March 9th 2004 unofficial build of Xbox Media Center (XBMC)
Installation notes:
If you have used XBMC before, delete ALL contents of the XBMC directory on your
xbox, except any xml files you have changed, and upload the files in this package.
(This build comes with only ONE skin and does not work with the skins provided
in the 2004-02-12 build. You can install this build into another directory and
keep your 2004-02-12 installation if you wish)
The settings you can change on-screen are stored in /E/TDATA/0face008/settings.xml.
It is not necessary to delete this file when upgrading, your old settings will be
imported. The only reason you may want to edit or delete this file is if XBMC isn't
launching (check the xbmc.log file if XBMC does not start).
The default.xbe is retail-patched in this build in order to work with old modchips.
See keymapping.txt for the default button mappings (edit keymap.xml to change them).
See bugs.txt for currently known bugs and the todo list.
(to submit patches for any bugs, see
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmc)
XBMC's built-in FTP and HTTP servers can be enabled in Settings -> General.
XBMC needs to be restarted when you switch them on the first time.
Note that you need to enable Dolby Digital and DTS in the MS dashboard if you want
to use the AC3 passthrough feature in XBMC (Settings -> Music).
The most recommended network streaming method is SAMBA (Windows filesharing), it
is fastest and stable.
To configure Stream Servers and other options, edit XboxMediaCenter.xml in the XBMC
directory (see examples below). Restarting is required for any changes to take effect.
For SMB:
smb://DOMAIN;username:pwd@server_ip_add ... me/dirname"DOMAIN" is the same as your Windows workgroup name (this can usually be omitted),
the following formats may also work depending on your SMB server:
smb://username:pwd@server.ip.address/sharename or
smb://username:pwd@server.ip.addressif guest/public access is enabled:
smb://server.ip.addressFor ccXStream and other XBMSP type stream servers:
xmbs://ip:port/ or
xbms://ip:port/sharename(a GUI for ccxstream.exe can be downloaded from the above sourceforge url)
For Relax, XBMS 0.30.6.2 / xBmsx and other XNS type stream servers (not recommended):
xns://ip:port/ or
xns://ip:port/directory(the $ROOT syntax from XBMP will not work)
For Python scripting support, extract python.rar (included in the 02-12 build) into
the XBMC folder so that you have scripts/ and python/ subdirectories. You do not need
to upload the files from python.rar if you do not need Python scripting support.
new in 2004-03-09 build:
Only 1 default skin is included in this build (Xbox Media Experience).
Old skins from the 02-12 build will NOT work, you must delete
them or install this build into another directory.
added: Ability to passthrough any 48KHz stereo audio to an external decoder
added: Ability to take screenshots (click left thumbstick)
added: All-new OSD while playing videos, including brightness/contrast/gamma settings
added: Compressed textures. Much faster skin loading and menu navigation
added: Hardware YV12 to RGB converter for movie playback, greatly reduces CPU load
added: OpenDMLv2.0 avi support
added: Playback of Tivo (.ty) files
added: Playback of internet video streams (using .strm files containing stream URLs)
added: Playback of shoutcast audio streams (using .pls files)
added: SmartXX LCD display support
added: Support for playing MOD, S3M, XM and other tracker formats as well as SIDs (experimental)
added: Video playlists. Y/0 to add to playlist, black/title to switch to playlist view.
changed: Controller + remote button mapping. Display on remote = toggle fullscreen/menu.
A = pause, B = stop, Y = OSD. Check keymapping.txt/pdf for full details.
new in 2004-02-12 build:
added: 8 updated skins are included in this build:
Project Mayhem, HiFi, Retro, BlackBlue, lixxbox, MediaCenter (default), Media Center (alternative), FlatStyle
added: DHCP support in dash mode (see xboxmediacenter.xml)
added: XBMC now logs to xbmc.log when starting up. Helps finding those installation problems...
added: my music: ff/rw for audio files
added: my pictures: large icons view
added: my videos: ability to set bookmarks in OSD
added: my videos: imdb thumbnails are now stored in thumbs\imdb by using IMDB numbers
added: my videos: large icons view
added: my videos: manual IMDB lookup button, lets you enter a movie name with the on-screen keyboard
added: my videos: nocache option in OSD for badly interleaved files
added: my videos: option to specify an external dvd player (see xboxmediacenter.xml)
added: my videos: replay tv patch from sourceforge (untested)
added: my videos: separate section in keymap.xml for controlling the OSD
added: my videos: support for OpenDML avi files
added: my videos: support for video streaming (ogm,avi,mpg) via .pls files
added: my videos: view by title (when using video database)
added: my videos: viewing IMDB info of movies in your database now lets you set a DVD number
added: my weather (configure your area code in xboxmediacenter.xml) (thx to mynci)
added: settings: ac3 passthrough split into 2 seperate options. One for stereo AC3 and one for multichannel AC3
fixed: mono audio playback was broken
fixed: my videos: ac3 passthru fixes (some users experienced choppy playback)
fixed: my videos: fast-forward / rewind improvements
fixed: my videos: movies without audio played too fast
fixed: my videos: short movie names disappeared when using filestacking
fixed: my videos: yet more sync fixes
fixed: smb leaving open sessions
updated: my music: further scan speedup
updated: my videos: default setting for postprocessing is off (results in better quality with current mplayer code)
updated: my videos: mplayer.dll to XVID codec 1.0 RC2 Jambo
updated: smb name resolving and share browsing speeded up
new in 2004-02-01 build:
fixed: a/v sync issues (we call it SuperSync (tm) technology
fixed: some IMDB lookup issues
added: 128x128 thumbnails for skins
added: matrix trails screensaver and settings screen
added: my video: folder.jpg thumbnail support
added: my video: movie file stacking (stack/unstack buttons)
added: my video: movie database with genres like music database
added: my video: direct seeking in video by entering 4-digit timecode with remote
added: my video: fast forward/rewind (alpha)
added: my programs: directory flattening
added: my pictures: recursive picture slideshow
updated: various language files
updated: my music: scan speed greatly improved
updated: my video: mplayer.dll synced with latest mplayer cvs code (incl. xvid rc1)
updated: up to date skins included in this build are MediaCenter (default), HiFi, Retro, lixxbox
updated: optimized buffering and disk I/O in ftp server. Peak transfer speeds: 11mb/s down, 10mb/s up
new in 2004-01-15 build:
11-01-04 added: Updated skins included in this build are MediaCenter (default), HiFi, Retro, Lixxbox
11-01-04 added: XBMC now works as dash (set
in XboxMediaCenter.xml and put xbe+xml in C:)
12-01-04 added: Allow user to specify if they are using digital or analog sound output (important for a/v sync)
11-01-04 added: Screensaver (new option in xboxmediacenter.xml)
11-01-04 added: Framerate conversion on/off setting now available through OSD
11-01-04 added: Czech, Polish, Icelandic menu language files. Updated French language file
01-13-04 added: Showing "Various Artists" in album view, if album has different artists (need reorg for current albums)
11-01-04 fixed: Files over 2gb in size can now be accessed via SMB (so you can stream those 4.5gig DVDR .img files)
01-13-04 fixed: pop-ups "insert DVD" etc. were sometimes shown when browsing directories on HD
11-01-04 fixed: Hang when pressing X to return to menu while playing video and when a dialog box was up
11-01-04 fixed: IMDB lookup (white button or Info on remote) now works again
11-01-04 fixed: subtitles were not in sync with frame rate conversion enabled
01-13-04 changed: my music scanning and directory reading speed increased
11-01-04 updated: mplayer.dll synced with latest mplayer cvs
new in 2004-01-07 build:
07-01-04 added: new skin - now comes with MediaCenter (default), HiFi and Retro
another nice new skin available on http://www.allxboxskins.com: LixxBox (missing My Music screen currently)
05-01-04 added: shoutcast station downloader python script for XBMC (under patches on the sourceforge project page)
06-01-04 fixed: if you have no albums and you do a 'sort', XBMC hangs
06-01-04 fixed: crash when adding directory with .nfo file to playlist
06-01-04 fixed: my music songs, record button couldn't get focus
06-01-04 fixed: reorg my music database remote file reading and improved error handling
06-01-04 fixed: samba crashes and open sessions / files, better handling of special characters in filenames
07-01-04 updated: danish langfile
new in 2004-01-02 build:
02-01-04 added: samba 3.0.1 client (note, syntax for samba shares has changed, see xboxmediacenter.xml)
01-01-04 updated: make shuffle more random
