x-box - softmodding - Page 11

Anubis · 12 August 2008, 21:34

Erm,

one more question.

How do I listen to the online radio?

I do have m3u playlist. Can I just FTP this file into music folder?

alexh · 12 August 2008, 22:50

Any folder and add source in MUSIC

There are some nice web-radio gfx plugins for BBC too! Just look around under media streaming in the scripts.

Anubis · 12 August 2008, 22:55

Thank you Alexh!

I'll try this later tonight.

I was looking trough sources for some game icons/thumbnails. Most of the games had icons in xbmc after I copied DVD, but some don't. Is there a good source for those icons/thumbnails?

alexh · 12 August 2008, 23:02

http://www.xbox-skins.net/forums/ind...ads&showcat=11

Particularly

http://www.xbox-skins.net/forums/ind...&showfile=1350

They are not great... the best icons were on that website I told you about which is no more

Anubis · 13 August 2008, 13:50

Radio works great. It is easy to create lists and to add them.

I downloaded icons and will add them later today.

Thank you!

gklinger · 15 August 2008, 00:14

Question: When I soft modded my XBOX I used XBoxHDM to prepare my 320GB drive and I ended up with two large partitions, F and G. Anubis warned me that I might experience data loss and that the preventive measure would be to reformat those partitions with 32k clusters using xboxpartitioner. I did some reading and near as I can tell I shouldn't have any problems with 16k clusters (which is what I assume XBoxHDM used) because neither of my partitions are greater than 250GB. If possible I would like to avoid having to redo everything or even just have to move my data from F to G, format F and then move it back and format G because I'm a lazy bastard.

Anyone have any information on this?

/me looks innocently at alexh

alexh · 15 August 2008, 01:27

With a 67 softmod (one with a G:) the F: partition never needs 32K clusters as it has a maximum size of 138GiB.

If your G: partition is less than 250GiB then you're fine with 16K clusters.

F: is upto 138GiB
G: will be the rest. (in your case 182 GiB)

gklinger · 15 August 2008, 02:05

That's what my research indicated and it's nice to have you confirm it. Thanks.

killergorilla · 15 August 2008, 02:49

I've just bought a memory card online, should arrive early next week.

I've also found an old 40gb HDD lying about that is on the list as being successfully unlocked

Hurrah. 40gb is plenty enough to use solely as an emulation box, plus I've just bought an X-Arcade stick.

I'll be back in this thread very soon

Adropac2 · 15 August 2008, 04:10

What emu you most likely to play KG, i try and play some of those i never got round to on Megadrive and Snes most the time, but it's just good fun to load a game you've never even heard of.Loads of Rpg's on snes still to play and also i may get round to finishing Super Metroid - i was so close to finishing this years ago

It's unlikely i know but if you want any sets like the TG16 or Mega CD, i'd be happy to help out

Anubis · 15 August 2008, 14:06

Alex, if you use xboxpartitioner, can you use only F drive, without G drive?

I will have to soft mode one more box this weekend.

My cousin likes slide show with music in background.

alexh · 15 August 2008, 14:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anubis

Alex, if you use xboxpartitioner, can you use only F drive, without G drive?

Yes, but you must also use the .06 version of NKpatcher (a component of the Ndure softmod).

I think that there is an option within the PC NDure installer:

How are you getting the softmod onto the drives in the first place? Hot-Swap + NDure PC + XboxHDM? Or a Game-Save exploit?

If you are using the Krayzie Game-save exploit you need to use the Extra's to switch between .67 and .06

Anubis · 15 August 2008, 14:37

Game-save expoit.

I will take eeprom bin and create CD which I will use to format and prepare HD (except F drive)

Then I plan to use xboxpartition to create F drive. (I believe there was an option in xboxpartition to create only one extra drive with all space)

alexh · 15 August 2008, 14:42

Ok, after you've successfully used the game-save exploit for the second time (with the larger hard drive), before you do anything else you need to access the Krayzie EXTRAS to change to Nkpatcher .06

To access these Extra's I think you either : Load the save game again... or it is one of the menu options in the freshly created UnleashX dashboard?

I cannot remember the exact details

Retroplay · 15 August 2008, 15:39

Yeah, my 750GB ATA-100 drive arrived today.
Now it's time to transfer all from the old 200GB drive to PC and then transfer the whole lot back to the 750 one.
It's gonna take forever, but I won't have any space issues when I'm done.

alexh · 15 August 2008, 15:54

Or you could plug both into the PC on two SATA ports and use a tool like xplorer360 or xboxplorer to copy the files over directly at full speed rather than FTP.

While I personally do not believe it is true, some people claim to see a performance gain if you use 80-strand IDE cables (in the xbox). I've never tried it though. If you have some the right length, couldn't hurt.

Using Qwix on the PC and AVALaunch on the X-box you can get a much higher FTP rate.

Retroplay · 15 August 2008, 16:14

I tried using an 80-strand IDE cable, no difference at all.
Qwix is pretty damn quick with UnleashX aswell.

alexh · 15 August 2008, 16:18

Perhaps UnleashX has the AVALaunch turbomode code in it's FTP server, use AVALaunch you be sure.

Retroplay · 15 August 2008, 16:23

After X3 Config Live, UnleashX has the fastest FTP transfer speed on my setup (10000-11000 kb/s).
The only thing I can't do with Qwix using UnleashX is the game management in Qwix.
Never used that anyway so no problems there.

OddbOd · 15 August 2008, 21:27

Qwix boost mode really makes a difference when transferring masses of small files, Gamebase64 is the obvious example, with regular games/demos/videos the difference is negligible. You can check if the dash supports boost by using the SITE BOOST SUPPORTED command from your ftp client (remember to use literal with the standard Windows cmdline client) and look for a 226 response code, as far as I'm aware Avalaunch is the only server but who knows I haven't really checked.

Edit: Was playing with UnleashX tonight and it does support boost mode - sweet.

15 August 2008, 01:27	#207
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,432	With a 67 softmod (one with a G:) the F: partition never needs 32K clusters as it has a maximum size of 138GiB. If your G: partition is less than 250GiB then you're fine with 16K clusters. F: is upto 138GiB G: will be the rest. (in your case 182 GiB) Last edited by alexh; 15 August 2008 at 01:36.

15 August 2008, 15:54	#216
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,432	Or you could plug both into the PC on two SATA ports and use a tool like xplorer360 or xboxplorer to copy the files over directly at full speed rather than FTP. While I personally do not believe it is true, some people claim to see a performance gain if you use 80-strand IDE cables (in the xbox). I've never tried it though. If you have some the right length, couldn't hurt. Using Qwix on the PC and AVALaunch on the X-box you can get a much higher FTP rate. Last edited by alexh; 15 August 2008 at 16:05.

15 August 2008, 21:27	#220
OddbOd Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Australia Age: 47 Posts: 666	Qwix boost mode really makes a difference when transferring masses of small files, Gamebase64 is the obvious example, with regular games/demos/videos the difference is negligible. You can check if the dash supports boost by using the SITE BOOST SUPPORTED command from your ftp client (remember to use literal with the standard Windows cmdline client) and look for a 226 response code, as far as I'm aware Avalaunch is the only server but who knows I haven't really checked. Edit: Was playing with UnleashX tonight and it does support boost mode - sweet. Last edited by OddbOd; 16 August 2008 at 20:46.

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12 August 2008, 21:34	#201
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,071	Erm, one more question. How do I listen to the online radio? I do have m3u playlist. Can I just FTP this file into music folder?

12 August 2008, 22:50	#202
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,432	Any folder and add source in MUSIC There are some nice web-radio gfx plugins for BBC too! Just look around under media streaming in the scripts.

12 August 2008, 22:55	#203
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,071	Thank you Alexh! I'll try this later tonight. I was looking trough sources for some game icons/thumbnails. Most of the games had icons in xbmc after I copied DVD, but some don't. Is there a good source for those icons/thumbnails?

12 August 2008, 23:02	#204
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,432	http://www.xbox-skins.net/forums/ind...ads&showcat=11 Particularly http://www.xbox-skins.net/forums/ind...&showfile=1350 They are not great... the best icons were on that website I told you about which is no more

13 August 2008, 13:50	#205
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,071	Radio works great. It is easy to create lists and to add them. I downloaded icons and will add them later today. Thank you!

15 August 2008, 00:14	#206
gklinger Vegetable Lasagna Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto, CANADA Age: 54 Posts: 711	Question: When I soft modded my XBOX I used XBoxHDM to prepare my 320GB drive and I ended up with two large partitions, F and G. Anubis warned me that I might experience data loss and that the preventive measure would be to reformat those partitions with 32k clusters using xboxpartitioner. I did some reading and near as I can tell I shouldn't have any problems with 16k clusters (which is what I assume XBoxHDM used) because neither of my partitions are greater than 250GB. If possible I would like to avoid having to redo everything or even just have to move my data from F to G, format F and then move it back and format G because I'm a lazy bastard. Anyone have any information on this? /me looks innocently at alexh

15 August 2008, 02:05	#208
gklinger Vegetable Lasagna Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto, CANADA Age: 54 Posts: 711	That's what my research indicated and it's nice to have you confirm it. Thanks.

15 August 2008, 02:49	#209
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	I've just bought a memory card online, should arrive early next week. I've also found an old 40gb HDD lying about that is on the list as being successfully unlocked Hurrah. 40gb is plenty enough to use solely as an emulation box, plus I've just bought an X-Arcade stick. I'll be back in this thread very soon

15 August 2008, 04:10	#210
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,071	What emu you most likely to play KG, i try and play some of those i never got round to on Megadrive and Snes most the time, but it's just good fun to load a game you've never even heard of.Loads of Rpg's on snes still to play and also i may get round to finishing Super Metroid - i was so close to finishing this years ago It's unlikely i know but if you want any sets like the TG16 or Mega CD, i'd be happy to help out

15 August 2008, 14:06	#211
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,071	Alex, if you use xboxpartitioner, can you use only F drive, without G drive? I will have to soft mode one more box this weekend. My cousin likes slide show with music in background.

15 August 2008, 14:37	#213
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,071	Game-save expoit. I will take eeprom bin and create CD which I will use to format and prepare HD (except F drive) Then I plan to use xboxpartition to create F drive. (I believe there was an option in xboxpartition to create only one extra drive with all space)

15 August 2008, 14:42	#214
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,432	Ok, after you've successfully used the game-save exploit for the second time (with the larger hard drive), before you do anything else you need to access the Krayzie EXTRAS to change to Nkpatcher .06 To access these Extra's I think you either : Load the save game again... or it is one of the menu options in the freshly created UnleashX dashboard? I cannot remember the exact details

15 August 2008, 15:39	#215
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,123	Yeah, my 750GB ATA-100 drive arrived today. Now it's time to transfer all from the old 200GB drive to PC and then transfer the whole lot back to the 750 one. It's gonna take forever, but I won't have any space issues when I'm done.

15 August 2008, 16:14	#217
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,123	I tried using an 80-strand IDE cable, no difference at all. Qwix is pretty damn quick with UnleashX aswell.

15 August 2008, 16:18	#218
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,432	Perhaps UnleashX has the AVALaunch turbomode code in it's FTP server, use AVALaunch you be sure.

15 August 2008, 16:23	#219
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,123	After X3 Config Live, UnleashX has the fastest FTP transfer speed on my setup (10000-11000 kb/s). The only thing I can't do with Qwix using UnleashX is the game management in Qwix. Never used that anyway so no problems there.

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