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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2006, 06:34:50 pm »
Quote from: Harvey McRyanpants on October 24, 2006, 06:25:03 pm
Anybody willing to drop some money on an extra hard drive? >>

On second thought, maybe cutting it open wouldn't be the smartest idea.

See above, I replaced my post with one backed by some research.  :)
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2006, 06:43:59 pm »
Well, now I wanna cut it open just out of curiosity.

I'll let you know if I get a spare $90.  ;)

As for external hard drives, they come available up to a terabyte in size. Dunno if that'd really be necessary, but having an external hard drive to stream from certainly seems like a good idea. I wouldn't have to worry about taking up space on either my PC or the 360 with all of my music, anymore.

That may be the next thing I buy...
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2006, 07:19:51 pm »
Quote from: Harvey McRyanpants on October 24, 2006, 06:43:59 pm
Well, now I wanna cut it open just out of curiosity.

I'll let you know if I get a spare $90.  ;)

As for external hard drives, they come available up to a terabyte in size. Dunno if that'd really be necessary, but having an external hard drive to stream from certainly seems like a good idea. I wouldn't have to worry about taking up space on either my PC or the 360 with all of my music, anymore.

That may be the next thing I buy...

I think it would be cheaper and easier to just add a standard HD to your PC and upgrade to Media Center XP. Vista should have the same ability to stream video as Media Center XP as well. It's very easy to network the Xbox 360 and the PC, even without a router. I found an old network card and added it to my PC (so it had two). One was internet in, one was xbox out. Very easy to setup in XP as well.

That allows me to stream pictures and music to my 360 (even during games). Doesn't let me stream movies, though (since I don't have media center xp). I actually plan on checking to see if Vista is currently working like Media Center XP. If so, I'll snag the beta so I can stream movies.

While both options (streaming & removable hard drive) will get a simular result, permanent bonus to hd space on my PC isn't a bad thing. :)

Though, if you don't care about a PC upgrade and don't mind spending a few extra bucks on a USB HDD, then that route is certainly most acceptable too. I guess I'm just being lazy not wanting to move it back and forth to put things on it from my PC.

I am glad to see that we have options though. Getting content on the Xbox 360 was a bit troublesome without streaming from your PC and without the right software, it was impossible to get movies to the darn thing.

I think we need to find out though if we can stream video via a USB HDD or not though. That question was never answered for sure. If you can't, then I'd defenitely have to go the stream from PC route. If you can, its a very viable alternative.

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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2006, 08:31:24 pm »
There is more power to the modded box than you'll ever know, I live in the modded box hotspot and I get to beta test everything, I've seen the current work on the 360 mod and it'll blow your mind!

 Plus investing another $100 in your box for the HD is well worth it.
   
   Nice to see ppl postin here.
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2006, 07:48:31 am »
My PC is a fossil, so I'd rather buy a USB HDD. What with going away to college next year, I'll be getting a laptop (and possibly a new desktop, depending on how things work out), so it would be easiest to stick everything on an external drive so I can bring it with me. Plus, I like the idea of being abke to carry my entire music collection around with me in a little box. >>

As for streaming video, the only codec that the 360 doesn't support natively is DivX (so far, anyways... there is word out that the new dashboard update will be out before the wireless headset is released, and maybe we;ll get lucky and Microsoft will add a DivX support patch). I would assume that streaming from an external drive would be the same as streaming from a media center PC. If anyone can try, though, we'd all be grateful.  :)

I wonder, also, if one could save the backwards compatability updates to the USB HDD and download them to the 360? It'd be nice to snag those from xbox.com and upgrade all at once instead of having to play miscellaneous xbox games waiting for an update, or the latest Xbox Magazine demo disc...
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2006, 08:10:44 pm »
My only concern about the streaming video isn't the codecs per se, it's the fact I have my PC networked to my xbox 360 and since I don't have the media center XP I can't stream video.

That makes me wonder if an external HDD can, since it obviously wont be running any special software.

I'll see if I can't google something up while I'm at work.
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2006, 08:13:18 pm »
Quote from: Drakonis on October 25, 2006, 08:10:44 pm
My only concern about the streaming video isn't the codecs per se, it's the fact I have my PC networked to my xbox 360 and since I don't have the media center XP I can't stream video.


Yay, that makes me sad :( but some modders are workin on that issue, I'll tell ya if when I hear about it.

External HDD + 360 Streamin = Really Good Idea though...
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2006, 05:26:21 pm »
Quote from: Drakonis on October 25, 2006, 08:10:44 pm
My only concern about the streaming video isn't the codecs per se, it's the fact I have my PC networked to my xbox 360 and since I don't have the media center XP I can't stream video.

That makes me wonder if an external HDD can, since it obviously wont be running any special software.

Hmm. Forgot about that. =/ Can't stream any video whatsoever?

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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #23 on: October 26, 2006, 08:33:03 pm »
Quote from: Harvey McRyanpants on October 26, 2006, 05:26:21 pm
Quote from: Drakonis on October 25, 2006, 08:10:44 pm
My only concern about the streaming video isn't the codecs per se, it's the fact I have my PC networked to my xbox 360 and since I don't have the media center XP I can't stream video.

That makes me wonder if an external HDD can, since it obviously wont be running any special software.

Hmm. Forgot about that. =/ Can't stream any video whatsoever?



What problems Microsoft doens't solve modders will, go to http://www.xbox-scene.com
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #24 on: October 26, 2006, 09:55:36 pm »
Quote from: Harvey McRyanpants on October 26, 2006, 05:26:21 pm
Quote from: Drakonis on October 25, 2006, 08:10:44 pm
My only concern about the streaming video isn't the codecs per se, it's the fact I have my PC networked to my xbox 360 and since I don't have the media center XP I can't stream video.

That makes me wonder if an external HDD can, since it obviously wont be running any special software.

Hmm. Forgot about that. =/ Can't stream any video whatsoever?



Nope. Not without Media Center (or assumably vista, but i'm unsure)
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #25 on: October 27, 2006, 09:05:45 pm »
Quote from: Drakonis on October 26, 2006, 09:55:36 pm
Quote from: Harvey McRyanpants on October 26, 2006, 05:26:21 pm
Quote from: Drakonis on October 25, 2006, 08:10:44 pm
My only concern about the streaming video isn't the codecs per se, it's the fact I have my PC networked to my xbox 360 and since I don't have the media center XP I can't stream video.

That makes me wonder if an external HDD can, since it obviously wont be running any special software.

Ya no video streamin, still wiating for word from my friend (who is a head moderator of Xbox-scene) and he'll tell me the news on HDD ideas and ways around the media center issue.

Hmm. Forgot about that. =/ Can't stream any video whatsoever?



Nope. Not without Media Center (or assumably vista, but i'm unsure)
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #26 on: October 28, 2006, 02:53:04 pm »
You can't play videos on a 360 off a usb hardrive. I've tried it, the 360 reads music and pictures, but not videos. Maybe in the future, eh?
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #27 on: October 29, 2006, 04:37:29 am »
Well, that sucks.
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #28 on: October 30, 2006, 06:38:15 am »
My friend is beta testing a stream "fix" but it will still be some time..... I'll keep you informed.
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Re: Modded Xbox Thread
« Reply #29 on: October 30, 2006, 09:10:06 pm »
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