Xbox Media Center?

[ken_cinder]

well thats what i meant, buy a second one used and then mod it, and a modchip costs like 30 bucks now right?

Why buy a second one? Mod the one you have with a decent mod like an X3, and you can disable the mod for stuff like Xbox Live.

[Prican25]

Ummm thats close

you dont need password or username if its in simple mode in SMB share setup in xbmc, just change the IP to IP of the computer and apply it then share any folders you want to on PC they will be added to list as long as filename doesnt have illegal characters or isnt longer than 40 characters in music pic video and filemanger. If you know what you are doing you can go into advanced and setup pass and user names but it sounds like you might not be at that level. Also SMB was broken on 3 sep for a few days so dont download that build

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hmm i find that a bit weird since when i read up on samba i saw: Windows XP will not permit a network user to access the XP machine using an account set up without a password!

 

you mind explaining the simple way a bit more?

[zero5]

off the topic, we have dvd menus now in xbmc

[BritneysPAIRS]

OK ill try and explain SMB

 

there are many ways this works

You only need a pass for intial logon ummmmm so here goes

 

You can create an SMB share with no pass or name in normal mode,

this will allow you to smb to all shares from music video pic and filemanager if

A ) your XP has no pass at startup (and you have shared folders from that user)

B ) you have logged into XP (and have shared folders from that user)

C ) you have logged into XP and logged out (and have shared folders from that user)

so you can even make another user with no pass and share folders and comp will only need to be on.

 

The only time you really need user/pass is this if you turn on XP comp and it goes to where you log onto XP and you have shared folders in it, it wont open SMB shares without user name / pass (untill its verfied eg you log on from your PC ) unless you have it proper user names / pass.

 

To some it up if you log on to PC ( you can even log out from there ) you can use normal user and no pass is needed or have a an account with no pass.

If you want to turn on and never enter Pass into PC go into advanced user and setup correct info.

 

PS I hope your not using 9sep build but im sure with DVD menus now you will be all updating build

Edited September 13, 2005 by BritneysPAIRS

[Prican25]

i grabed the latest by T3CH which is the one with dvd menus heh

 

thx for explaining and i went and tried it and it works nicely with simple sharing mode on xp, just gotta make sure you run that wizard crap to enable the check box hehe

[BritneysPAIRS]

all good I was resonsible for testing and kind of made this happen though settings as I didnt like it in Xboxmediacenter.xml

 

PS thanks to Gemiserver for his coding skills he did a great job on all the FTP stuff and SMB stuff

[BritneysPAIRS]

Edited September 13, 2005 by BritneysPAIRS

[Shibathedog]

My PDA always asks for a password to get into the HDD of my home PC when its on the network, but i dont have a password/user, so if i type in nothing then it gets in fine.

 

and i just dont want to break the Xbox i have hehe

[NOODLESTYLE]

can anyone explain to me how I change skins for my XBMC? I never figured it out. Like where to go, I know how to change my Evox skins cuz there's an option for that...but there isnt for my XBMC, can anyone help?

 

 

Oh ya for the person who wanted to buy another XBOX, I bought one for that reason to play XBOX live. I was gonna trade it in but I decided that it'll also come in handy in the future just in case like laser goes out for my Modded One. BUt ya Xbox live most people play Halo.

Still a waste of money when you can get a modded one for about 30 dollars more.

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[Prican25]

to change skins in xbmc, settings->appearance

[Shibathedog]

i dont really like Halo, Alot of people play Time Splitters Future Perfect on Live, which i think is alot of fun because everyone can make their own maps and stuff. Theres alot more variety.

 

After Xbox 360 comes out, a used Xbox should be pretty cheap