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ZhAnE

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Playing Dvd's In Xbmc
« on: March 13, 2004, 10:50:00 AM »
i have all latest releases of avalaunch xbmc and dvdx2  my box plays original dvds just fine from dvdx2 but when i try to play them through xbmc 9 mar 04 the screen goes black like its trying to start then feezes there.  i then need to reboot to unlock.  any help would be sweet.  thanks all.    <
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staticfl

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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2004, 12:23:00 PM »
I think it depends on the manufacturer of the dvd drive. Mine is a Samsung and doesnt work with xbmc, however the x2dongle free player plays mine fine. What does everyone else think?  <
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ZhAnE

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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2004, 12:25:00 PM »
ya I have a samsung the tompsons are way better.    Still workin on it..  <
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Prican24

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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2004, 06:04:00 PM »
i don't really think its the drive but what dvds you play with xbmc cuz i use a pc dvd-rom (thomson died) and tried to play ronin and it gave me large blocks but in dvdx2 it played fine.  <
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alsybub

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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2004, 09:22:00 PM »
i have a samsung and i havent found any problems but i use the xboxdash and multi region patch plus the hdtv patch to run dvds its far better, ill use xbmc when it works as a proper dvd player with all the menus  <
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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2004, 10:00:00 PM »
From the  2003-12-31 changelog
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DVD playback (when using autorun and on Thomson drives,
not yet on Samsung)

I just use the stock DVD player, only big disadvantage is that i cant turn it off remotely.

XBMC does seem to work with DVD backups on sammy drives.


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ya I have a samsung the tompsons are way better. Still workin on it..

Samsung is by far the superior drive, ask anyone on here. It may not work to play original DVDs in XBMC yet. But its the only drive that will read most any sort of media. Mine even reads cheap CDRs very well. Thompson and Phillips drives have all had problems refusing to read CD-Rs, and are even very picky reading DVD-Rs.

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exobyte

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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2004, 10:41:00 PM »
Since xbmc was developed like an xbox game (from a source code standpoint), why are there issues with the drive and NOT the media?  What's the differenct when programming between a pos and a sammy?  <
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