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Gypo
30th January 2006, 15:08
i am looking to get myself a media sever with HiDeff out put now i have found somin on the net that will do the job but its a not out yet http://www.pixelmagicsystems.com/products/media_players/hd_mediabox.htm.
But i also see that the Xbox 360 will network to windows media server software now wot i need to know will it play any media including flims that i mite or mite not have found lyingaround the newsgroups I.E will it play copyed films ??????
ANGEL
30th January 2006, 15:26
mine does|thumbup|
Papercut
30th January 2006, 18:12
OMG,
U buying a xbox 360 for that :O.
Get a normal xbox, Soft mod it.
And u got urself an xbox media center.
If ya link it up with ya pc offcourse.
Gypo
30th January 2006, 21:05
if i did get one its only cos its got HiDeff output the old xbox dont
Papercut
31st January 2006, 10:14
Alrighty, Fair enough
Velox
31st January 2006, 11:10
If you turned the xbox into a media centre & stick a 120GB HDD in (I think that the largest you can stick in isnt it?) is there anyway to run TV through it and pause it etc? Presuming not as it only has a single scart so I presume you can't really pass stuff 'through' it (inless you can use the inputs & outputs of a single scart lead at the same time??)
JonnyThunder
31st January 2006, 17:29
There isn't an upper limit for harddisk size in a modded xbox. Just depends what type of chip you use, and what version of bios.

I agree tho - original XBOX makes an awesome media center.
Papercut
1st February 2006, 08:41
JT why use chip?.
If you Softmod it, u dont open the xbox case (so when u **** up u can return it and get ya money back), U just install some software and its the same as a chipped Xbox.
Gypo
1st February 2006, 12:45
but is there soft mod for the 360 yet
Velox
2nd February 2006, 15:26
I know theres no limit, but I hear that if you start going any bigger than 120GB you start getting heat problems etc?
JonnyThunder
2nd February 2006, 16:11
I know theres no limit, but I hear that if you start going any bigger than 120GB you start getting heat problems etc?

Nah, doubt it very much. I got a 180 in my one.



JT why use chip?

Softmod won't allow everything that a chip will allow. Besides, I've never ****ed up chipping a console yet. Plus, softmod wasn't around when I did mine.
GoldRush
2nd February 2006, 18:28
Nah, doubt it very much. I got a 180 in my one.




Softmod won't allow everything that a chip will allow. Besides, I've never ****ed up chipping a console yet. Plus, softmod wasn't around when I did mine.


mine is also still working with 180 gig and chip works as a treat
never had any problems with it accept that sharon tried to play online what caused the xbox to install microshaft os instead of custom dash
JonnyThunder
3rd February 2006, 08:26
Yeah, I gave mine to some friends and they did the same thing! **** sake.

Now I gotta copy over the customdash again!
Papercut
3rd February 2006, 09:29
but is there soft mod for the 360 yet
Dont think so, Im going to a guy who knows lots about there things this weekend, when I get back ill got some info about the softmod
Velox
5th February 2006, 16:20
Bought an xbox Thursday & spent half yesterday turning it into a media-centre. I chipped it, flashed it & created an evox bootdisc etc. Then once i had it sorted I chose this as my dashboard:

http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/

Really nice dash. I love that it streams or plays from CD's DVD's (doesn't need the DVD remote), Divx films & any sort of AVI or MPG (hell it can even play a movie directly from an .ISO!!) It will also stream my MP3 collection, and it has access to like 500 internet radio stations (it can show a winamp type swirly pattern background whilst it plays music too). I can view all my photos (I have the screensaver set to my photo collection) and you can get a 5 day weather forecast from it!

All in all I spent £68 on the xbox (with 9 games) from ebay, then £20 for the modchip. The 250GB HDD was free from work (ahhh the perks of working in I.T.!!) and i'm spending time today backup up all our games onto it. So i've got a Media Center / games machine that has access to about 700GB of media for £80 which seems quite reasonable. The only thing thats missing is pausing live TV, but I don't watch telly anyway.
GoldRush
5th February 2006, 21:39
we've got a custom dash do you have that 2 velox and yeah i use XBMC to and indeed it's verry good divx with separate subs is no problem it does it all automatic
Velox
6th February 2006, 01:38
we've got a custom dash do you have that 2 velox

Nope! Where'd I get that from?

Just finished loading up & testing a Sega Genesis emulator for it - NeoGenesis. Works like an absolute dream! Actually works better than my origional Genesis did as you can save games & modify keys. I now have my 50 or so Genesis ROM's sitting on it. Ahh takes me back a few years that does |afro|