RE: Network media player

["Marcus Warrington" <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian,

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XBOX .. XBOX... XBOX...

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I saw these for sale in "Game" stores for =A335 over the weekend
(second ha=
nd but what the heck.. still with a guarantee)

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Soft modding it is a piece of cake..all you need is a 8meg card and a game
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(Splinter Cell)  and the "modding software" (check
www.thepiratebay.org <ht=
tp://www.thepiratebay.org/>  for auto installer deluxe)

You'll need a chipped XBOX to get the files onto the card.. or just give
th=
e card to someone who already has a modded xbox and get them copy the
files=
to it... if you don't know anyone then send me the card and copy them on f=
or you.

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Takes about 5minutes (and can be reversed in case of a warranty claim)

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Copy on the latest XBMC and voila ... one Media Centre PC that beats the
pa=
nts over ANYTHING else I've seen and has cost you less than =A345 !!!!!

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Marcus=20

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of I=
an Oliver
Sent: 29 May 2007 14:24
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Network media player

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In article <f3eu2j+tppc@xxxxxxx <mailto:f3eu2j%2Btppc%40eGroups.com>
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Paul Bendall wrote:
> If I remember correctly MS will break out a new version of Media
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> this autumn which is based entireky on Vista. The current MC for
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> is still using XP code base.

I don't tend to run much MS software here. My video server runs Linux
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shares content via samba and UPnP.

I really am torn between trying to put together a player using something=20
like Geexbox (and tackling VGA -> RGB SCART and remote control) or
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an Xbox and tackling modding etc.

The PC-based solution has a better migration path to HDTV.

Ian Oliver
Sunny Leeds, UK
Using Java on Tini for control via Dallas 1-wire

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