2007-08-30, 01:05
I'm burning divx movies to dvd for my elderly parents (who are extemely techno-phobic). Divx is great because I can fit several movies on 1 dvd, to reduce the disc change problem (yes, problem...get the phobia part yet?) and give them many hours of viewing with a single disc.
Ok, so instead of buying a couple of divx enabled dvd stb's, I'd rather get them a couple of black xboxes, and run XBMC... I think the upgradability alone will be worth it...
What I'd like to do is get XBMC to startup on power up.
Automatically start in the Video mode, looking/viewing the files on the disc in the dvd drive.
Display the list of files on the disc and autoplay any .avi or .divx files from the disc when inserted. (or autoplay ANY supported video format on the disc really, whatever the format or extention)
Ideally, if XBMC could autoselect ALL the video files (.avi/.divx/etc) from the root of the dvd/cd disc, and just start playing them all like a playlist and do that every time the box is powered on or a new disc is put in. AWESOME!!! ?
Is this possible? (I hope I'm explaining it right... I know it sounds stupid, but I've been trying to get them to the point of navigating to video's, opening the drive, choosing the movie file, etc... I don't want to get the "tech support" calls every few hours... Automatic would just make MY life easier)
I know most of this is possible, but my situation is a bit more specific? and I'm hoping I just don't "know" XBMC like you guys do THANKS IN ADVANCE!
Ok, so instead of buying a couple of divx enabled dvd stb's, I'd rather get them a couple of black xboxes, and run XBMC... I think the upgradability alone will be worth it...
What I'd like to do is get XBMC to startup on power up.
Automatically start in the Video mode, looking/viewing the files on the disc in the dvd drive.
Display the list of files on the disc and autoplay any .avi or .divx files from the disc when inserted. (or autoplay ANY supported video format on the disc really, whatever the format or extention)
Ideally, if XBMC could autoselect ALL the video files (.avi/.divx/etc) from the root of the dvd/cd disc, and just start playing them all like a playlist and do that every time the box is powered on or a new disc is put in. AWESOME!!! ?
Is this possible? (I hope I'm explaining it right... I know it sounds stupid, but I've been trying to get them to the point of navigating to video's, opening the drive, choosing the movie file, etc... I don't want to get the "tech support" calls every few hours... Automatic would just make MY life easier)
I know most of this is possible, but my situation is a bit more specific? and I'm hoping I just don't "know" XBMC like you guys do THANKS IN ADVANCE!