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demaratus
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Location: Searching for a heart of gold, and I'm gettin' old
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 Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:20 am Post subject: Xbox Media Center |
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Anyone here use this? It looks like it has so much potential as a media center and gaming console, hell they even have their own free online gaming service as an alternative to xbox live after you mod the box.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC |
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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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I've been looking into turning my x box into a Linux Media Center. I was going to give it a whirl this weekend. It's a great way of turning my much neglected XBox into a useful machine once again.
I didn't know about the free gaming service though! That's even better!  |
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JungMin
Joined: 18 May 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Its definitely worth it. It plays every kind of media file out there!! Only draw back is that the xbox isn't powerful enough to play most HD stuff.
You can install XBMC on linux and os/x too. |
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hanguker
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| JungMin wrote: |
| Only draw back is that the xbox isn't powerful enough to play most HD stuff. |
Total deal-breaker these days. What are you going to do without HD playback in 2008?! |
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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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I just got the Evolution X Dashboard running on my X box. Going to try running some emulators on my xbox tomorrow morning. Going to try and put XBox Media Center on it too tomorrow. I'm tired and will finish the project off tomorrow. I had to convert my one x-box controller to a usb end to plug into the pc (so i could load data onto the memory card). All in all, it's been a neat fun, and rewarding project.
I'm aiming to do a write up as well of my experiences with the xbox media center. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| what??? i can take this thing online? how?! |
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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Reactionary,
I'm not quite sure yet myself. I just finished getting Xbox Media Center (xbmc) installed. It's pretty spliffy! My only concern is how high the cpu of the x box runs (45-50 degree Celsius). I'm tired from attempting to dog sled today and will toy with it some more tomorrow. |
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JungMin
Joined: 18 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| My only concern is how high the cpu of the x box runs (45-50 degree Celsius). |
Under 'System Settings' I think (I'm at work and can't remember for sure what menu) you can set the fan speed or set a temperature you'd like to keep it at. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| i think the high temp readings are a bug. mostly i have a low reading, but sometimes it will read as that high for no reason. but the box aint hot to the touch (as i imagine it would be at 60 C) |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| and yeah, haha, unfortunately for me a lot of the stuff appears to be in korean. havent tinkered with it too much. |
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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| JungMin wrote: |
| Zutronius wrote: |
| My only concern is how high the cpu of the x box runs (45-50 degree Celsius). |
Under 'System Settings' I think (I'm at work and can't remember for sure what menu) you can set the fan speed or set a temperature you'd like to keep it at. |
Thanks! I'll check that out tonight. |
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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using it and love it.
Setting up for videos is a headache, so I stream them to XBox through XBstream
As far as music, photos it's really good, but the best part is recording TV. |
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