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===What is Xbox Media Center and what does it allow me to do if I run it on Microsoft's Xbox™?=== | ===What is Xbox Media Center and what does it allow me to do if I run it on Microsoft's Xbox™?=== | ||
XBMC (XBox Media Center) is a [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html free open source (GPL)] multimedia-player for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox Xbox™ from Microsoft]. Currently XBMC can be used to play/view most popular video/audio/picture formats such as DVD-Video, VCD/SVCD, MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, MP3, AAC, JPG, GIF, PNG, plus many more less known formats directly from a CD/DVD in the Xbox DVD-ROM drive or from the Xbox built-in harddrive, XBMC can also play multimedia-files from a computer over a local-network and even stream media-streams directly from the internet. XBMC can parse DVD-Video movies (with and without menus) from ISO/IMG-images and even ZIP/RAR-archives. XBMC has playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast and many audio visualizations. XBMC can in addition use python-scripts written for XBMC as plugin widgets. All these features enable the Xbox™ running XBMC to fully function as a multimedia-jukebox. XBMC has a simple anbd user-friendly user-interface, it's easy to use, it's convenient, flexible and offers a great price/performance ratio. (This, The XboxMediaCenter Project is also known as "Xbox Media Center" or simply "XBMC"). | |||
*Notes! | |||
' | **XBMC is a non-profit hobby project that is only developed by volunteers in their spare-time for free. | ||
**Remember that XboxMediaCenter does require a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox#Modding_the_Xbox modded Xbox] to run on or it will not function). | |||
Xbox Media Center | **For a complete list a functions and features see the list [[Supported_File_Formats|here]]. | ||
===Does XBMC support or feature ''this'' and ''that'' function...?=== | |||
See list [[Supported_File_Formats|here]] and/or try it yourself and findout! Also search/browse and read [[Xbox_Media_Center_Online_Manual|this manual]]! | |||
===Exactly which video/audio/picture formats and audio/video codec versions can XBMC play?=== | ===Exactly which video/audio/picture formats and audio/video codec versions can XBMC play?=== | ||
See list [[Supported_File_Formats#Supported_video_codecs:|here]] | See the full list [[Supported_File_Formats#Supported_video_codecs:|here]], it it is not listed then XBMC does not support it! |
Revision as of 11:02, 18 July 2006
What is Xbox Media Center and what does it allow me to do if I run it on Microsoft's Xbox™?
XBMC (XBox Media Center) is a free open source (GPL) multimedia-player for the Xbox™ from Microsoft. Currently XBMC can be used to play/view most popular video/audio/picture formats such as DVD-Video, VCD/SVCD, MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, MP3, AAC, JPG, GIF, PNG, plus many more less known formats directly from a CD/DVD in the Xbox DVD-ROM drive or from the Xbox built-in harddrive, XBMC can also play multimedia-files from a computer over a local-network and even stream media-streams directly from the internet. XBMC can parse DVD-Video movies (with and without menus) from ISO/IMG-images and even ZIP/RAR-archives. XBMC has playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast and many audio visualizations. XBMC can in addition use python-scripts written for XBMC as plugin widgets. All these features enable the Xbox™ running XBMC to fully function as a multimedia-jukebox. XBMC has a simple anbd user-friendly user-interface, it's easy to use, it's convenient, flexible and offers a great price/performance ratio. (This, The XboxMediaCenter Project is also known as "Xbox Media Center" or simply "XBMC").
- Notes!
- XBMC is a non-profit hobby project that is only developed by volunteers in their spare-time for free.
- Remember that XboxMediaCenter does require a modded Xbox to run on or it will not function).
- For a complete list a functions and features see the list here.
Does XBMC support or feature this and that function...?
See list here and/or try it yourself and findout! Also search/browse and read this manual!
Exactly which video/audio/picture formats and audio/video codec versions can XBMC play?
See the full list here, it it is not listed then XBMC does not support it!