I know I keep writing about my xbox, I promise, this will be the last entry about it for a while.
I found another great tool that can only be used on modded xboxes (requires ftp) but makes even your legitimate gaming experience sooo much better. Its called Virtual CD Ripper and basically it converts any audio you have into wmv and creates playlists for you on your xbox. What’s that mean? It means that if I’m playing Burnout 2 I can rock out to Deerhoof and Lightning Bolt instead of the shitty nu metal they insist I listen to. This is better than the xbox cd ripper for two reasons: 1) Xbox doesn’t read cd-rs, 2) You can put music you own in almost any format onto your xbox without having to burn a cdrw or having the original cd. Granted, I can certainly play music through my stereo and probably turn off the in-game music, but its just more fun to do it this way! I prefer the integrated experience. If only all games allowed you to play imported music…next up: Gamelan mania during NBA Ballers!
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I’d like to take a moment to thank The Dangerous Brothers for giving me firmware to turn my NEC ND2500A DVD Burner into a 8x Dual-Layer DVD+-R/RW MONSTER!
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My X-Box:
Xbox version 1.0 (used refurb)
Xenium Chip with Solderless Adapter Running Xenium OS 1.1
Bios:
Original Xbox Bios
Evolution X Bios M7
Dashboard:
Original Microsoft Dashboard
Evolution X Dash
Xbox Media Center (XBMC)
Hard Drive: 80 gig
Emulators:
NES
SNES
Genesis
MAME
(more to come)
All of these emulators run the games flawlessly. It is like playing the original system, and in some cases better: the genesis emulator comes with a tool to overclock the emulated cpu to cut down on slowdown in some games. In a word: Awesome!
With EVO-X and XBMC I can ftp any data I want on to my xbox hard drive, this includes roms, games, movies, videos music etc.
I no longer have to even open up the disc drive to play what I want, and with the remote control, I don’t even have to use a controller with XBMC.
XBMC is streaming movies and music from shares on my PC over 54mbs 802.11g. After a few hiccups, it now works flawlessly. I boot it up, choose my SMB shares, create playlists and go.
The modded xbox is the promise of pc/home entertainment consolidation made real. Although the xbox cost me 50 dollars, the total cost including the chip is as follows:
xbox: 50
chip: 60
controllers (2): 35 (used)
xbox remote: 15 (used)
802.11g networking equipment: 80
total $240
Wow, I should not have spent that much money. Still, it is all working beyond my greatest expectations. I would have paid just as much for a networked media device and even more for a laptop so all in all a pretty good deal. I picked up Mech Assault this weekend too. Hopefully I will be hitting up xbox live some time in the future.
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Its true: Once my semester ends and I have free time all blogging stops. I’ll be back in the swing of it soon though, so I guess that means I’ll be writing here more.
Topics I’d like to discuss, but probably won’t:
Don Delillo
Cryptonomicon
The continued modding of my x-box
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