Re: Xbox and Region 1 DVDsmS

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm my housemate has a couple of region one dvds, i will try later
and see if chipping it has unlocked it using the various programs for
dvd playback on there!!



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)"
<haweste@a...> wrote:
> Playing the individual VOBs was what I was thinking. The only other
> thought I had was stripping out the region coding and re-burning to
DVD
> to play in the standard MS dash. Sort of negates the point of getting
R1
> discs then though :-/
>
> For a bit of info on playing/streaming ISOs, have a look in the
archives
> (http://www.ukha-archive.com/) for
the thread titled "XBMC, and ISO
> images..."
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: noel_pilot
> >
> > Hi Tim,
> > Ripping the dvd won't help you either as XBMC still won't
> > show the menus, you would have to play the individual vobs
> > for the extras which would be a right pain in the ass!
> >
> > The other dvd players are fine, will be fantastic once XBMC
> > can do menus and surely it can't be that long till it does!! I
hope!!
> >
> > My master plan is to have a media server and then stream
> > everything from that to the xbox.  I have heard that you can
> > stream iso's to the xbox but havent tried that yet although
> > that be the most convenient way of storing ripped dvds!
> >
> > Let me know if you got any other questions,
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Noel
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)"
> > <haweste@a...> wrote:
> > > Noel,
> > >
> > > Thanks for confirming. I was hoping I'd misheard, but at
> > least I know
> > > the story now. I think my two options are to either use
> > different DVD
> > > s/w (as you suggest), or rip the DVD to HDD and then play
via XBMC.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Tim.