Topic: Ms Dash Dvd Region Free Patcher. (Read 30 times)

total_ass · « **on:** July 26, 2004, 04:43:00 AM »

At the 'usual places' under apps, dashboards, and dashboard patchers, there is an iso that when you put in your xbox it patches the ms dash to make it region free. When i try to run it it just crashes, i assume this is because the ms dash has been renamed and the fonts have been moved. So is hex editing going to solve it?

adil786 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 26, 2004, 05:01:00 AM »

total_ass · « **Reply #2 on:** July 26, 2004, 05:02:00 AM »

yeah i know, but pbl lets you play games from other regions anyway.

EDIT: In the PC section of 'the usual places'

I found a utility that patches the MS dash, but on the PC as opposed to the XBOX, and it allows you to select the file, so that solves the problem of the renamed dash. But what i want to know is if the moved fonts will cause a problem, or is it likely to not bother with them?

adil786 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 26, 2004, 05:44:00 AM »

total_ass · « **Reply #4 on:** July 26, 2004, 07:59:00 AM »

yeah but i don't wanna mess up my MS dash.

edit again: i found this in the readme file of the pc patcher.

Q - Can i use other patch (eg. Progressive scan, bluedash ...) with this one ?
A - You can as long as the other patch do not alter the DVD region check code !

now i don't think when ldots edited the ms dash to find the new fonts he changed the dvd region check part of the code, so theoretically it should work, shouldn't it?

yes i know your response 'just try it', well im gonna.

This post has been edited by total_ass: Jul 26 2004, 03:01 PM

adil786 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 26, 2004, 08:52:00 AM »

total_ass · « **Reply #6 on:** July 26, 2004, 09:07:00 AM »

ok i tried it, and it does believe it or not work. However for some reason if i put dvd in when the MS dash is loaded it loads my default dash up, i have to put the dvd in then select MS dash, no biggy.

Now this brings me onto a much much bigger topic. When i play an NTSC dvd on my PAL xbox, no matter what method i use (XBMC, MS dash, DVDx2 etc) it ALWAYS stutters ever few seconds. I don't think its a player issue, but something is causing it. Like i said no matter what player i use it always stutters. Now i have no idea what could be causing this, can someone help me?

Could it be?

1.) An eeprom issue? (May i have to change my region to NTSC for it to work properly?)

2.) My video output (I keep my video output to PAL when i play NTSC dvds because my tv isn't expensive enough to be mult-region)

3.) A drive issue (Don't ask me how, but could it struggle with Region 1 DVDs?)

This is something that one of the experts must be able to solve being as it is related to region specifics and not DVD playback. I would like it to be solved please because some of my favourite films (or movies for the americans) are imports.

krayzie · « **Reply #7 on:** July 26, 2004, 09:53:00 AM »

maybe the region free patch isn't working well. You could try putting the video output to ntsc (if your tv doesn't support it it should leave you with a black&white screen) and see if the stuttering is gone. If it is it must be eeprom/region related.
Also why don't you look in some other forum as this isn't related to exploits very much. Maybe you could look for your answer there

total_ass · « **Reply #8 on:** July 26, 2004, 09:59:00 AM »

I was unsure about which forum it should go in, and i thought it may have been eeprom related. You guys know lots about eeproms and such so i thought you may be able to help.
I don't think it is the patch causing it as XBMC and DVDx2 which are already multiregion have the same effect. I will try changing my video output and will ask in another forum.

adil786 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 26, 2004, 10:26:00 AM »

total_ass · « **Reply #10 on:** July 26, 2004, 10:36:00 AM »

ok then utilities forum it is. thanks guys.

adil786 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 26, 2004, 01:25:00 PM »

Angerwound · « **Reply #12 on:** July 26, 2004, 01:27:00 PM »

I'll move the thread for you.

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