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Originally posted by: BKLounger
stupid question i was looking around in xbmc last night. is there an option for an automatic timer where the xbox will shut off after a set amount of time.

I'm pretty sure there's a sleep timer somewhere in the settings, can't say ATM as I'm at work. :p

- M4H
 

bigrash

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Originally posted by: BKLounger
stupid question i was looking around in xbmc last night. is there an option for an automatic timer where the xbox will shut off after a set amount of time.

yup I believe it's in the setup section. will turn off after x hours of inactivity.
 

KingGheedora

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I updated my version of XBMC a couple months ago and it was a completely different experience from the version I used previously. Awesome piece of software.

I also got a 360 recently, and the interface for playing music on the 360 is horrible in comparison to any version of XBMC. So much so that I am thinking of setting up my modded xbox to my TV and receiver again for XBMC alone.

 

yllus

Elite Member & Lifer
Aug 20, 2000
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Hey guys, what 3rd party scripts are you using with XBMC? What was that about free pr0n? :p
 

BKLounger

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Originally posted by: bigrash
Originally posted by: BKLounger
stupid question i was looking around in xbmc last night. is there an option for an automatic timer where the xbox will shut off after a set amount of time.

yup I believe it's in the setup section. will turn off after x hours of inactivity.

Well therein lies my issue. I found that last night but if you put in a dvd. Xbmc never sees it as being inactive. Even after the movie is over. So the xbox stays on all night.

 

Qwest

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Jan 21, 2001
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Originally posted by: yllus
Hey guys, what 3rd party scripts are you using with XBMC? What was that about free pr0n? :p


Poker Timer
Fullon DVD (p0rn)
Youtube streamer
Apple Quicktime
Snake (the game)

i can pm u details tonite.
 

BooGiMaN

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Jul 5, 2001
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Originally posted by: Qwest
Originally posted by: yllus
Hey guys, what 3rd party scripts are you using with XBMC? What was that about free pr0n? :p


Poker Timer
Fullon DVD (p0rn)
Youtube streamer
Apple Quicktime
Snake (the game)

i can pm u details tonite.

can you pm me the detaisl as well for those scripts
 

LordSnailz

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Nov 2, 1999
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Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
Originally posted by: Qwest
Originally posted by: yllus
Hey guys, what 3rd party scripts are you using with XBMC? What was that about free pr0n? :p


Poker Timer
Fullon DVD (p0rn)
Youtube streamer
Apple Quicktime
Snake (the game)

i can pm u details tonite.

can you pm me the detaisl as well for those scripts

same here, would be awesome if I can youtube to stream to the xbox. tia!
 

edro

Lifer
Apr 5, 2002
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I loved mine. I recently got a 360, so my old Xbox is sitting in a box in the closet :(

I can't wait until people start hacking the 360.
 

Sheep

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Jun 13, 2006
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I just installed the BlingBling release of XBMC yesterday on my old Xbox. All I can say is "Wow!" The default GUI is fantastic and the software seems to be quite stable! Much to my surprise everything worked right out of the box, though I need to do some tweaking to get rid of things I don't use. The tweak freak in me loves the sheer amount of things you can customize in XBMC.

My one question about it: How well does streaming video over a wireless internet connection work? If your XBMC is wireless, what are you using--the official Xbox wireless adapter or something else? Any advice would be much appreciated. I'm going to test my wireless connection using ICS with my laptop tonight, but obviously that's not an ideal solution.
 

kalster

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Jul 23, 2002
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anyone using the xbox(with xbmc) connected to a hdtv, how is the quality of videos/dvd's (upscaled )
 

Sheep

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Originally posted by: Kaido
Be sure to check out the xTV skin demo on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-V2_wWdwDk

AppleTV - for Xbox :)

I've never been able to get this skin to work on my setup. The highlight bars never show up and the font goes black (against a black background).

I'm currently using the Clearity beta skin, which is one of the nicest GUIs I've seen. A little buggy at times, but the eye candy is worth it.
 

funboy6942

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Nov 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: purbeast0

LMAO ... you blocked out stuff from your taskbar. Now we know you were whacking off to somethin when you took that screen capture.

I dont need to hide anything if Im whacking away, I just had a few things I had going some people would find questionable that I didnt want to share with the people of atot.

I whack it though, who the fvck doesnt :p
 

purbeast0

No Lifer
Sep 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: funboy42
Originally posted by: purbeast0

LMAO ... you blocked out stuff from your taskbar. Now we know you were whacking off to somethin when you took that screen capture.

I dont need to hide anything if Im whacking away, I just had a few things I had going some people would find questionable that I didnt want to share with the people of atot.

I whack it though, who the fvck doesnt :p

Yah like the children/animal stuff you like huh :p

Oh and I don't whack off and never have, it's gross.

/holds in laughter.
 

TheSiege

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Jun 5, 2004
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Originally posted by: austin316
can someone let me know what I'm doing wrong, because I'm not getting my network shares to show up....

I have several folders on my pc shared. firewalls are turned off and the xbox and pc are connected to the same router.

I've looked all over but can't seem to get any additional info.

you have to set your computer to have a static IP
you then have to share each folder with a unique name
then under f:\\apps\XBMC\UserData you need to edit sources.xml
there will be a heading for each menu item (My Music, My Videos, ect)
the bookmark should be something to the effect
<bookmark>
<title>My U2 Music</title> <----not sure on this one, but you can look at the existing bookmarks
<path> smb://192.168.0.25/U2 music</path> (U2 Music being the name of the shared folder)
</bookmark>

my syntax is probably wrong cause i dont remember off the top of my head, but again you can look at the code and edit it.

hope this helps


 

funboy6942

Lifer
Nov 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: funboy42
Originally posted by: purbeast0

LMAO ... you blocked out stuff from your taskbar. Now we know you were whacking off to somethin when you took that screen capture.

I dont need to hide anything if Im whacking away, I just had a few things I had going some people would find questionable that I didnt want to share with the people of atot.

I whack it though, who the fvck doesnt :p

Yah like the children/animal stuff you like huh :p

Oh and I don't whack off and never have, it's gross.

/holds in laughter.

Yeah ok Jesus ;)

And how did you figure it out about the animal part, oh donkey ass so turns me on :)

 

KarmaPolice

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Jun 24, 2004
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hrmmm i never use my xbox anymore..i should do this..

is it tricky? I am no good with soldering so i would want to do a soft mod. Is the soft mod just as effective as a chip?

How big is the xbox harddrive and can any harddrive replace it?
If i replace the hard drive do i need a chip or will the softmode work.
 

purbeast0

No Lifer
Sep 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
hrmmm i never use my xbox anymore..i should do this..

is it tricky? I am no good with soldering so i would want to do a soft mod. Is the soft mod just as effective as a chip?

How big is the xbox harddrive and can any harddrive replace it?
If i replace the hard drive do i need a chip or will the softmode work.

www.xbox-scene.com

that'll answer all the questions you have :)

And no it's easy as pie to put in your own HDD of any size, install the software, and get it running.

Modding it is simple too. It's almost as easy as the PSX was to mod. Softmod is even easier I think, I just personally prefer chips.
 

TheSiege

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Jun 5, 2004
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Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
hrmmm i never use my xbox anymore..i should do this..

is it tricky? I am no good with soldering so i would want to do a soft mod. Is the soft mod just as effective as a chip?

How big is the xbox harddrive and can any harddrive replace it?
If i replace the hard drive do i need a chip or will the softmode work.

www.xbox-scene.com

that'll answer all the questions you have :)

And no it's easy as pie to put in your own HDD of any size, install the software, and get it running.

Modding it is simple too. It's almost as easy as the PSX was to mod. Softmod is even easier I think, I just personally prefer chips.


larger HDD with a softmod isnt as easy as would think. if you are just doing it for XBMC, then soft mod, leave the original HDD in, and use network shares. I have 3 xboxs setup this way, and if you look at my sig, i plan on doing more