Posts: 347
Joined: Oct 2003
Reputation:
0
deltop
Senior Member
Posts: 347
oh and don't forget avc encodes. even when not encoded to hd the xbox will more than likely struggle to playback these.
Posts: 835
Joined: Feb 2004
for people i mod for they mainly ask 2 things now (bar a few software issues that im trying to sort out now to make it easier for them) is power off/on on remote and quitier. these are solved in new system so these are some more reasons y id like even a direct port of xbmc for xbox 360
Posts: 61
Joined: Aug 2005
Reputation:
0
the videos part of the 360 will only be capable of running videos from a media center pc, right?
Posts: 126
Joined: May 2004
Reputation:
0
vaeanu
Senior Member
Posts: 126
besides games, i dont believe the 360 (even after it's hacked) will be much better than xbmc... indeed, hd movies from blockbuster are still years away (if ms hd becomes standard...) and the lack of 3.5 hd bay is a big drawback!
Posts: 928
Joined: Feb 2004
Reputation:
0
Asteron
"Skilled" Python Coder
Posts: 928
well there is some h264 content that the xbox can't play that well right now. plus working around the 64mb of memory is a bitch. running custom code on the 360 will be quite the challenge since they've built drm right into the die as opposed to sitting in the bios on the board tsop. however there are people who made a lot of money making modchips for the xbox and they have quite a few talented people who crack these things.
Posts: 24
Joined: Mar 2004
Reputation:
0
Jynks
Junior Member
Posts: 24
i think the makers of xbmc should go totaly legit. they have made a incredible bit of software here. one that many people only buy an xbox to use. i know many people that never play games, ranging from kids to parents that use xbmc. personly i find this software to be easly production quality.
why not release it as a fully legit product. i'd buy it and many others would as well. i know that m$ has a media player built into the 360 but i seriously dought that it will in any way rival xbmc. the developers here totaly know wat they are doing. the 360 already has interchangable harddrives, networking, everything it needs for xbmc to run.. without the need to chip it. only if the software was legitimized.
as far as m$ gose, why wouldn't they want such a terrific bit of software with so many users sold for there system. plus it would give these top notch developers some cash for their hard spent time.
mabey there are problems with the source being so public, sharing source with other feeware apps .. namly mplayer.
either way i am counting the time untill the hackers crack the 360 code, for i know that it will be the major reason to upgrade to the 360. i really hope that these guys move the development into the 360.
:bowdown: all hail the xbmc developers :bowdown:
Posts: 265
Joined: Mar 2005
Reputation:
0
if/when xbox360 is hacked like the xbox how hard is going to be to port xbmc to xbox360? and will it be ported to the 360?
Posts: 265
Joined: Mar 2005
Reputation:
0
if/when xbox360 is hacked like the xbox how hard is going to be to port xbmc to xbox360? and will it be ported to the 360?