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[WiSo]

Ok, I'll think of a solution. We've to narrow where dvd2xbox should search for applications. I'll suggest the dumpdirs only with no recursive search. I dunno how long it takes to scan the size of all dirs so this could take time. what about other folders ? Should they be handled seperately ? Give me some wishes :-)

[jigga3stix]

QUOTE (slizzap @ Nov 7 2003, 05:22 AM)

... feasible. I mean how long would it take to scan 50 directories? ...

i haven't timed it, but from recent (although weeded) memory, it takes boxplorer around a half a minute to scan my 60+ directories on the f drive, which is about 98 gigs big right now...  maybe to make this process faster, the program could scan any 'new' directories and store them in an .ini file or whatever... and if the user thinks that this directory size has changed since last update, they can maybe click on that directory for refreshing.  the first time it's accessed would take the whole 30 seconds but after that should only take 3-4 seconds max each time to update (add new directories and remove ones that no longer exist).

what do u all think?

[Slackin]

Great app bud, thx for the hard work.
-Slackin

[heinrich]

Great new release WiSo

would mind sharing what xdk & vs versions you are currently using?  Having a few problems compiling from source.

[WiSo]

What for problems do you have ?
I use .Net 7.0 and 5569 I think. It's the june xdk. You need to have a copy of the xdk common folder beside the dvd2xbox folder.

[KANE79]

I'd like to be able to specify the name of the folder a game or audio CD will be copied to. Auto-detecting from the .XBE should be kept, but let us then edit that if desired. Also for music it's handy if you do a few discs at a time and don't want to lose track of what's what.

[WiSo]

The first request is implemented in 0.5.1 but I don't get the second one !?

[KANE79]

QUOTE (Rob3121 @ Nov 3 2003, 12:14 PM)

The option for Dvd2Xbox to delete the Dashupdate.xbe and Downloader.xbe at the end of the copy (or maybe an option in the xml file).  There is no point in having these files if you are playing a backed copy of your game off the hard drive bacuse you cannot go on live w/o a retail BIOS.  I always remove these xbe files so I (or someone else) does not access them in the game.

So they're not needed and safe to remove? I don't plan on ever using my modded XBOX to [try to] access Live...

[WiSo]

QUOTE (KANE79 @ Nov 19 2003, 10:55 PM)

So all I want is to be able to edit the pre-generated directory name that DVD2XBOX gives me.

You have two options:
1) use dvd2xbox 0.5.1. it has a virtual keyboard implemented to rename folders.
2) enable the network. CDDA rips get then the name stored in the freedb.

[KANE79]

QUOTE (WiSo @ Nov 20 2003, 05:58 PM)

You have two options: 1) use dvd2xbox 0.5.1. it has a virtual keyboard implemented to rename folders.

Yeah I tried it out last night and it works nicely, though it'd be handy if we could delete, backspace, move left or right via the controller...

[XDelusion]

This Tool desparatly needs a MOVE feature rather than just COPY. With the Drop down menu, it is 1 step away from replacing XCOPY for me.

Oh ya, a verify choice window would be a nice touch too, so you don't mistakenly delete stuff


Edit: Oh and a way to see how much space files and folders are taking on the hard drive would be nice! .

[WiSo]

But I try to do my best to get work on all systems. If there is an issue which is related to a specific group (like the 11mb issue) it's alot easier to find a workaround.

Supplemental: Right now I'm the only one who develops on dvd2xbox. It would be great if there are other DEVs with other system/dash/bios combination who could help me with the stuff.  

[richy_2k]

Thanks for the reply, I fully appreciate the work involved in making this application.  I don't know much about programming Xbox Apps so I don't know how easy it would be to pin point bugs but I do understand how different apps and games can be affected by different bioses and dashes, so I can see your problem.

Thanks for the great app, it does its job well and my opinion is that adding all sorts of features to it, such as on the fly video encoding and whatever else has been requested is pointless.  If you want to do that sort of stuff do it on your PC.  You can't rip Xbox games on your PC which is why this app is needed and what it is good at.

Thanks,

Richy