Archive for the ‘XBMC’ Category
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Yesterday and today I have scripted a small web interface for remote control of XBMC using its HTTP API. (BTW, That API could really use a redesign!)
It's actually just a page showing a screen shot and the name of the file that is currently playing, together with some commands to ...
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
I have some things left to say about installing XBMC on the original Xbox, in part because they are not done yet.
Today I finally made the Xbox boot directly into XBMC and not to EvoX. Searching the web for instructions on how to do this may give some different answers, ...
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Yesterday I mananged to jailbreak the Xbox with a Splinter Cell save game found in a file called splinter_cell_exploit-pal.zip! I used a 2 GB SanDisk Cruzer Micro without U3 support. (USB vendor id and product id 0781:5151.)
Let's see when I get time to install XBMC and connect a network cable ...
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
The idea is not new, but I want to jailbreak the Xbox first.
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
I've been looking for a media center to get rid of the rising pile of DVD movies belonging to my 2.5 year old son. I was pretty close to buy a Popcorn Hour A-100 but a friend suggested XBMC Media Center and it sounded like a fun project.
On Monday I ...
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