Full Version: Linux On The 360 In General
ok im looking into running Linux on my 360 what can i do with it when i get it booted because i am a member of the Folding @ home project and i was wondering what running linux on my 360 enable me to do?
QUOTE(thecryptkeeper @ Oct 8 2007, 03:26 PM) 
ok im looking into running Linux on my 360 what can i do with it when i get it booted because i am a member of the Folding @ home project and i was wondering what running linux on my 360 enable me to do?
pretty much any tool if its compiled to run on PPC...
no sound yet thro..
i was wondering the same thing. i've never used linux before, but i have my 360 modded. i'm just wondering what types of things people ahve been able to do with it. i read that mame works, how about all the other emus out there?
is there a way to run a minimal version of linux and an x86 emulator on one core, xp on the the other two cores like a normal 3.2 ghz dual core computer?
QUOTE(clousr @ Jan 19 2008, 08:26 PM)
is there a way to run a minimal version of linux and an x86 emulator on one core, xp on the the other two cores like a normal 3.2 ghz dual core computer?
look up tinyxp.
QUOTE(jbaruch76 @ Jan 17 2008, 08:20 PM)
i was wondering the same thing. i've never used linux before, but i have my 360 modded. i'm just wondering what types of things people ahve been able to do with it. i read that mame works, how about all the other emus out there?
mythtv works.
Ok a list of software that i have tried,
i do have an USB sound stick, and you will need it to most of the programs.. Or wait untill tmbinc's has completed the onboard sound driver.
what works:
* mythtv +addons (you do need to disable deinterlace to be able to use mythvideo!)
* Scummvm
* Xmame
* Xmess
* Xbox360 controller usb+wireless
* firefox etc..
*...
We are looking for somebody who can PORT the XBMC for linux to PowerPC code, for example there is X86 ASM code in XBMC && there are some x86 only code in it(__stdcall for example)
i do have an USB sound stick, and you will need it to most of the programs.. Or wait untill tmbinc's has completed the onboard sound driver.
what works:
* mythtv +addons (you do need to disable deinterlace to be able to use mythvideo!)
* Scummvm
* Xmame
* Xmess
* Xbox360 controller usb+wireless
* firefox etc..
*...
We are looking for somebody who can PORT the XBMC for linux to PowerPC code, for example there is X86 ASM code in XBMC && there are some x86 only code in it(__stdcall for example)
QEMU also works (Virtualization software) althought extremely slow emulating an X86 processor.
I tried to virtualize windows XP and it took 3-5 hours to install. I gave up on it because it was way to slow to be usable.
I tried to virtualize windows XP and it took 3-5 hours to install. I gave up on it because it was way to slow to be usable.
You might as well forget trying to use virtualization software since windows will still run very very slow that its just not worth it..
I think that our 2 main priorities are to port XBMC to linux for PPC so it can run on a 360 and to get sound working on the 360 through linux [creating the drivers which i understand is already being worked on]
@ICEKiller, does VLC Media player work because you could just use that to play all your video files or has it not been ported to a PPC system?
I think that our 2 main priorities are to port XBMC to linux for PPC so it can run on a 360 and to get sound working on the 360 through linux [creating the drivers which i understand is already being worked on]
@ICEKiller, does VLC Media player work because you could just use that to play all your video files or has it not been ported to a PPC system?
Forget that i just asked that.
I found MPlayer which is:
MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies..
So really it is like on par with vlc and has a ppc port of it too.!!!
Could someone try it on their 360 and maybe even try playing some 720p mkv x264 vids???
that would be great..
I found MPlayer which is:
MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies..
So really it is like on par with vlc and has a ppc port of it too.!!!
Could someone try it on their 360 and maybe even try playing some 720p mkv x264 vids???
that would be great..
QUOTE(IId3fi13rII @ Feb 25 2008, 09:03 PM)
Forget that i just asked that.
I found MPlayer which is:
MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies..
So really it is like on par with vlc and has a ppc port of it too.!!!
Could someone try it on their 360 and maybe even try playing some 720p mkv x264 vids???
that would be great..
yeah i can play 720p haven't tried x264 ..
hm it would run smoother if we found a kernel hacker who would (and can) hack the kernel so that the vid buffer can use cached memory instead of uncached (20mbits again't 2gbit orsomething..)
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