Wil het toch even noemen, want volgens mee is er geen betere optie voor rond de 200 euro dan de Xbox, om als compleet multimedia centre te dienen.....
als er nieuwe codecs komen voor whatever, is het puur een kwestie van effe updaten.....
als je even wacht tot de kerst, dan kost de Xbox waarschijnlijk rond de 150 euro...modchippie erbij + dvd remote, en je bent een goede 200 euro kwijt....
momenteel is er ook de ontwikkeling van Xbox Media Centre..... is al een tijdje bezig, paralell aan het xbmp project, en begint ook eindelijk ergens op te lijken...helaas nog niet zo stabiel...
xbmp is wel stabiel
meer info:
http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de
Hier een overzicht van wat xbmp op dit moment kan...
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The XboxMediaPlayer Project:
XboxMediaPlayer is a free open source (GPL) multimedia player for the Xbox™ from Microsoft. Currently the XboxMediaPlayer can be used to play and view most video/audio/picture formats such as MPEG/MPG, VOB, AVI, OGM, DivX, XVID, MP3, OGG, JPG, GIF and more direct from a CD/DVD in the DVD-ROM or of the Xbox™ build-in hard disk drive, it can also play files over a network (LAN) from a PC via an "XStream Server" application or from a Windows (SMB) share. It has playlist + slideshow functions, and ability to funcion as a full replacement Xbox™ dashboard. These and more features enables the Xbox™ running XboxMediaPlayer (also known as "Xbox Media Player", "XBMP" & "XBPLAYER") to fully function as a multi-media jukebox.
Note! XBMP is a hobby project that is only developed by volenteers in their spare-time for free.
(Remember, a normal Xbox™ requires a mod-chip installed for XboxMediaPlayer to run on it).
XboxMediaPlayer 2.4 point release source code supports the following:
Supported input formats and devices:
- Read files directly from CD, VCD or DVD** media in the Xbox's DVD-ROM drive***
(Support CD/DVD formats: ISO 9660 - Mode1/2/XA, UDF 1.02 and XDVDFS/CDX)****
- Read files directly from the Xbox's build-in hard drive***** (copy to HDD via FTP)
- Stream files from a computer over a local network via XNS, XBMSP or SMB
- Fully control XboxMediaPlayer and its features via Xbox™ DVD Remote******
- Alternativly control XboxMediaPlayer and its features via Xbox™ controller
Supported output formats and devices:
- TV-output: NTSC (America/Asia) and PAL (Europe/Africa) and HDTV
- NTSC playback on PAL Xbox/TV and PAL playback on NTSC Xbox/TV
- HDTV 720p & 1080i support (multiple resolutions & progressive scan)*
- VGA is also possible via third-party adapters or hacked Xbox BIOS's
Supported file/container formats:
- SVCD and VCD (Video CD) (SVCD/VCD menu's are not supported yet)
- DVD disk directly from Xbox DVD-ROM (native DVD menu's are only partialy working)*
- MPEG, MPG formats (incuding S/VCD's *.da and *.bin and DVD's *.vob)
- RIFF AVI (AVI 1.0) file format (OpenDML AVI's are not yet supported)
- Microsoft ASF/ASX/WMV/WMA formats
- QuickTime QT/MOV format
- MP2, MP3 and WAV format
- RealMedia (RealVideo) RM format
- OGG and OGM format
- Matroska (матрёшка) MKV
- VIVO (*.viv) format
- Theora Video (VP3/SVQ3) format
- PVA format
- NuppelVideo format
- FLI format
- M3U audio and video playlists from DVD-ROM, HDD, XNS, XBMSP or SMB
Supported video/audio codecs and picture formats:
- MPEG-1 (VCD/MPG) and MPEG-2 (SVCD/MPEG/DVD/VOB/DV) video
- DivX;-) 3.11, OpenDivX 4.0, DivX 5.03, XviD, and BivX
- Windows Media Video v7, v8 and v9 (MSMpeg4/WMV v1, v2 & v3)
- RealVideo 1.0 and RealVideo 2.0 (G2)
- QuickTime 6.0 video (video only, no audio yet)
- Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3) QuickTime video
- Theora Video (VP3/SVQ3) video
- AVC - Advanced Video Coding (H.264)
- Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 (Indeo3)
- NuppelVideo (NUV)
- VIVO 1.0 and 2.0 (VIV)
- Autodesk FLI and FLC Animation
- WAV and PCM audio format
- MP3 (MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3) audio
- OGG (Ogg Vorbis audio codec)
- WMA - Windows Media Audio v1 and v2 (WMA1/2 / DivX Audio v1/v2)
- WMA - Windows Media Audio v9 (WMA9) (via WMV9 DLL's)
- AC3 (Dolby Digital 5.1) audio in video (SP/DIF AC3 output or software)
- AAC - Advanced Audio Coding (MPEG-4 audio) in video
- BMP picture/image
- JPG/JPEG picture/image
- GIF picture/image
- PNG picture/image
- TIF/TIFF picture/image
- TGA picture/image
- PCX picture/image
- ICO picture/image
Features available for video playback:
- Full-screen playback of all supported audio formats via a TV
- Controllable via either Xbox™ DVD Remote or Xbox™ controller
- Selectable options from Control Panel or OSD (On Screen Display)
- FFWD/RWD seeking and PAUSE in AVI/OGM/MKV/MPEG/MPG media
- DVD video playback*** with menus (high-light and still do not work)*
- Subtitle support (MicroDVD, srt, smi, vplayer, rt, ssa, aqt, sub, jss, mpl & VobSub)
- Support for compressed (rar) VobSub subtitles (Small files only, aprox 4MB & less)
- International subtitle fonts (manually exchangeable using TTF fonts)
- M3U video playlists from DVD-ROM, HDD, XNS, XBMSP or SMB (inc. create/save)
- Video bookmarking (so can resume a movie later, even after reboot)
- IMDb information (The Internet Movie Database) for movie info & tumbnails
- Extract IMDb URL & info from .nfo file (if selected in My Videos)
- Optional media file and folder tumbnails for easy localization
- Stack multi-file videos option, plays files ending with _CDx or -CDx as one
- Switch between multiple audio streams/tracks in AVI, OGM, and MKV
- Post-Processing filters for better video quality
- De-interlace filter (for interlaced video) implemented
- Auto clipping/cropping filter (for video with black letterboxes)
- Video resizing/scaling and zooming functions
- Audio amplifying & normalization filters
- AC3 (Dolby Digital 5.1) pass-through from video to SP/DIF AC3 output
- AC3 (Dolby Digital 5.1) software decoding to PCM/WAV stereo out
- Option to output mono or stereo to all 4.1 surround speakers
Features available for audio playback:
- Playback of all supported audio formats via a TV or external reciever
- Controllable via either Xbox™ DVD Remote or Xbox™ controller
- M3U audio playlists from DVD-ROM, HDD, XNS, XBMSP or SMB (inc. create/save)
- Internet Radio (SHOUTcast MP3) support (.sc & .pls native or streaming via RelaX)
- Local/native SHOUTcast recording (to MP3) onto the Xbox hard drive
- Reads ID3v1 and ID3v2 information tags from MP3's
- Audio Visualization (using Goom visual effects generator)
- FFWD/RWD seeking and PAUSE during Audio Visualization
- Optional media file and folder tumbnails for easy localization
- Option to output mono or stereo to all 4.1 surround speakers
- Audio amplifying & normalization filters
Features available for picture/image viewing:
- Controllable via either Xbox™ DVD Remote or Xbox™ controller
- Picture slideshow
- Picture tumbnails (automatically generated on demand)
- Optional folder tumbnails for easy localization
Other Graphical User Interace (GUI) options and features:
- Controllable via either Xbox™ DVD Remote or Xbox™ controller
- Full dashboard replacement mode (launch other applications and games)
- TV-Guide (XMLTV show listings, requires a PC with internet access)*
- Screensaver (black screen) on configurable timer (in config.xml)
- Language files for translated user interface (over 20 languages so far)
- Auto-detection of UDF 1.02, XDVDFS/CDX and ISO9660 - mode1/mode2/XA
- Stream video/audio/pictures directly from a ISO/BIN/IMG/ZIP files via RelaX
- International GUI fonts (manually exchangeable using TTF fonts)
- Ability to choose which categories show up in main menu (hide category/ies)
- Displays system info under Settings (Build date, free space, IP, temperature)
Other non-GUI features, functions and options:
- Command line option available when launch a XBE via shortcut (.cut)
- Auto-launch Xbox game on insert (optional enable/disable from config.xml)
- Auto-launch other application on Audio-CD insert (set XBE in "CD Player.cut")
- Auto-launch other application on DVD-movie insert (set XBE in "DVD Player.cut")
- Clock/date synchronization from a (NT SNTP) Time Server on the network/internet
- Build-in FTP Server, connect to it via a FTP client to copy files to/from Xbox HDD
- 8092Kb memory buffer for video/audio playback (can be configured in config.xml)
* = experimental, unfinished, unstable, buggy and/or limited
** = Most Xbox DVD-ROM drives are very picky with CD/DVD media disks, see FAQ
*** = XBMP does only plays encrypted DVD movie disks from the DVD-ROM drive
**** = Only the first 2048MB of ISO 9660 - Mode1/2/XA formated DVD's can be read
***** = Xbox's hard drive file-system has file & folder name/character limitations, see FAQ
****** = Only Microsoft's original Xbox™ DVD Remote is supported, not other remotes