[clug] XBOX -> Media PC Mod
Ben Chaplin
wombat at chapmac.com
Fri Feb 29 00:24:57 GMT 2008
On 29 Feb 2008, at 09:48AM, Michael Still wrote:
> Chris Smart wrote:
>> Does anyone have an "Action Replay Kit" for an original XBOX? (This
>> is a
>> memory card, with USB reader for plugging into a PC and transferring
>> saved games.)
>> I have an XBOX with me that we could mod into a Linux media centre
>> tonight at clug if a) people are interested, b) no-one else is
>> talking, and b) someone has the
>> above kit.
>> Just a thought.
>
> Everyone I know how modded an XBox 1 into a media center has
> abandoned it now. They are cheap, but in return they're load, have
> unreliable DVD drives, and are too slow to do MPEG4 decompression.
I use mine all the time. No major trouble with it at all, the only
problem I have is noise - they sure are loud. I mostly grab DivX and
MPEG4 off my server and the only time I've had decompression issues
was when I accidentally loaded a 1080p file... If you want a cheap
media centre and have an old Xbox lying around, go for it. I wouldn't
buy a second hand one to turn into a media centre, though.
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