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- abandonedhero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Don't click this link. Just bury and report the *****.
- mrboratsagdiev, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Not only can you do all of the above, you can watch over 400 International and Domestic TV stations (recorded and live) from the comfort of your own home with the free and updated downloadable XBMC-TV stream pack: http://op9.net/tag/xbmc-tv -- a friend of mine assembles it, and it's 100% awesome.
- abandonedhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11By people digging it because they think it's interesting? That's the concept, right?
- Visnik, on 10/23/2007, -0/+10You are thinking of a John. A pimp finds and manages clients for prostitutes.
- Juntistik, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Anything xbmc related gets my digg. Watching CSI on it right now as a matter of fact.
- WolfDV, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8they are porting it . . XBMC linux is being actively developed, visit the xbmc homepage. . they are looking for good people to help out
- messs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8And here I thought all this was pretty obvious from the prompts built right into XBMC... Maybe we all need tutorials for the obvious.
No, really, XBMC is really refined and these are all pretty easy to configure right through the XBMC interface. No hacks or XML editing or special knowledge needed. - qwerty121, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Or if you are a tramp like me, http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=4 ...
I did that and popped in AID afterwards and my XBMC is pimped. - Protoss, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Well then dont use the album covers. I like being able to scroll through fairly fast, looking for my favorite album by cover, than by name. I can spot it much faster.
- aspen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6You can browse scripts from within XBMC if you're online, and you can find many here as well: http://www.xbmcscripts.com/
- voodooKobra, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Fukken saved!
- intent, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Too bad Action Replays cost a lot now...or at least they do around here.
- huntr2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I think XBMC supports up to 1080pi but only for the interface, some 720p content will work, I have been sucessful with xvid at a reasonable bitrate. A lot of HD content won't work because of the lack of processing power, it's a 733Mhz Celeron with 64MB RAM so it's doing pretty well considering it's features.
I've modded 2 xbox's with the SmartXX chips and it's pretty easy. You need a torx driver to take apart the console but it's just like a computer inside. You do need some soldering skills but you can get solderless adapters for most chips, including the SmartXX ones. - electricmba, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4XBMC is available in #xbins on EFNet. Action Replay and Original Xboxes are all over eBay - about 2,000 Xboxes on there at the moment, as cheap as $40.
I have a 360 also - and the media sharing and streaming you have to use is pathetic compared to XBMC. That, and XBMC can be extended and customized to do just about anything you would want a Media PC to do. - JohnnyRad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4you know...you don't need an action replay to run xbmc
- theraapster, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5This is for you: http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/xbox-usb-xbox-c ...
- chedabob, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Doesn't work with Softmods though.
- greenmountain, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3VISION skin seriously great
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=5 ...
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https://xboxmediacenter.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroo ...
Icon packs https://OpenSVN.csie.org/Icons - MagicCake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3For everyone who wants to mod their Xbox without buying extra *****, I highly recommend the method in the link qwerty121 just posted. I did it the other day and it worked nicely, no Action Replay needed. As long as you have some basic PC knowledge, you'll be fine.
- p0tent1al, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Guess what, I didn't know about this 4 years ago. And Xbox is much cheaper than it was 4 years ago. About 400 people have dugg this up so far. Why be so elitist? I have never even tried this, and I dugg it up, because I'm definitely thinking about setting up something like this.
- Brandons, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Do you happen to have any more info on how to do this? What kind of cable do you need? Thanks.
- str3ama, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Use it in conjunction with http://www.getdemocracy.org / http://www.freetube.us.tc
- Juntistik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2fixed link: http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EERECWD8L. ... forgot to put a space :p
- joshman5k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I did it with just a normal memory card and having a friend with a modded xbox transfer the hacked saves onto my memory card. It worked fine :)
- ClOlD, on 10/19/2007, -2/+4For serious. The application hasn't been improved at ALL since its first release. Oh, wait...
- Juntistik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2or you can softmod. Chips are obsolete now.
- RobotBuddha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Agreed. The hotswap seemed a little nervewracking at first, the system being a giant black box in more than one way. But it's pretty dead on simple for the most part.
- bjevers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1One of the founders of XBMC left the project a few years ago to start up Media Portal for the PC. It's free and open source. I have never tried it, but you can check it out here: http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
- chedabob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's already running on x86. But it uses libraries that only work on the Xbox.
- Cimlite, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Too bad those screenshots looks a little weird... I've never really liked that perticular font. You can make it look a lot cleaner by switching to one of the others.
And when showing off XBMC, the screenshots should be at 720p. Makes it look a lot better. - chedabob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's hit or miss whether it works though.
- urbinwaste, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://forums.xbox-scene.com Slayers 2.7 boot cd makes it really painless.
- ClOlD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes and yes.
Also, yes. - specialK16, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4"pr0n downloaders."
What? Where!!?? - Juntistik, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Honestly I love the DVD covers, and my Wide Icons for my Tv shows, looks more flashy and my girlfriend can understand the UI better. What I find really cool is all I have to do is just label the content and pick a source and if named properly it will download the art directly from IMDB or TVDB and apply art to each movie/show, although at times you do get the occasional ugly DVD art, such as the discs protruding out of the case. (example: http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EERECWD8L. ... But a simple search can fix it no problem.
I don't really use the movie or episode information but still a neat feature none the less. You can also have the information from the movie or tv show hidden if you haven't watched it yet. I haven't found a media center that can do what XBMC can.
...Oh yeah it plays games too... - RandomSkratch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Care to explain how you have done this or provide any websites with the how to's?
- dsn0wman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I got this one running on my feisty box last month.
http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/How_to_install_the_ ... - 10001110101, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Tip for Canadians: if you're having trouble finding the Action Replay Kit, check your local Zellers..
- Kanundra, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Agreed- No need for an action replay anymore. I don't know why sites keep telling users to buy one.
- IBadassI, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Sorry for being ignorant, but what does the "AID" stand for that you popped in afterward?
- mrboratsagdiev, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I've used 1080i for the interface, and it bogs down a little and seems too far-spaced. 720p is really ideal.
- 9tendo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Use XBINS TIRC. It's an IRC client pre-configured for XBINS. Alternatively, here's a direct T3CH link out there and also a Pimped Edition site. You can find many used Xbox1s at Gamestop or Craigslist. You don't need action replay. Softmod and TSOP files are available on Xbins, get that stuff, read up on xbox-scene.com, and go get yourself a soldering iron.
- mrboratsagdiev, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I've had a softmod running for about 2.5 years now without fail. In fact, the only time it failed, it was because the partition table went to ***** on the hard drive.
- Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1unlike you mer, i have had XBMC for 3 years now but i still come into these to find out if someone needs help it can be nerve racking for a noob to hack his xbox. it was for me, anyway merdiesel compared to the daily flood of ipood stories i dont think you have any reason to complain about 2 stories in a month.
- RandomSkratch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I still need to find the component cables for my xbox. Are they even being sold?
- Tenoq, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Not interested in running a DVB tuner in another PC - I want to replace the HTPC with the Xbox. Can an Xbox run a USB DTV tuner? As in PLUG IN DIRECTLY TO THE XBOX. I understand it's Linux-based, but can you install the driver binaries required?
- jalexhall1989, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1A good one he missed out is the built in Xlink-Kai support. If your not sure what this is, it's basically free Xbox-Live. It works through a process called tunneling. Tunneling is pretty much just tricking your Xbox into thinking your just on a huge lan. The Plus of having XBMC control xlink-kai is that you don't have you get up to connect to any of the servers, you do it right from the xbox. Which is very nice if your stringing a 40 ft ethernet cable to your computer. It's also nice in that you don't have to have your friends tell you if they joined the server or not by yelling across your house :)
- utkwes, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No, he phrased that correctly, a pimp does look for prostitutes, just not in the same way that a john does.
- gfnw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The 360 is not yet a substitute for XBMC for many people. I for one don't give a ***** about streaming media from my PC, I want a media center with a HDD that can store and play content locally with the features that XBMC has. Unless you have some massive multi-TB media server that's always on, I see no point in running two machines to do a job that one can do just fine.
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