac. When Xbox 360 was plugged into a Mac PC, the drive was detected instantly and even directed the DVD player in the OS to play the DVD movie. This is a step by step tutorial on how to play any video file on your Xbox 360 from your Apple Mac computer.

There are three steps:

1. Convert videos to WMV format that compatible with Xbox 360 on Mac
2. Connect Mac and Xbox 360
3. Play Video File on Xbox 360

Step 2, connect Mac and Xbox 360

Before you start configuring, open up Terminal (in Applications -> Utilities) and type "ifconfig en0" (zero, not a capital-o). You're looking for the bit that says "inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx". In my case, the number I get here is 192.168.2.1 Second, note down the IP address of your wireless router, which in my case is 192.168.0.1

On your Mac

1. Connect your Mac to your wireless internet connection

2. Connect your Xbox 360 to your Mac via Ethernet

3. In System Preferences -> Sharing, enable Internet Sharing between your Airport and Ethernet connection

On your Xbox 360

1. Start up your Xbox and navigate to the Network settings menu

2. Under IP address, enter the number you got from the "ifconfig en0" command earlier on, but with the final number one place higher. In my case, I take the 192.168.2.1, and input 192.168.2.2 in the IP address box on my Xbox 360.

3. Under subnet, input 255.255.255.0

4. Under router/gateway, enter the number you got earlier from the "ifconfig en0" command. In my case, that's "192.168.2.1"

5. Move onto DNS. Enter the IP address of your wireless router (in my case, "192.168.0.1") in both the primary and secondary IP address fields

6. Leave PPPoE and Advanced settings blank (i.e. OFF and Automatic)

7. You should now be able to connect to Xbox Live via your internet sharing Mac

Go to step 3, Play Video File on Xbox 360