XBMC - Latest Version downloadable from this site

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 10 Oct 2007, 11:12

Hey there, I see some people are using xbmc, so I thought I would put this link, if you want the latest version from subversion which has been compiled, then checkout: http://t3ch.yi.se/

Some people may already know this, but I thought I would put up a link, just in case :-)

If anyone got any useful links concerning xbox xbmc, emulation, other dashboard, then please post here.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 10 Oct 2007, 22:36

Yep, thats a great site. Its really fast too; I get about 600K/s from it when downloading the latest XBMC.

There's a couple of bugs I've noticed but these could be more to do with the skin I use as they are graphical glitches.

If you're not using it, I recommend MC360 by Team Blackbolt:

http://blackbolt.x-scene.com/

They also do the XBox Classic skin but I don't like the images used on that. I much prefer MC360. Its the first thing I add onto XBMC when I install the latest version!

By the way, has anyone else had problems with the Apple Movie Trailers plug-in on the latest builds of XBMC? It doesn't seem to want to work with the MC360 skin. I can only get it to work with the default Project Mayhem III skin.

The next thing I want to get working is direct listing & playing of SNES games from within XBMC - a front end type thing. I hate having to load ugly emulators to then load the games. Just integrate it into XBMC already!

I don't actually play many retro games now though, as I've just installed a 160GB HDD in my XBox so now I've got all 49 of my genuine games on it - no need for the discs!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 10 Oct 2007, 23:20

Oh thanks for the heads up. I'd been using a daily snapshot compile from August for a while now, the updated T3CH skin is awesome.

The next thing I want to get working is direct listing & playing of SNES games from within XBMC - a front end type thing. I hate having to load ugly emulators to then load the games. Just integrate it into XBMC already!

No fucking thanks. The last thing I'd want is for XBMC to become bloatware. I don't think that it'd be possible for it act as a front end, they'd highly likely have to integrate the actual emulator's code wholesale into XBMC. A lot people only use their Xbox as a media centre, the last thing they'd want is for the program to become bloatware by having all these redundant features that they'd never use.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 11 Oct 2007, 15:31

I didn't mean it would have to be in the actual release. I would like to see a modular approach to XBMC with plug-ins that end users could choose to download. A bit like the AMT plug-in & other scripts that are used at the moment.

I basically just want a front end plug-in that would list all available ROMs on the HDD (within XBMC & using the same visuals) & then when selected, the emulator would load & boot straight into the game.

Does that sound like a better idea now?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Oct 2007, 00:52

*Has a look at the site*

Oh how deceptive of you Slasher, there is no new stable build, just the same old regular T3CH compiles of unstable nightly builds.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 14 Oct 2007, 13:01

I'm sorry Eva, Saying that I have downloaded the unstable builds, and put it on my xbox, and thankfully it has been fine. Although I just watch anime and dvdrips films on it from a shared drive

Just out of interest, when setting up xbmc, for show/anime that are 4:3, did you change the pixel size to 0.75, as that what I had to do and put it as a custom settings which is annoying.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Oct 2007, 15:20

slasher13 wrote:Just out of interest, when setting up xbmc, for show/anime that are 4:3, did you change the pixel size to 0.75, as that what I had to do and put it as a custom settings which is annoying.

My telly doesn't support pillarboxing whilst in progressive scan mode, so I just switch to 480i for 4:3 stuff. (with XBMC I very well could watch in 480p pillarboxed, but I can't be arsed resizing the borders.)

Being able to manually manipulate the image like that is great, I can bypass my TV's overscan.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 14 Oct 2007, 19:22

Honestly, the T3CH builds are no less stable than the official releases. I upgrade my XBMC every week (boot to EvoX, delete XBMC folder contents, fresh install) & I've never had any problems.

You miss out on some cool new features if you only stick with the latest official build.

slasher13, how is anime different to any other 4:3 material? I don't watch it myself so I'm not sure how the files are encoded. If I have anything that is 4:3 it automatically plays at the correct ratio (i.e. letterbox for widescreen images wider than 1.78:1, pillarbox for 4:3 images). I'm using XBMC in 720p resolution by the way.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 14 Oct 2007, 19:25

IronMonkey wrote:slasher13, how is anime different to any other 4:3 material? I don't watch it myself so I'm not sure how the files are encoded. If I have anything that is 4:3 it automatically plays at the correct ratio (i.e. letterbox for widescreen images wider than 1.78:1, pillarbox for 4:3 images). I'm using XBMC in 720p resolution by the way.

Hey IronMonkey, No difference, Anime are the only videos I have which are in 4:3

Do you have an HD tv which allow pillowbox? How did you setup for widescreen on 1.78:1 and 4:3?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Oct 2007, 23:35

IronMonkey wrote:Honestly, the T3CH builds are no less stable than the official releases.

There are no "official releases", the XBMC team never release compiled versions themselves as it may land them in legal hot water. At the end of the day 90% of Xbox homebrewed programs are compiled with pirated versions of the Microsoft SDK.