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>Hi,
>
>Is there any version of XBMC planned for the Xbox 360? There's no-one
>working on a Beta version or anything? I'm specifically interested in
>being to stream video including divx xvid and dvd iso from a Media
>Center PC. I'll be using the 360 as an extender to the Media Center PC
>for live broadcast TV anyway. I'm in the UK with a UK PAL 360.
>
>Is it an advantage buying the 20Gb hard drive for the 360 if I want to
>do this kind of thing or is it a waste of money?
>
>Thanks for any advice.

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>
>Is there any version of XBMC planned for the Xbox 360? There's no-one
>working on a Beta version or anything? I'm specifically interested in
>being to stream video including divx xvid and dvd iso from a Media
>Center PC. I'll be using the 360 as an extender to the Media Center PC
>for live broadcast TV anyway. I'm in the UK with a UK PAL 360.

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>Is it an advantage buying the 20Gb hard drive for the 360 if I want to
>do this kind of thing or is it a waste of money?

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> In article <1152783152.392675.27810@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
> <wrreisen2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Running unsigned or other homebrew code on the 360 is still a dodgy
> prospect, as far as I know. However, the existing Media Extender client on
> the console has enough holes in it that people have been able to exploit
> the PC side in order to get some XBMC-like functions. A couple of people
> have been able to get Adobe viewers and 8-bit console emulators to run in
> the Media Extender client this way, although technically they're actually
> running on the PC and just using the 360 as a display and control unit.
>
> Relevant to your question? One solution has been to do WMV conversion on
> the fly. I don't have a link handy, but there was a Media Extender plug-in
> for the PC that allowed you to select non-WMV files from the client,
> and then it would perform real time conversion of the video into a WMV
> with all the right DRM hooks so that the client would see it and display
> it properly. This obviously requires a decent PC with some horsepower, as
> opposed to the five-year-old box you have running file sharing and DNS in
> your house.
>
>
> When an XBMC equivalent does appear for the 360, it will most likely take
> advantage of existing storage options. This includes IDE devices driven
> off of the USB ports with normal FAT32 partitions. I don't see any
> advantage in using the proprietary 360 hard drive for homebrew purposes if
> this ends up being the case.
>
> -KKC, hunting for the Sony Linux kit...
> --
> "These are the good years for Barb and me. We installed a bible -

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> detector at the front door. And now when the doorbell rings and -

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> the red light flashes, we know we have to sit very quietly and -
> wait for them to go away." Catchup Advisory board, A Prairie Home

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>One bit of clarification - Media Center is designed to allow developers to
>create third-party applications and experiences that run inside Media Center
>and can be remotely displayed on Xbox 360. We've created the Media Center
>Extensibility SDK in order to encourage development of these types of
>applications, hundreds of which now exist. Additional information regarding
>the Extensibility SDK can be found at the below link:
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...reditionsdk.asp

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> Todd, are you talking about the Media Extender?

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> As part of the XBMC Team, let me comment here.

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> Yeah I'm a fan of Microsoft and I think they
> have done much for the industry but the truth has to be told.

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> As part of the XBMC Team, let me comment here.
>
> Microsoft talk about the digital media experience. They talk about maanged
> copy and support HD-DVD. They talk about streaming around your house.
> However, I see this as a vision "the Microsoft way", rather than the
> extensible, open and truly "useful" way.
>
> I have a 360. I can't do video on the 360 using Microsoft XP. Major flaw
> number one.
>
> Major flaw number two : If I want to stream media, I have to "upgrade" to
> MCE OEM, which being OEM, I can't buy unless I buy more hardware I don't
> need. Talk about being forced into piracy. And yes, there is hundreds who
> are
> running ripped off MCE sessions in VMWARE under Windows XP. Have a look at
> your customers Microsoft, look at the dedication they are showing to use
> the
> products in the way they want too..........
>
> Major flaw three : By the time someone has managed to otherwise obtain
> MCE,
> or did what I have done which is test the Vista beta, the Microsoft way
> becomes quickly apparent that it's WMV / VC-1 or it's the highway. Sure
> they
> support the crappy old mpeg1/2, but forget about mpeg4-asp. Forget about
> Matroska container support. Forget about AVC / H.264. Audio is the same.
> No
> losless flac support, no ogg. They say you can play DVDs, but forget about
> streaming a ripped dvd over onto your XBOX, or indeed an ISO DVD.
>
> It's limited, it's difficult and it just plain fails to meet the mark.
> People want to be able to stream DVDs. People want to be able to stream
> media
> around their house regardless of if it's a matroska container with AVC
> encoded video footage and low complexity AAC audio.
>
> A bunch of enthusiasts has written XBMC using a variety of open source
> projects and custom code with nothing more than some vision and
> collaboration
> on IRC. Microsoft for all it's people and all it's power just seem to
> wallow
> around with crappy solutions. Yeah I'm a fan of Microsoft and I think they
> have done much for the industry but the truth has to be told.