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[GomerPyle]

Absoluteley I can confirm this heres how: when i switch to 720P and 1080i my HDTVs signal says the format that it is displaying now there can only be 2 possible explanations for this- My Direct View HDTV is doing the upconverting or the APP is doing it! Definetley not the TV!

[trippy0517]

gomer you got any ideas why mine wont work ?
i got the newest version of xbmc-2004-02-01, i got the dvd play back kit , i got a brand new sony lcd tv whcih can do 1080i and 720p cause i play the xbox games in 720p and ive never touched the standard dvd drive to upgrade to toshiba or samsung to be able to play cdrs   so i dunno why im not getting a signal at all from a dvd through xbmc

you got any ideas ?

[:GrAnD:]

Same problem here - can't play DVDs through XBMC. Just a black screen.
DVD ISO images over network work fine, but not the original DVDs in dvd drive.
DVDX2 plays DVDs just fine.

[trippy0517]

grand i dumped the newest version of xbmc and installed this one xbmc-2004-01-15 i got vob files to boot in 720p form the xbox hdd and the boot off my dvdrom now but the picture is all screwed up im gonna mess around wtih a few more things ill lew you know if i get it work 100%  

if you got any ideas lemme know  

[Nedder]

Dvd playback works fine for me in 2004-02-01. I need a transcoder still to see if 720p/1080i works on my projector.

[Morien]

Which drive do you all have?
There is a known bug with the Samsung drives which hasn't been gotten around yet, however this doesn't affect all drives it would seem, as mine in Samsung and plays fine (if not a little gittery).

Morien

[MrMario64]

For samsung people >

Getting the disc key fails on samsung ONLY after first insertion of a disc.
When you stop the scrambled play (can take up to 1 minute before it starts!) and then hit the Play DVD button in my videos playback will be fine.

So:
1.Insert disc
2.Wait for it to start playing (can take up to 1 minute)
3.On scrambled playback hit stop
4.Go to My videos
5.it Play DVD button
6.Playback should now be fine.

This is always the case for me, hope you guys can confirm.

[the_titans]

QUOTE (MillaZilla @ Feb 5 2004, 05:55 PM)

I don't get it... why can the creators of the XBMC collaborate with the people who make apps like "DVD X-2 Dongle Free" to integrate their code into XBMC so that we can have a healthy DVD player? I look through the bugs and I see things that poeple have written individual code for, and I'm wondering why you guys can't help integrate their code into the XBMC?

I've wondered this myself.  Maybe DVD-x is not open source.  No comlaints though ... afterall, we get all this shit for free.  

If we look at all the things that do work in XBMC, you easily forget about the small stuff.

[trippy0517]

How do you tell what dvd drive you have ?  i thought the samsung and toshiba drives were upgrade drives so the xbox could read cd-r's   ?

i never touched what came wtih the xbox so does anyknow what drive that is ?
i have a version 1.0

i cant get the newest version of xbmc to read anything off the dvdrom but the version before it will read the dvd but its all screwed up  

[GomerPyle]

simple answer the Tommy, Philly and Sammy all run on different Firmware Versions that are exclusive to that drive. I suggest if you want the Sammy and Philly to be supported then Donate a couple bucks, If everyone donated a couple bucks im sure the developers can get an xbox with those drives and therefore have this fixed as soon as possible!

[NYCT]

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Absoluteley I can confirm this

I believe you.  What I was implying is whether or not the upsampling was "intelligent" or if it was just simple doubling.  I gotta believe that the video stretching algorithm is a basic feature of the XBOX development kit.  I mean, the video scalling on emulators like FBaX look perfect.   I gotta believe that the XBOX does as good of a job as any line doubler to playback DVDs in 1080i mode.  

BTW, if a DVD has anamorphic 16x9, will it use that?

[SniperKilla]

we still need a 1080i skin

[Norse]

QUOTE (trippy0517 @ Feb 6 2004, 12:07 AM)

is the thomson dvd drive what the xbox comes with right outta the box ? cuase i thought the samsung was an upgrade so your xbox could read cd-r's i never upgraded the dvdrom drive so i just have whatever my xbox came with and i cant get xbmc to run a dvd i have my xbox setup component and run games at 720p no problem on my 50inch sony lcd   anyone got any ideas ?

Trippy, check private msgs. I sent you info on how to tell what dvd drive your xbox has. Photos included.

-Norse

[Norse]

QUOTE (MrMario64 @ Feb 6 2004, 10:18 AM)

For samsung people > Getting the disc key fails on samsung ONLY after first insertion of a disc. When you stop the scrambled play (can take up to 1 minute before it starts!) and then hit the Play DVD button in my videos playback will be fine. So: 1.Insert disc 2.Wait for it to start playing (can take up to 1 minute) 3.On scrambled playback hit stop 4.Go to My videos 5.it Play DVD button 6.Playback should now be fine. This is always the case for me, hope you guys can confirm.

This didnt work on my sammie.

Thanks for the effort.

[mackjack]

QUOTE

(MrMario64 @ Feb 6 2004, 10:18 AM) For samsung people > Getting the disc key fails on samsung ONLY after first insertion of a disc. When you stop the scrambled play (can take up to 1 minute before it starts!) and then hit the Play DVD button in my videos playback will be fine. So: 1.Insert disc 2.Wait for it to start playing (can take up to 1 minute) 3.On scrambled playback hit stop 4.Go to My videos 5.it Play DVD button 6.Playback should now be fine. This is always the case for me, hope you guys can confirm.

Yep... worked just like you said... Thanks for workaround!!!