Boot original Xbox directly into XBMC

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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I found a compatible USB memory stick!

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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Another future Xbox project: replace HDD with Compact Flash

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

The idea is not new, but I want to jailbreak the Xbox first.

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Problems connecting USB storage device to Xbox

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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