XBMC as dasboard

January 7th, 2009
  • hello,

    i tried using xbmc as dashboard instead of evodash using the xbmc tutorial:

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    place a copy of the xboxmediacenter.xml along with a copy of your default.xbe in c: root
    (rename the default.xbe to something your bios will boot from!)

    example: if you have xbmc installed to apps\xbmc on the xbox f:\ the tag will look like this:
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    doing so i got the bootlog error msg: canīt find q:\languages\german\strings.xml - maybe more errors tom come after that one

    so it looks like the in the .xml tag doesnīt work correctly.

    any clues?

    thanx!


  • i never had a problem using xbmc and i am using this from the day one i modded my xbox as a dash. in the xboxmediacenter.xml change home>
    string to where u put ur all xbmc files. if you are using xbmc from c:\ and your all xbmc files in the c:\ root the change to c:\ and u will be fine.


  • what bios are you trying to use? x2 4983.x is uneditable (x3 code)
    and evox m8 is done with the evox8 tool by nghtshd (creator of xbtoool)

    personally use 4981- actually working on changing the bios a bit so it comes up with xbmc instead of xbox- its not hard just get the flubber-text editor tool (posted on x-s yesterday) and follow the tutorial for making your own .x file


  • hey. i have gotten the same error. i am using a v1.0 xbox and have not been able to get xbmc working yet. i have tried all versions, but no luck. i also installed it as a program w/ the avalaunch dash, but when i try opening it under the dash, it just goes back to avalaunch. let me know if you have any suggestions. thanks!


  • hey guys

    i have done it. i have 1.0 xbox and after much frustration i boot straight to xbmc which is the best app i have ever used (pc, mac, linux and xbox).

    i hope i am allowed to detail how i did it, is it cool to post it here?

    i will type it up in a text file. give me a few minutes..

    drew


  • i hope i am allowed to detail how i did it, is it cool to post it here?
    yes please do, that way others can learn from your misstakes. that's the way this forum works, like a knownlege base :d


  • i had a similar problem, when i looked at the xml the home looked like this: f:\apps\xbmc\ but i got a languages error as well... this is what i eventually figgured out...

    step 1: unpack the xbmc files to your desktop on your home pc. modify the xboxmediacenter.xml (rightclick- edit in windows xp/2k) and modify the heading for "home" to look like this: f:\apps\xbmc\ (i dont know why but the spaces made a diferance, so remember to put a space before and after the actual path)

    step 2: move the contents of the folder to f:\apps\xbmc\ (use ftp or build an autoinstaller (i have created an autoinstaller program that runs similar to sleyers evox autoinstaller for xbmc. it can be downloaded on gnutella nightly. search: "iconyx_autoinstaller"))

    step 3: rename the default.xbe to evoxdash.xbe and the xboxmediacenter.xml to the c:\ and delete the evox.ini. you can copy the evox dash and files to a folder called evox in the apps directory and if you want run it like a program from xbmc.

    step 4: reboot. if it doesnt work go get my xbmc autoinstaller.
    :fixed:

    for some reason when i tried to set my bios to boot to a default.xbe (actually xbmcdash.xbe) i got that language error, i suspect the xbox somehow skipped the dash and tried to boot to evox, well the evox.ini had been moved to my f drive... so the system kind of flipped out and searched for files (and partitions) that do not exist. in your case and mine it looked for a "q:" drive. so i started over, the only diferance i can see was those spaces on the xml and the name of the dash.xbe.

    ps: does anyone know of a decent bios editor? the one i have (xbtool_1.0.22) wigs out when i change the boot files.


  • back up your xbox c: drive before doing anything. i am not an expert and there are many versions of xbox. this may or may not work for you. please check out http://xbox-scene.com that is where i learned almost everything to boot to xbmc

    i used the following combination of things.

    1) used morden audio through 007 to gain ftp access through mxm
    2) put xbmc on e drive (leave xbmc's default.xbe in the folder)
    3) used ude (see xbox-scene) to create dash mod kudos to pedrospad on x-s. ude rocks. check out his threads

    to summarize ude as many of you have probably gained ftp access:

    depending on your version and bios (i have a 1.1, see xbox-scene to check your version by serial number-it's on the homepage under versions) you can easily perform this soft-mod.

    you need the following:
    phoenix bios loader (i got mine with the morden patch)
    dashboard 4920
    xbtool or another bios editor
    bert_ate_ernie.xtf (font hack)

    once you have these things it is a fairly simple process. i did my friends tonight in about 30 minutes (including xfer)

    1) transfer xbmc to e:\. leave default.xbe in the native folder
    2) places files from pbl into the root of e:\ since i already had pbl on my e-drive i copied the folder to my pc, then pulled the files out of the folder and put them into e:\
    3) edit your 4967_67.bin in xbtool. use the "debug" method (see their docs, very easy to use) this is where you will tell the bios what prgram to load. the dvd-rom is the first (if you messup you can access xbox through gamesave hack). after disc, i put e:\xbmc\default.xbe. as long as no disc is in the drive, xbmc boots. i also turned my led red, you do what you want. when done editing, place in a folder on e: named bioses (e:\bioses). this folder and bios came with mordens.
    4) rename the c:\xboxdash.xbe to c:\modxboxdash.xbe or something else
    5) take the 4920 dashboard you downloaded and rename (c:\xodash\update.xbe) to c:\xboxdash.xbe in your xbox! (i copied all the files from the 4920 to my c:-you may not have to do that)
    6) copy the bert_ate_ernie.xtf font to the root of c.
    7) rename your fonts folder to f0nts (yes, that's a zero) and alte r the file extensions to .xtfxxx i think i used .xtfbat

    once you have done these, reboot your box. what happens is the xbox loads the dash, looks for the fonts and is forced to load bert_ate_ernie because there are no other fonts (you changed the file extensions). b_ate_e and the 4920 dash tell the box to look to e:\default.xbe. this is the xbe from phoenix bios loader (you put it into the root of e). pbl loads 4967_67.bin from e:\bioses which tells xbox to load e:\xbmc\default.xbe. bam.

    i am not an expert. this is how i did it and do not claim to be a master of mod. everything i know i got from the fellas at xbox-scene. i did not find a tutorial on there for exactly how to do this, in fact, everyone was calling me a dumbass for not using a program called nkpatcher or pbl mentoo. they may be much easier to use. if you have questions, i will answer if i can.

    here are some screenshots of my ftp ans xbtool so you can compare your drive to mine, if you want.
    xbox c drive (http://69.6.216.193/images/xbmc/xboxcdrive.jpg)
    c:\fonts (http://69.6.216.193/images/xbmc/fontsfolder.jpg)
    xbox e drive (http://69.6.216.193/images/xbmc/xboxedriver.jpg)
    e:\bioses (http://69.6.216.193/images/xbmc/ebiosesfolder.jpg)
    xbtool (http://69.6.216.193/images/xbmc/xbtool.jpg)







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