XBox 360 - Page 2

**Admiral Michael** · January 26th, 2007

See the thing is that Id rather not have to do anything on the computer end. With the XBMC it acts like it's own system and just merely access the file off the network.

**Shamus MacNoob** · January 26th, 2007

not supported by Xbox 360 consoles include the following: QuickTime, iTunes, RealPlayer video, Divx etc.

**~bk** · January 27th, 2007

I had to install the crappy Zune software to stream my music, pictures and videos.

And only WMV files worked. Think I'll try out TVersity now.

**NetRyder** · January 27th, 2007

Originally Posted by ~bk

I had to install the crappy Zune software to stream my music, pictures and videos. And only WMV files worked. Think I'll try out TVersity now.

Why would you need the Zune software? That's for the Zune. It has nothing to do with the 360.

**~bk** · January 27th, 2007

Originally Posted by NetRyder

Why would you need the Zune software? That's for the Zune. It has nothing to do with the 360.

That's what I thought too. I just followed everything from xbox.com/pcsetup.

**Tuffgong4** · January 27th, 2007

found this that I'm going to try Encode360

**Admiral Michael** · January 30th, 2007

Just an Update:

After playing around with my cousin's 360 I have decided to get the original Xbox. The 360 requires was too much setup on the computer side. I was thinking of eventually buying a new case for the Xbox like a transparent one or something so that it will look different and not so bland.

**Electronic Punk** · January 30th, 2007

I also use XboxMediaCenter, it just beats absolutely everything else.
I do use the 360 to check out stuff on the marketplace, HD-DVD and occasionally DVDs as well.

**Admiral Michael** · January 30th, 2007

Ya I am liking XBMC alot, not to mention it's customizable and more flexible.

**Tuffgong4** · February 11th, 2007

I just found this runtime360.com
it works flawlessly and accepts any file type to stream through the 360...easy to set up and even easier to use

**Admiral Michael** · February 11th, 2007

Thanks all for the suggestions.

But after much consideration I have decided to hold off on getting an XBox. I decided to up the RAM in my laptop first since I use that everyday. I bought 2x 512MB sticks, upgraded from 2x256MB, my laptop is now maxed out on memory.

**Grandmaster** · February 11th, 2007

I've got an old Xbox that I barely use anymore, I might get around to soft-modding it just so I can use XBMC.

ALfl07 · February 16th, 2007

Originally Posted by Admiral Michael

Hey Guys,

I'm having a hard time trying to decide something. I'm thinking of either getting a Xbox or Xbox 360. Now before you go ahead and post I'd like to explain what I want to do with it first.

My cousin has an original xbox that has a mod chip. He uses XBMC to play music, video and view pictures over his network. He is able to connect to both Media Center and XP machines.

I want to setup an Xbox in a similar fashion, but I need to know if the 360 can do this out of the box. I would prefer to get the 360 (will take some time to save up for it) as it's newer and I've been edging to try the Star Trek Legacy game. I know the 360 has the 3 features I'm looking for (music, video and pictures) but what kind of requirements do they have?

XBMC can simply browse and share on a computer, how does the 360 work?

I think that's all for now,
Mike

I have a 360 and you can link to your computer using Windows Media Connect. You can show movies from your computer via your 360 on your tv. I also have seen a device that connects to the 360 that goes wireless to your computer. You cannot go online (Xbox live) with the mod Xbox because they can detect your oversized harddrive. You will be banned from xbox live forever.

**SPeedY_B** · February 19th, 2007

Originally Posted by ALfl07

I have a 360 and you can link to your computer using Windows Media Connect. You can show movies from your computer via your 360 on your tv. I also have seen a device that connects to the 360 that goes wireless to your computer. You cannot go online (Xbox live) with the mod Xbox because they can detect your oversized harddrive. You will be banned from xbox live forever.

Buy an xbox for media and a 360 for live, problem solved

**Admiral Michael** · March 8th, 2007

In an attempt for my cousin to get his friend's PSP to control his XBMC he had to enable an HTTP server in XBMC. This got me thinking of trying a web broswer and XBMC does have a web interface which is freakin awesome so IF I do get an Xbox I'm sold on the original.

Just thought I'd give a final update sorry for the big bump.

trainmaster77 · March 8th, 2007

get the 360 ..but wait a couple months because they have a newer updated model coming out ... and it wont be long before many different flavors of life or the onboard OS is hacked completely.

Anyway ..the newer model is supposed to have HDMI ... HDCP ..blahblah blah ... might be for better or for worse ... and of course its Hidef ..so if you gots a hidef tv ..then its all good.

**Admiral Michael** · March 8th, 2007

I have no use for playing games on it. It's strictly as a media extender. I know the 360 can do that but it's extremely limited where as the XBMC mod is MUCH MUCH more advanced and flexible.

**Admiral Michael** · March 14th, 2007

Final Update:

I bought an Original XBox Today. Cost me $270 which includes the XBox ($150), the mod chip ($100), XMBC software (installed at no cost), and upgrade to a 120GB drive (had to supply the drive, $20 for installation).

Now I just need to get this for the remote (the other MS one doesn't work with XBMC as well and it's ugly):
http://www.factorydirect.ca/catalog/...p?pcode=MS0021

and this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-Crystal-Cle...QQcmdZViewItem

gotta make it more personal somehow

Android412 · March 14th, 2007

I would've soft-modded it, and installed the HDD with XBMC for $50.

**Admiral Michael** · March 14th, 2007

The chip is better, it can be disabled. Like I said, this is not for online play just the media aspect.

Also depending on the manufacture date not all Xbox can have a larger hard drive with a soft mod. The chip is guaranteed for life by the installer which is a nice plus.

January 26th, 2007	Top \| #21
Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: XBox 360 See the thing is that Id rather not have to do anything on the computer end. With the XBMC it acts like it's own system and just merely access the file off the network. Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

January 26th, 2007	Top \| #22
Shamus MacNoob OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2002 Location: Brossard,Quebec Posts: 4,199 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 1481 Power: 182	Re: XBox 360 not supported by Xbox 360 consoles include the following: QuickTime, iTunes, RealPlayer video, Divx etc. ASUS PN5-E SLI,Intel E8400,2 x 8800GTX 768mb SLI,ASUS VW266H 26 inch LCD, 8 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer, Silverstone Strider 850watt PSU.Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

January 27th, 2007	Top \| #23
~bk I <3 Adriana Joined: November 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,768 Reputation: 1230 Power: 154	Re: XBox 360 I had to install the crappy Zune software to stream my music, pictures and videos. And only WMV files worked. Think I'll try out TVersity now. +bk.designs; + notebook + deviantART __________ // art is literacy of the heart <3

January 27th, 2007	Top \| #24
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 297	Re: XBox 360 Originally Posted by ~bk I had to install the crappy Zune software to stream my music, pictures and videos. And only WMV files worked. Think I'll try out TVersity now. Why would you need the Zune software? That's for the Zune. It has nothing to do with the 360. http://kunal.kundaje.net

January 27th, 2007	Top \| #25
~bk I <3 Adriana Joined: November 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,768 Reputation: 1230 Power: 154	Re: XBox 360 Originally Posted by NetRyder Why would you need the Zune software? That's for the Zune. It has nothing to do with the 360. That's what I thought too. I just followed everything from xbox.com/pcsetup. +bk.designs; + notebook + deviantART __________ // art is literacy of the heart <3

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January 27th, 2007	Top \| #26
Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 153	Re: XBox 360 found this that I'm going to try Encode360 Home Intel E6600 \ Abit AB9 Pro \ 4 gig Corsair DDR2-667 \ EVGA 9800GT \ HDD 1 320GB sata + 1 1.5TB sata \ 1 1TB backup drive / Samsung S183L SATA DVD-RW \ Windows 7 Pro x64 Laptop Asus UL30VT\ Intel CULV SU7300 \ 4GB Ram \ Intel Integrated + Nvidia 200m \ 500GB HDD \ 13.3 inch LED \ Windows 7 Premium x64

January 30th, 2007	Top \| #27
Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: XBox 360 Just an Update: After playing around with my cousin's 360 I have decided to get the original Xbox. The 360 requires was too much setup on the computer side. I was thinking of eventually buying a new case for the Xbox like a transparent one or something so that it will look different and not so bland. Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

January 30th, 2007	Top \| #28
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: XBox 360 I also use XboxMediaCenter, it just beats absolutely everything else. I do use the 360 to check out stuff on the marketplace, HD-DVD and occasionally DVDs as well.

January 30th, 2007	Top \| #29
Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: XBox 360 Ya I am liking XBMC alot, not to mention it's customizable and more flexible. Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

February 11th, 2007	Top \| #30
Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 153	Re: XBox 360 I just found this runtime360.com it works flawlessly and accepts any file type to stream through the 360...easy to set up and even easier to use Home Intel E6600 \ Abit AB9 Pro \ 4 gig Corsair DDR2-667 \ EVGA 9800GT \ HDD 1 320GB sata + 1 1.5TB sata \ 1 1TB backup drive / Samsung S183L SATA DVD-RW \ Windows 7 Pro x64 Laptop Asus UL30VT\ Intel CULV SU7300 \ 4GB Ram \ Intel Integrated + Nvidia 200m \ 500GB HDD \ 13.3 inch LED \ Windows 7 Premium x64

February 11th, 2007	Top \| #31
Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: XBox 360 Thanks all for the suggestions. But after much consideration I have decided to hold off on getting an XBox. I decided to up the RAM in my laptop first since I use that everyday. I bought 2x 512MB sticks, upgraded from 2x256MB, my laptop is now maxed out on memory. Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

February 11th, 2007	Top \| #32
Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 260	Re: XBox 360 I've got an old Xbox that I barely use anymore, I might get around to soft-modding it just so I can use XBMC.

February 16th, 2007	Top \| #33
ALfl07 OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: February 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: XBox 360 Originally Posted by Admiral Michael Hey Guys, I'm having a hard time trying to decide something. I'm thinking of either getting a Xbox or Xbox 360. Now before you go ahead and post I'd like to explain what I want to do with it first. My cousin has an original xbox that has a mod chip. He uses XBMC to play music, video and view pictures over his network. He is able to connect to both Media Center and XP machines. I want to setup an Xbox in a similar fashion, but I need to know if the 360 can do this out of the box. I would prefer to get the 360 (will take some time to save up for it) as it's newer and I've been edging to try the Star Trek Legacy game. I know the 360 has the 3 features I'm looking for (music, video and pictures) but what kind of requirements do they have? XBMC can simply browse and share on a computer, how does the 360 work? I think that's all for now, Mike I have a 360 and you can link to your computer using Windows Media Connect. You can show movies from your computer via your 360 on your tv. I also have seen a device that connects to the 360 that goes wireless to your computer. You cannot go online (Xbox live) with the mod Xbox because they can detect your oversized harddrive. You will be banned from xbox live forever.

February 19th, 2007	Top \| #34
SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Re: XBox 360 Originally Posted by ALfl07 I have a 360 and you can link to your computer using Windows Media Connect. You can show movies from your computer via your 360 on your tv. I also have seen a device that connects to the 360 that goes wireless to your computer. You cannot go online (Xbox live) with the mod Xbox because they can detect your oversized harddrive. You will be banned from xbox live forever. Buy an xbox for media and a 360 for live, problem solved 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

March 8th, 2007	Top \| #35
Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: XBox 360 In an attempt for my cousin to get his friend's PSP to control his XBMC he had to enable an HTTP server in XBMC. This got me thinking of trying a web broswer and XBMC does have a web interface which is freakin awesome so IF I do get an Xbox I'm sold on the original. Just thought I'd give a final update sorry for the big bump. Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

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March 8th, 2007	Top \| #36
trainmaster77 OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2005 Location: St. Louis/Chicago Posts: 509 Reputation: 170 Power: 95	Re: XBox 360 get the 360 ..but wait a couple months because they have a newer updated model coming out ... and it wont be long before many different flavors of life or the onboard OS is hacked completely. Anyway ..the newer model is supposed to have HDMI ... HDCP ..blahblah blah ... might be for better or for worse ... and of course its Hidef ..so if you gots a hidef tv ..then its all good. Care for some tea?

March 8th, 2007	Top \| #37
Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: XBox 360 I have no use for playing games on it. It's strictly as a media extender. I know the 360 can do that but it's extremely limited where as the XBMC mod is MUCH MUCH more advanced and flexible. Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

March 14th, 2007	Top \| #38
Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: XBox 360 Final Update: I bought an Original XBox Today. Cost me $270 which includes the XBox ($150), the mod chip ($100), XMBC software (installed at no cost), and upgrade to a 120GB drive (had to supply the drive, $20 for installation). Now I just need to get this for the remote (the other MS one doesn't work with XBMC as well and it's ugly): http://www.factorydirect.ca/catalog/...p?pcode=MS0021 and this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-Crystal-Cle...QQcmdZViewItem gotta make it more personal somehow Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

March 14th, 2007	Top \| #39
Android412 OSNN Addict Joined: January 2004 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 198 Reputation: 40 Power: 104	Re: XBox 360 I would've soft-modded it, and installed the HDD with XBMC for $50.

March 14th, 2007	Top \| #40
Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: XBox 360 The chip is better, it can be disabled. Like I said, this is not for online play just the media aspect. Also depending on the manufacture date not all Xbox can have a larger hard drive with a soft mod. The chip is guaranteed for life by the installer which is a nice plus. Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy