Post by: bluespot on January 13, 2003, 09:27:00 AM
Post by: x-power on January 13, 2003, 09:28:00 AM
Realplayer = .rm
Quicktime = .mov
Post by: uwretch on January 13, 2003, 10:09:00 AM
I can usually see the movie without them, but I wouldn't mind the extra feature.
Post by: jsm on January 13, 2003, 10:34:00 AM
Post by: jcwacky on January 13, 2003, 10:38:00 AM
* The ability to read the Xbox Soundtracks with Track names
* FTP support
* The ability to easily play DVDs
* The ability to list MP3s with their Artist and Track name visable
* Thumbnails of images and movies
* Crossfading of MP3s
* An easier control panel for starting and stopping music
* Visual effects when playing music
* The list goes on!
Post by: switzch on January 13, 2003, 11:05:00 AM
If there was a utility to take the MP3's on the HD and dump them to the specific location on the xbox that is used by games that would be ideal.
Also, instead of editing an XML file, it would be easier if it was all done in an OPTIONS menu inside of the Media Player.
Post by: KazuyaWaruasobi on January 13, 2003, 01:19:00 PM
Post by: frank28642 on January 13, 2003, 07:10:00 PM
that is all.
Post by: MotoXmarc125 on January 13, 2003, 07:29:00 PM
Post by: Jsmith on January 13, 2003, 08:59:00 PM
Ability to sort files by date.
A little more information given about files in detail view (like mod date, size).
Post by: Imran_the_Binman on January 14, 2003, 11:42:00 AM
-Steve
Post by: smudge on January 14, 2003, 11:44:00 AM
Post by: akarnid on January 14, 2003, 02:00:00 PM
| QUOTE (jsm @ Jan 13 2003, 05:33 PM) | ||
just wondering is there anything as such a mov2mpg or mov2avi ? |
Yeah for some reason I'm thinking the same thing. And I found this. Pretty neat.
KazuyaWarazobi: Why don't you just use VCDGear to convert those .dat files to .mpg's? Takes fve minutes on a decent computer.
Post by: phantazma1 on January 14, 2003, 05:17:00 PM
Post by: jasonmvt on January 15, 2003, 01:43:00 AM
I think 2.2 is pretty damn good as it stands - features wise. The stability is iffy though, try navigating menus/dirs to fast & switching files quickly and it'll almost always crash. (Video file stacking is a bit rough when the parts change, too.)
I hope they concentrate more on solidifying what they have, rather than going towards the dashboard replacement route, IMHO.
Post by: akarnid on January 15, 2003, 02:04:00 AM
Post by: Lebowski on January 15, 2003, 02:33:00 AM
Better smb support.
PDF viewing maybe.
RM QT support.
Post by: CyberKnight on January 15, 2003, 12:54:00 PM
Post by: rono on January 15, 2003, 08:54:00 PM
also, i have no idea if it is even posible, but the ability to stream from a pc's capture device such as a tv tuner, video in input or a camera would be cool.
Post by: Raised on January 15, 2003, 10:31:00 PM
Post by: NerdENerd on January 15, 2003, 10:34:00 PM
| QUOTE (akarnid @ Jan 13 2003, 06:01 PM) |
| Quicktime = never. Quicktime isn't an open codec. Realmedia might come one day tho. |
2.2 supports windows media player DLL files. Quicktime is supported by the latest version if you put the right DLL files into the dll FOLDER. See http://www1.mplayerh...eleases/codecs/ for the codecs.
Post by: chenko on January 16, 2003, 04:08:00 AM
| QUOTE (jsm @ Jan 13 2003, 05:22 PM) |
| Just tell what you would like to see in Xbmp |
I would like to see it read from ZIP format (just like Emus)
the xboxes file system doesnt like the long file names of all my mp3s
would be handy just to upload one file per album etc 
Post by: jucky85 on January 16, 2003, 04:56:00 AM
Post by: A|C on January 16, 2003, 08:25:00 AM
I have got loads of films I would love to be able to view on my xbox.
Cheers
Post by: precisionmods on January 16, 2003, 04:08:00 PM
Post by: KazuyaWaruasobi on January 16, 2003, 04:16:00 PM
Post by: precisionmods on January 17, 2003, 10:36:00 AM
| QUOTE (KazuyaWaruasobi @ Jan 17 2003, 12:16 AM) |
| That has nothing to do with XBMP. It's the Xbox's DVD drive. It does read CD-R if you have a samsung DVD drive. . . . |
I have Samsung drives in both of my Xboxes.
Post by: jsm on January 17, 2003, 05:39:00 PM
Post by: Orionn on January 18, 2003, 01:07:00 AM
) to code in, but would do until someone writes some cool 3d effects or some crap.I just changed the fonts and got XBMP2.2 working. How good is it? Playlists, My Apps, all good!
If they put a "My Games" option at the start, it'll replace Evox on my XBox. I can still run Evox from "My Apps" for FTP'ing, etc.
Oh, and easily changeable skins would be good. I couldn't find the Noodle skin, if anyone would like to point me in the right direction.
Post by: erexx on January 18, 2003, 09:29:00 AM
XVID Works Good.
Just watched The Tow Towers in Xvid Format from hard drive and relax.
VCD's dont load up automatically
The DAT files by themselves playback fine.
CDR media rarely works. Xbox DVDROM's are very particular.
Goto the ISO forum and learn how to make an ISO and CD/DVD thats right for you.
Playlist Work
Although you cannot give them your own name
They get stored in f:\Music\Playlist1.m3u and then Playlist2.m3u and so on...
They can be looped forever
Slideshows
Do repeat forever.
Goto the Settings:General:Keep Items in Playlist
You can even que up music and slideshows at the same time.
And let them loop into infinity.
Post by: erexx on January 18, 2003, 09:42:00 AM
| QUOTE (jsm @ Jan 18 2003, 12:39 AM) |
| Rewinding and fordwarding is an issue. |
Yes, FFD and RWD does Crash alot from the Game Pad.
Try using the Remote Control. FFD and RWD work pretty good for me with only a slight A/V sinc
problems that can be easily adjusted on the fly...
IMO: The Remote Control is the best and easiest way to use XBMP.
Post by: Lebowski on January 18, 2003, 02:32:00 PM
Playlist movies.
Post by: erexx on January 18, 2003, 03:06:00 PM
| QUOTE (Lebowski @ Jan 18 2003, 09:32 PM) |
| Infinite loop slideshow, movies, music. Playlist movies. |
Playlist do work for movies as well.
Add them to the playlist by pressing Y
Get the manual here:
http://www.xboxmedia...news_latest.php
Post by: erexx on January 19, 2003, 12:16:00 AM
Damn, you know that works too...
Are you running XBMP2.2?
Post by: sonar on January 21, 2003, 03:09:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| Yes, FFD and RWD does Crash alot from the Game Pad. Try using the Remote Control. FFD and RWD work pretty good for me with only a slight A/V sinc problems that can be easily adjusted on the fly... IMO: The Remote Control is the best and easiest way to use XBMP. |
I use both the remote and the gamepad, remote definitely for rewind and fastforward, but real rr and ff would be great, not 3 min jumps.
Post by: renegadeduckie on January 26, 2003, 09:38:00 AM
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Post by: dAsh on January 27, 2003, 02:50:00 AM
Post by: KrL on January 27, 2003, 02:43:00 PM
Post by: qwenky on January 27, 2003, 09:29:00 PM
Post by: monkeyboy on January 28, 2003, 07:15:00 AM
Post by: zboz on January 28, 2003, 08:35:00 AM
My list:-Visualization while playing music
-Slideshows with transitions effects
-Play DVDs
-TV and PVR function, with de help of a PC (video server) and a DVB-T card. Recorded video stored on PC and Not in the xbox
Post by: Bignose on January 28, 2003, 08:40:00 AM
Post by: MrMagic on January 28, 2003, 09:11:00 PM
I have a wireless bridge so I'm networked in my living room without any wires. Very nice stuff from linksys.
Post by: methadone_pretty on January 30, 2003, 04:53:00 PM
Post by: finchline on January 30, 2003, 06:59:00 PM
Post by: sith on January 30, 2003, 07:05:00 PM
| QUOTE (NerdENerd @ Jan 16 2003, 07:34 AM) | ||
2.2 supports windows media player DLL files. Quicktime is supported by the latest version if you put the right DLL files into the dll FOLDER. See http://www1.mplayerh...eleases/codecs/ for the codecs. |
Hey NerdENerd, i checked out that address that u mentioned for codecs.. i mentions that they will not work on any windows based systems.. onlt x86 based unix.... have u tryed them with the boX or are u just speculating???
.sith.
Post by: maximusg on February 02, 2003, 02:11:00 AM
ID3 tag support
dvd2divx ripper
abience effects
region free dvd ( i know dvdx and all, but an app that does what xbmp and dvdx can do would be better)
P.S you guys are doin great and keep up the good work
Post by: Nos4ah2 on February 02, 2003, 09:09:00 AM
Post by: echto on February 02, 2003, 11:39:00 AM
Post by: ekengren on February 02, 2003, 04:17:00 PM
Post by: kaylapuppy on February 08, 2003, 06:31:00 PM
Regards,
KP
Post by: Troll123 on February 11, 2003, 06:34:00 PM
Post by: socrates on February 11, 2003, 06:44:00 PM
Post by: SlimDady on February 11, 2003, 10:22:00 PM
I would always like to see progressions in performance. So always better speeds less audio dysync
Eventual support for the xbox dvd kit.. Alot of us have it.. It would be nice to use in XBMP
more codecs as time goes on..
better networking support. it would be nice just to be abel to network withough runing aserver. so almost like a shared folder on your pc.
Im sure all this stuff is being worked on or planed for the future though
Post by: akarnid on February 11, 2003, 11:28:00 PM
Post by: Troll123 on February 12, 2003, 03:38:00 AM
Also streaming an ISO game from a server is VERY unlikely because once you start the game you lose the connection to the streaming server. Can't run more than one xbe at a time on the xbox. If this were going to be possible it would have to be done in the bios.
Post by: switzch on February 12, 2003, 05:42:00 AM
Windows Media Player 9 series .wmv files, hdtv .ts files, and .mov to name a few
Post by: switzch on February 12, 2003, 11:42:00 AM
so xbmp plays wmv9, i was unaware, i will have to try when i get home.
Post by: M@verick on February 12, 2003, 12:46:00 PM
| QUOTE (switzch @ Feb 12 2003, 07:42 PM) |
| .TS is esentially MPG with some extra stuff for broadcasting the hdtv stream. so xbmp plays wmv9, i was unaware, i will have to try when i get home. |
TS probably needs a faster processor than the xbox currently has. I know that PCs slower than 2.0 ghz have some trouble with HDTV playback without a hardware decoder.
Post by: DiNapXbox on February 12, 2003, 02:12:00 PM
I'd like to see an "infinite delay" when viewing pictures. ACDSee for the PC functions like this. You can do a slideshow with automatic delay, or you simply open the first file and you can "scroll" through the rest, leaving a pic on screen as long as you want without switching to the next or exiting.
Excellent job on a fantastic Xbox app!!
Post by: twospoons on February 12, 2003, 02:18:00 PM
. most of the stuff i would like added has been mentioned but just wanted to throw in my 2c. 
*** Visualization (i know... over-rated but its neat)
*** Thumbnails (i don't want to have to copy every jpg file from my pc to the xbox, rename it, convert it into .tbn!!! especially since they are all in different sub dirs music/artist/album... can't it just pull the jpg from the same location it pull the .mp3???)
*** Playlists (right now i don't even use playlists cause its overly complicated... i don't want to have to go through all 20 gigs of mp3, selecting each one and then saving the playlist... i just want to select a shared dir and save... [this feature may already be implemented, but i wouldn't know because xbmp locks up everytime i try to select an entire dir... even small ones]... and why does the song have to start playing when selecting a dir to add to the playlist??? this may be part of the lockup problem in adding it to the playlist...
also how do you load a saved playlist??? some type of notation of which playlist is loaded and which files are already a part of that playlist when browsing the files would be cool also )*** Editor (more config.xml options in the settings please
)*** Custom Menus (i only use xbmp for music and video... can i remove the buttons for apps and pics? i'm not interested in replacing evox with xbmp i just want really good multimedia
)*** Screensaver (i really don't get what the screensaver does in the current version??? just blanks the screen??? that's really kinda lame
)all in all xbmp is an awesome app... but you asked for suggestions
Post by: sashok on February 12, 2003, 03:30:00 PM
When browsing through the movies in XBMP, we should be able to press some button, and a window pops up with a description of the movie. We would need to input the description ourselves, but thats not to hard to find online.
Post by: akarnid on February 12, 2003, 04:20:00 PM
| QUOTE (sashok @ Feb 12 2003, 11:30 PM) |
| I would really like to see this: When browsing through the movies in XBMP, we should be able to press some button, and a window pops up with a description of the movie. We would need to input the description ourselves, but thats not to hard to find online. |
Again added! Try to read the other posts in this forum section. Press the white button while on a folder or movie file, and XMBP will try to contact the Internet Movie Database and pull up information about the movie. But it's still unsupported and crashes alot. But I like it. I especially like the fact that you can also do this with folder names, and not just file names. I also ran across this. This program parses information from IMDB and and can also output the contents of a collection as a XML file. It'd be cool if support could be added for all those tags and you could perhaps use the exported XML description file and have XBMP read information about your collection from there. And then you could access it by pressing the white button. I dunno whether or not it'd work, but I like the program and think it's a good way to manage a large movie collection.
Post by: sashok on February 12, 2003, 07:16:00 PM
| QUOTE (akarnid @ Feb 13 2003, 01:20 AM) | ||
Again added! Try to read the other posts in this forum section. Press the white button while on a folder or movie file, and XMBP will try to contact the Internet Movie Database and pull up information about the movie. But it's still unsupported and crashes alot. But I like it. I especially like the fact that you can also do this with folder names, and not just file names. I also ran across this. This program parses information from IMDB and and can also output the contents of a collection as a XML file. It'd be cool if support could be added for all those tags and you could perhaps use the exported XML description file and have XBMP read information about your collection from there. And then you could access it by pressing the white button. I dunno whether or not it'd work, but I like the program and think it's a good way to manage a large movie collection. |
Sorry I didn't know that. I did notice that the new XBMP realease have had some stuff that said IMDB or something. And when I asked what that was on the mirc chat thing, no one responded to me. Cool I guess, I'll try it out.
Post by: HomerJ on February 14, 2003, 01:14:00 PM
I think the current bugs should be worked out before adding tons of other things. A solid base should be built and new features should only be added once this has been attained.
No point having a gazillion things that don't work very well.
My 2 cents.
Post by: pjclark1 on February 15, 2003, 09:32:00 AM
but v2.2 will only play the first 1/2 of the files on dvd-r
i just get a screechey noise if i I try to play any media file from over the 2gig point in a dvd-r or dvd-rw.
(v2.1 didn't have this problem.....but then it cached the entire
movie/mp3)
ps dvd movies on dvd-r/rw play fine all the way thru.......so
don't blame my media.
Post by: konfoo on February 15, 2003, 09:33:00 PM
| QUOTE (switzch @ Feb 12 2003, 08:42 PM) |
| .TS is esentially MPG with some extra stuff for broadcasting the hdtv stream. so xbmp plays wmv9, i was unaware, i will have to try when i get home. |
TS is not essentially MPG.
You can encapsulate services in a TS, and those services may or may not carry video and/or audio on PIDs. These PIDs may or may not be encoded in MPG. You can carry anything in a TS. At work I write code to carry IP streams (carousels, streaming video (mpeg4, divx, etc.) inside a TS PID ;-)
Depending on your platform (ATSC or DVB), you have either 188-byte or 204-byte packets to work with in the TS PID stream. You can pack anything into these (within common sense/reason).
Post by: Troll123 on February 16, 2003, 01:00:00 PM
Post by: thegroove on February 16, 2003, 03:59:00 PM
THNX!
Post by: Troll123 on February 16, 2003, 04:23:00 PM
Post by: AnimeCommander on February 22, 2003, 06:03:00 PM
Post by: lucas on February 23, 2003, 03:25:00 AM
| QUOTE (AnimeCommander @ Feb 23 2003, 01:03 PM) |
| and a non-network/non-dash replacement version. I am tired of trying to figure out the config file to remove all the netork and apps stuff. |
a: yeah, like they are gonna make a stupid stripped down version for people to lazy to learn to edit a config file
b: editing the config file is simple, how about you actually take a look at it before giving up
Post by: syntheticgodd on February 28, 2003, 11:19:00 AM
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Post by: chilin_dude on March 02, 2003, 01:42:00 PM
Post by: lucas on March 11, 2003, 09:36:00 PM
| QUOTE (Jalan @ Mar 12 2003, 04:10 PM) |
| *Note sure if these have been suggested already or are implemented in current version* A way to zoom in on a Divx/DVD/etc while paused. Ability to run XBMP as your desktop, I have a Xbox I only use media player with, would be nice if it would autoload. Play a DVD from Media Player(Not sure if this works or not) Ability to manipulate files(Kind of like Boxplorer in MP) FTP support Way to set it to play random in a directory, and not just playlist Visual junk, like WMP and Winamp has, the trippy stuff, not skins To play the extracted .dat files from SVCD and VCD More custimization with the menus(HAven't checked if you can do this much) Perhaps a better fast forward, like skip 1/4 ahead or something? DTS support Maybe a screenshot for movies? Ability to stretch the screen Offtopic kind of, but can you replace the Xbox DVD with a regular DVD to play cd-r/etc if you don't want to play games? Awesome work with what you've done with it so far, I really enjoy it~ |
you've almost posted a straight feature list. perhaps you should go look at the latest version
Post by: hulkyh on March 12, 2003, 01:08:00 PM
Post by: hulkyh on March 12, 2003, 01:17:00 PM
And this together with a really nice xbmp skin that looks a bit like Windows XP
Post by: joshmess on March 12, 2003, 01:19:00 PM
Post by: brandogg on March 12, 2003, 09:08:00 PM
Post by: Amything on March 13, 2003, 01:44:00 AM
Full IMDB information, not being able to see the rating is really annoying.
The controler controls are just wacky. This is what I think would be more normal:
Green = play/pause
Red = stop
Thumbstick left/righ = ffrw/rew
Directional pad right = 1x speed 2x speed 4x etc
Directional pad left = 1/2 speed etc
Directional pad up/down = volume
ETC...
I love being able to access subtitle and audio/video sync directly but I still think it would have to be moved. I really havn't thought this thing through, just making a point
As I mentioned earlier in this thread I would like to be able to see bigger thumbnails of my movies. So I can select a movie based on its cover, the thumbs are so small you can't see them really.
Anyway, I love xbmp, I will donate some $. And thanks for all the bugfixes in the passed few releases. It's really looking good.
EDIT: one more thing, I only upgrade every 10 days or so. Whats keeping me from doing more frequent updating is the config file. I think its kind of odd that you can't change all these things in settings inside xbmp. Would probably take forever with all the letter scrolling involved but it would still be easier and more convienient.
Post by: oRIDDLERo on March 15, 2003, 11:31:00 PM
2. Video FX for MP3s
BTW...
Great JOB on everything so far! Thank you!
Post by: john316 on April 12, 2003, 04:49:00 PM
Post by: turtletrax on April 16, 2003, 03:06:00 AM
I would have to say crossfading of Mp3's. I have around 12 gigs of high bitrate Mp3 that is DJ mixed and the breaks inbetween songs is a killer. It would make my day with a crossfade similar to WMP 9 with more sensitivity if possible. WMP 9 will allow up up tenths of a second, but not perfect. Dont get my wrong, I would love tenths of a second, but hundredths would be perfect!!!Then second I would have to say FTP'ing. I have my computer downstairs and my 'box upstairs. Sucks to have to run up and down. No big deal but this is an "if you had tree wishes sort of deal", so there is two off the top of my head.
Still it is an amazing thing the way it is.
Keep it up guys... You ROCK!
Turtle
Post by: deltop on April 16, 2003, 04:32:00 AM
| QUOTE (turtletrax @ Apr 16 2003, 11:06 AM) |
| Then second I would have to say FTP'ing. I have my computer downstairs and my 'box upstairs. Sucks to have to run up and down. No big deal but this is an "if you had tree wishes sort of deal", so there is two off the top of my head. |
Hmm what exactly do you mean by FTP'ing?
xbmp already has an ftp server called filezilla. So you can ftp stuff TO your xbox from your comp.
If you want to play stuff on your xbox FROM your pc just mount a smb share or use relax.
Post by: jbbauer on April 16, 2003, 08:52:00 PM
Visual effects
configurable xbmp startup to go directly to MyMusic > HD
Post by: xygan on April 17, 2003, 01:44:00 AM
Post by: ellisdee on April 21, 2003, 01:04:00 PM
Post by: nancy_kerrigan on April 21, 2003, 03:53:00 PM
How cool would it be have it do the rumbles on the low khz of music and movies? Just stick each controller under a lounge cushion!
hahhaha - that'd be sweet!
Post by: craigncheri on May 05, 2003, 12:37:00 PM
I would also like to see a cd -> mp3 ripper to rip my new cd's right on the xbox.
Post by: Krill123 on May 05, 2003, 12:55:00 PM
Well, I read other posts and all they want is eye candy.. I want something more substantial..
I don`t care about adding neat graphics and stuff like that (You can add those once the basic product is complete).. I`d like to see xbmp develop into the area of being able to read other file types.. I`d want it to read normal AVI`s and MPeg`s.. And others.. But AVI and MPEG would be essential.
And.. Well.. This is a stretch.. But if the xbox is connected to a router that has the internet.. It can technically access the internet right?.. Well, make XBMP update itself automatically... Using random sites or something.. Hell, use kazaa (P2P) to update it if you are worried about them tracking down download sites.. .
As for music.. (If the auto update internet thing is working).. Then it shouldn`t be a problem to let us play .PLS FILES (WINAMP RADIO).. http://www.shoutcast.com/waradio.phtml
Anyway.. Those are my suggestions. Thanks for listening.
Post by: methadone_pretty on May 05, 2003, 01:49:00 PM
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Post by: methadone_pretty on May 06, 2003, 07:18:00 AM
Post by: MeryD on May 06, 2003, 08:10:00 AM
Post by: deltop on May 06, 2003, 04:40:00 PM
| QUOTE (methadone_pretty @ May 5 2003, 10:49 PM) |
| Its very easy to add a USB to IDE convertor and stick a massive drive on there for holing movies/music. |
Umm not true I'm afraid.
This would actually be very difficult. Due to it requiring full USB driver support.
It's easy enough to code apps like xbmp and such for the xbox. But coding a full set of USB drivers would be far from an easy task.
Believe me this has been discussed many times before on numerous forums. Do a search on xboxhacker and the official xbmp forums if you want all the technical reasons as to why it won't happen.
Post by: methadone_pretty on May 07, 2003, 02:17:00 AM
Post by: deltop on May 07, 2003, 02:30:00 AM
Post by: methadone_pretty on May 07, 2003, 06:48:00 AM
Post by: Krill123 on May 09, 2003, 10:42:00 AM
It reads avi's.. But only small ones. I have one avi file that's 700 megs and xbmp can't play it..!!
I'd like xbmp to be able to cache bigger files.......
Post by: fOZf8 on May 21, 2003, 11:02:00 AM
Overall though, xbmp is great, essential piece of my home entertainment center already.
cheers
Post by: bbagnall on May 22, 2003, 09:39:00 AM
* Automatic setting up and downloading of TV guide channels.
Post by: olavahc on May 22, 2003, 06:40:00 PM