XMBC (XBOX) Is Awesome !!!!

[martynw]

Maybe a poll would be a good idea to see what interest there would be in an xbox client?

Martyn

[Pilot]

Things that the XBOX does that the MVP cannot do:

Does not need Server Software. Everything is streamed from peer to peer computers.

Can play anything you throw at it, without convertion or transcoding: divx, xvid, mpg, mpg2, etc

can play dvds with full menu support on its dvd drive, stored on its hard drive, over the network from DVD Folders (VIDEO_TS vobs), ISOs created by DVDshrink or DVDdecrypter; again without transcoding or converting.

Full support for subtitles, either in External format (srt, sub, etc) or DVD subtitle streams.

Full support for Closed Captions if they are saved on the MPG file (Hauppauge 250,350 recordings).

With a push of a button, you can cycle Aspect Ratios to fit whatever TV resolution you need on the fly.

With a push of a button, you can delay audio or subtitles on the fly. (A/V Synch)

Can UpConvert 480i or 480p to 720p or 1020i to a High Def TV.

Oh I almost forgot ..... Can play games.

If it can't toast my bagel each morning, then forget it. What a worthless piece of.... haha.

Seriously, that sounds like interesting stuff and I wish I had the time in my life to mess with it right now. Unfortunately, I don't. So, in the meantime, I'll just have to keep doing similar things using set-top DVD players and my MVPs. It will be interesting to see what you Xboxers come up with though!

[DrDDT]

I would like to use the comskip generated files to skip commercials on XBMC.

See http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/forum/sho...p?p=108927

[fvfv]

I was looking into that myself. Supposedly , if comskip can generate an edl file, it should be usable on the XBOX, but I have not tried it myself.

[Carlito]

I have been using XBMC for a long time now, and have also expressed interest on this forum for an xmbc/gbpvr client. Even without live-tv support I would be happy just scheduling recordings and playing recordings.

[mzsurvey2000]

I brought this up about a year ago in regards to XBMC integration with GB-PVR. There was a python script written for MediaPortal (an offshoot of XBMC). Maybe someone can read review the code and integrate or modify for GB-PVR purposes.


Previous posting on the subject: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...light=xbmc