hey

whenever i try to play a dvd through xbmp2.3 it takes me to the ms dashboard and informs me that i need to buy the remote kit as i dont have one

how would i fix this?

gfk

get dvdx2

Or you can use dvd2xbox to rip the DVD to the HDD and then (with multi-stacking turned on) watch them in XBMP. Note: a DVD is roughly 9gb.

well i have dvdx2 already but im thinking on getting x2vga box and i read that dvdx2 wouldnt work proper due to res issues i think and the only way is to watch dvd is through xbmp
so i thought ill try and fix this problem

also i have a standard xbox hard drive aswell which is close to filling up (crap )

anyways thanks ill take it that i cant fix this problem?

cheers
gfk

to get it to play dvds through dvdx rather than msdash you have to change the evox.ini in the top few lines so it says dvdplayer=e:appsdvdxdefault.xbe or something like that. follow the example of the audio player which points to msdash.

cool thanks
but i still want to fix this so i know that i can watch dvds on my monitor when i get my vga box for my xbox
because i have heard that dvd2x doesnt work on a monitor for some reason

is dvdx2 a progressive player?

gfk

QUOTE (gfk @ Aug 31 2003, 01:12 PM)

cool thanks but i still want to fix this so i know that i can watch dvds on my monitor when i get my vga box for my xbox because i have heard that dvd2x doesnt work on a monitor for some reason is dvdx2 a progressive player? gfk

You can use DVDx2 as your default DVD player. Just edit the DVD Player.cut file on c:

it probably reads: <path>Harddisk0Partition2hackdash.xbe</path>
and/or config.xbm : <dvdplayer>c:xboxdash.xbe</dvdplayer>

change it to the location where DVD2x is located. and replace it with default.xbe

To play movies in progressive scan with DVD2x (or org. ms dashboard) you have to patch it. Beware of the croma bug! clearly visible with the Xbox.

yeah i know about the croma bug makes things look wank
is there away to fix it?

anyways i have dvdx2 on but im just trying out xbmp dvd capabilities to see how good it does

thanks anyways
gfk

The answer is in the xbmp xml config file.... i accidently passed this over my self..

<!-- Enable to auto-launch other app(xbe) upon DVD/CD insert -->
<!-- DVD Player.cut & CD Player must be configured correctly -->
<autolaunchdvd>true</autolaunchdvd>
<dvdplayer>c:xboxdash.xbe</dvdplayer>(changed to blahblahDVDXdefault.xbe


and if im wrong then its valuable information for the next newbie with xbmp 2.4+


Ok I changed it to the correct setting...And I have it set on autolaunch dvd.... it goes like it wants to play and then goes back to the dash(evo).... you can select the dvdx program from there....is that suppose to happen....or is xbmp suppose to load dvdx automatically with out rebooting back to dash(evo) and having to manaully select it..????

cheers majin buu

i saw this but didnt want to mess with it i guess this answered my problem
i thought that xbmp had their own dvd decoder thing whatever rather than using the dashboard or dvdx2

thanks
gfk

XBMP can only play non-encrypted VOB files. Which means almost all retail DVDs are out of the question, you'll have to use MS Dash or DVDx2 for those.

QUOTE (cerbero @ Sep 2 2003, 04:32 AM)

XBMP can only play non-encrypted VOB files. Which means almost all retail DVDs are out of the question, you'll have to use MS Dash or DVDx2 for those.

Yes....I ripped the dvd using dvddecrypter and burnt it with InstantCopy but it still goes to the evo dash...I will test it later with autoplay off and do some searching

QUOTE (cerbero @ Sep 2 2003, 08:32 AM)

XBMP can only play non-encrypted VOB files. Which means almost all retail DVDs are out of the question, you'll have to use MS Dash or DVDx2 for those.

thanks for telling me that
i didnt know that i thought xbmp played retail dvdvs

also can anyone show me how to patch the dvdx2 so it will play progressively?

gfk

So Torro where you successful in getting a non-retail dvd to play in xbmp and how did you do it. I am figuring that instead of setting the xml file to look for dvd2 ill just leave it blank or something.... but any advice is helpful