Xbmc For Xbox - September 08th 2008 Svn Rev15452, compiled by T3CH Options

[XanTium]

XBMC for Xbox (XboxMediaCenter) SVN rev15452 build of September 08th 2008 compiled by T3CH

This is a complete snapshot of what was in SVN at the time the build was compiled, with just a few small additions:
+ Team Razorfish's MediaStream skin 0.90 [skin/MediaStream]
+ Killarny & Nuka1195 & Pike's Apple Movie Trailers (AMT) SVN pre-0.99.7 rev2276 [scripts/Apple Movie Trailers]
+ Team XBMC Lyrics 1.6.0 rev2266 SCRIPT [scripts/XBMC Lyrics]
+ Asteron's Tetris 1.1 SCRIPT [scripts/Tetris]
+ BigBellyBilly's T3CH Upgrader 1.7 SCRIPT [scripts/T3CH Upgrader]
+ Nuka1195's XBMC-Addons Installer 1.2c PLUGIN [plugins/programs/]
+ Codecs for mplayer [/system/players/mplayer/codecs/*]



Special Note From T3CH:

* Team Razorfish's MediaStream skin updated to 0.90
* I will no longer include the Win32.exe that was only meant as a skinning and python development tool. Instead I suggest you use the WIN32/SDL version based on linuxport branch. You can find more info about it here (see the sticky for download).
* If you want to report bugs, please do it the PROPER way, see http://xbmc.org/wiki/index....oper_Bug_Report

NOTEWORTHY, XML and SCRIPT CHANGES IN THIS BUILD:

Here is the FULL changelog since the September 01st 2008 SVN Rev15293 Build (last one posted on xbox-scene):

2008-09-08 15452 merged: Changes in linuxport branch up to rev 15450.
2008-09-06 15420 fixed: Ticket #4796 - error message: "No such action defined" on start up of XBMC.
2008-09-05 15404 fixed: Rss feeds weren't displaying.

INSTALL NOTES from T3CH readme/nfo:

* APPLICATION INSTALL
- Fresh Install: Transfer _whole_ XBMC folder to your APPS folder (or where you want it).
- Upgrade: Backup the XBMC\UserData folder. Transfer whole XBMC folder to Xbox. Overwrite UserData folder with your backed up copy.

* DASHBOARD INSTALL (SOFTMODS)
ARE NOT COVERED IN THIS README, SEE http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=406656

* DASHBOARD INSTALL
- Option 1. Team XBMC's shortcut tool.
It's included in the _tools folder as <<SHORTCUT by TEAM XBMC.xbe>> + <<SHORTCUT by TEAM XBMC.cfg>>.
Instructions here: http://xbmc.org/wiki/index....=As_a_Dashboard (Option 1).
Rename the <<SHORTCUT by TEAM XBMC.xbe>>+.cfg & also EDIT the .cfg so it matches your config.
See APPLICATION INSTALL above.
- Option 2. Thanks to an app called 'Team UIX's Xbe Shortcut Maker v1.0' by JbOnE, it's now easy...
Transfer contents of XBMC folder (this is VERY important since the tool is hardcoded) TO "E:\APPS\XBMC\". Rename <<SHORTCUT by TEAM UIX.xbe>> to something your bios can boot (see http://xbmc.org/wiki/index....=As_a_Dashboard or read your BIOS README) and transfer to location your mod solution boots. No need to fiddle with HOME tag anymore, and future upgrades you need not to worry about this file (unless you move XBMC).

* AN INTRODUCTION TO PLUGINS
XBMC has a system for Media plugins to allow browsing of remote content (Internet) using the regular filesystem approach.
Plugins are put inside >>XBMC/plugins/<video/music/pictures>/<< (I already do this for the one/s I include), furthermore they also need to be installed as a source in (video/music/pictures).
You do this install by using the contextmenu choice >>Add New Source<< while in ROOT list and then choosing ***Plugins as source.
Then you highlight (not select) the folder of the plugin you want to install. It will be saved inside sources.xml for future.

* WIN32 PC ENVIRONMENT INSTRUCTIONS (WIN32 FOLDER)
Good to know, this requires DirectX9 Runtimes to be installed. Also this doesn't work with all graphics cards.
You need to:
- Copy XBMC_PC.exe & 'run_me_first.bat' from win32 to XBMC folder
- Run 'run_me_first.bat'
- Run XBMC_PC.exe

* UPGRADE TIPS
If you're updating from a VERY old/bad build you may get issues. Follow these simple rules:
- Replace (FTP OVERWRITE) all files in your XBMC folder with fresh ones from your new build
- Delete old settings (from UserData/guisettings.xml)
- In some rare cases some of the database files in UserData/Database/*.db may need manual deletion (usually if they are very old). Note: This loses all per file settings you made with the old build!

INFORMATION from T3CH readme/nfo:

XBMC's online manual can be found at http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Main_Page .
Any questions or support issues, are best asked in the XBMC support forums, which are located at http://xbmc.org/forum/ , or in the official IRC support channel, #XBMC on Freenode IRC network (irc.freenode.net). (NOTE folks in #XBMC can't help with info where to find builds)


If you want other scripts (extra 3rd party components), see
- http://www.xbmcscripts.com or use the included script installer!

If you want trainers, grab them at
- http://www.google.com/search?q=xbox+trainers

The xbe has been retail patched and was built using v5849 of the XDK.

If you want to remove the startup logo, remove splash.png from the \media folder.
If you want to remove the startup sound, remove start.wav from the \skin\Project Mayhem III\sounds\ folder.

XBMC Changelog is included, see Changelog.txt

Official XBMC Website: http://xbmc.org
Official T3CH Website: http://t3ch.yi.se

[R111]

Again, big thanks for the build..

[Bloodfin]

Very nice!

I must question one thing. Does anyone that helps with these builds actually ever use the plugins? They dont ever work so I wonder why they are still added in.

[alexh]

Which Plugins?

[Bloodfin]

Well put it this way the only one I got to work was the AOL one.

[uwer]

Well put it this way the only one I got to work was the AOL one.

XBMC Forum

They do work. On XBOX, anyway, which is my "workhorse" platform. Some older plugins might not be working on Linux or Windows, something has recently been changed in the way plugins access their resources. Different systems handle their pathnames in a different way. To make plugins and scripts compatible with all platforms, new methods had to be added.

HTH, uwer

[Bloodfin]

Have you actually tried them lately?


I find it hard to believe that one works and doing the same exact thing to try to get the others to work has no good results.


The plug-ins show up but when I select something I wanna watch nothing happens at all.

[hasselhof]

Hi,

thanks for another solid build, everything fine at this end

[llindeen]

When is the final stable release going to be released? How much longer will XBMC continue to be developed considering the scarcity of xbox1 hardware?

[bobpep]

Xbox 1 hardware is quite plentiful in North America..XBMC rocks!!

[dokworm]

Have you actually tried them lately?
I find it hard to believe that one works and doing the same exact thing to try to get the others to work has no good results.
The plug-ins show up but when I select something I wanna watch nothing happens at all.

Give us some specifics so we can test it.

i.e. Post the name and version of the plugin that doesn't work (just pick one to start with) and your method of running it and exactly what happens.

e.g.

The plugin XOOM ve 2.35 doesn't work, I select it from MENU ITEM X with the xbox remote and it displays 'Please Wait' and then goes to a black screen. Pressing Back gets me back to the menu, but pressing any other combination of keys does nothing

The above is ficticious, but post something like that with some details and we can test and fix as required.

[ZakMcRofl]

I dunno if its my change or if one the builds is faulty but ever since I updated the 09-01 and now 09-08 the videos->library mode only shows my serie's.
Isn't it supposed to show movies too? Did I set a wrong standard view and if yes, how can I unset it?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Bloodfin]

Give us some specifics so we can test it.

i.e. Post the name and version of the plugin that doesn't work (just pick one to start with) and your method of running it and exactly what happens.

e.g.
The above is ficticious, but post something like that with some details and we can test and fix as required.

All but the AOL plugins with the latest build as well as the one before do not work.

For example, Ninja video. I run it as told so the plugin itself ( just like the video posted in that link you put up ) shows up in my "Videos" ( that is the way I have been doing my plugins for quite sometime) I then click on it and it takes me to a screen where I select different genre of video ie. Anime,... Movie,...etc...etc. I then select any category and it brings me to a screen with different titles. I select a title and it does absolutely nothing.


I'm not being rude or at least don't want to be but this is old news. With every build I have at least 65% or more of the plugins not working. Whats the point of these plugins when they don't work?


I do fresh builds so its not a user issue. Within the first few builds I got my hands on I figured out they dont ever work ( well at least most of them ) so plugins have become one of the first things I have been testing or trying to setup.

[0794]

When is the final stable release going to be released? How much longer will XBMC continue to be developed considering the scarcity of xbox1 hardware?

no need for "stable" releases as they all work very very well. also original xboxes are all over ebay (and my house) and I use XBMC daily for my TV shows.

thanks for another fantastic release!

[xRaVeNx]

When I try to play some movies that I have transferred after the update, it will become frozen, or I'm not able to fast-forward it. This doesn't affect movies that were FTPed before I did the update. Movies will play fine on the computer. And it is FTPed 100%.

Could be the fact, that I updated my XBMC, which is also my dash, while it was running...but still...also my games are affected that I FTPed...they just restart XBMC

This post has been edited by xRaVeNx: Sep 11 2008, 01:00 AM