Wanted: original xbox [Archive]

Wobbly

03-01-2007, 01:09 AM

If anyone has an original xbox kicking around that they want rid of now that the kids are settled in to the 360 then let me know. I'm looking to pay around $150 for a basic unit (same as what they go for on ebay).

Don't need anything fancy or even any games, just basic unit with controllers and TV RCA connections, dvd remote an advantage. Already being mod chipped would also be an advantage :)

SM93

03-01-2007, 11:51 AM

what r u up to neill ? Have u been watching weird science and attempting to make a robot girlfriend again :lol:

Wobbly

03-01-2007, 12:03 PM

Again? 8-[

Nope, looking to make up a remote media centre to go along with my living room htpc. Just need a basic unit which has to be chipped so it can run XBMC. I'm going to get my house cabled with cat5e and run a gigabit router (they are bulk cheap now) which means with a cheap xbox I can stream recorded video into my bedroom :)

Now all I need is the 1TB RAID5 array, but hard drive prices haven't come down at all in the last 12 months :rant: :punch:

SM93

03-01-2007, 12:29 PM

sure neill ;)

Wobbly

03-01-2007, 01:55 PM

Ok, crisis averted. Just found my local EB sells second hand basic xboxes for $149 with 12 months warranty :up: So janine will be up and running before you, oops, err, what I meant to say... :oops:

SM93

03-01-2007, 02:18 PM

once u get "it" send me some pics. "it" won't be able to talk will it, i hope not :lol:

Wobbly

03-01-2007, 02:26 PM

No, I think its only got settings for 'vibrate', 'oscillate' and 'bob' :shock:

SM93

03-01-2007, 02:31 PM

u forgot the most important commands "cook" and "clean"

dicky

03-01-2007, 02:54 PM

Dunno about them big technical sounding words, but Bob is a blokes name :shock:

dicky.

03-01-2007, 03:05 PM

....a basic unit which has to be chipped so it can run XBMC. .... cabled with cat5e and run a gigabit router .... stream recorded video into ...
....1TB RAID5 array, ....

:acid:

I think your on a terrorist watchlist now.

:)

Wobbly

03-01-2007, 05:44 PM

Dunno about them big technical sounding words, but Bob is a blokes name :shock:
Haven't you ever seen blackadder? :lol2:

Sibbo

08-01-2007, 11:51 AM

"Bob" from blackadder is a pisser, as are you Neil.

SMC690

10-01-2007, 07:45 PM

If you need a hand Neil let me know.
I just finshed one yesterday with 200Gb HDD and Xecuter3, new front panel with LCD and loaded XBMC2 and all the shit. I have heaps of files.
I can't do without mine. I have it connected to a wireless bridge.
I'll post a pic soon, it hardly resembles an xbox anymore!

Wobbly

10-01-2007, 11:15 PM

Cool, lemme see :) Just waiting for my #*(@(*^# USB dongle jigger to turn up in the post at the mo :?

SMC690

11-01-2007, 10:00 AM

This is my one. I hardly use it for gaming any more.
Transfer video's and music to it over wireless.
I have not bought a blank DVD in years!
XBMC rocks...

http://vsmr.net/albums/non-motard/11012007013_G.jpg

http://vsmr.net/albums/non-motard/11012007012_G_002.jpg

http://vsmr.net/albums/non-motard/11012007014_G.jpg

tambi

11-01-2007, 10:51 AM

Whats XBMC?

SMC690

11-01-2007, 11:02 AM

Xbox Media Centre.
www.xbmc.de from memory or google it.
Transforms your xbox once modded to a multimedia PC that plays just about anything you throw at it.
I stream alot of music and movies wirelessly straight from my server or from the HDD in the xbox itself.
Fantastic stuff!

Sibbo

11-01-2007, 11:11 AM

Nerds!!!!! :nerd:

SMC690

11-01-2007, 06:38 PM

It's Geeks, not Nerds, get it right! ;)

tambi

11-01-2007, 07:26 PM

Ich keine sprechen sie deutsch :? Sounds good from your description though, maybe I need one..............

Wobbly

11-01-2007, 08:46 PM

Cool :) I'm just going to do your basic mod and xbmc on mine, as all I really want it to do is stream media from my media centre PC in the living room. Having said that my HTPC is going to need some disk space upgrading soon, and 1TB of raid0+1 or raid5+controller is looking expensive :shock:

SMC690

11-01-2007, 09:12 PM

The hardware is getting cheaper and cheaper though which is good.
I bought another 250Gb SATA2 drive yesterday for next to SFA.

Wobbly

12-01-2007, 12:53 AM

I bought a 2 300gig sata drives a year ago for $110 each - they seem to have gone up in price if anything since then :?

Anyways, I got my xbox softmodded now with krayzies softmod and xbmc loaded. It seems to play most of my media files over the network with the exception of the digital tv recorded from channels 10, 9 and 2, which it plays but with a lot of corruption and sound/video de-sync :( Wonder if you can replace codecs in xbmc.....?

SMC690

25-01-2007, 01:13 AM

What version of XBMC are you loaded with and are the digital TV files recorded in transport stream (.TS) format or some proprietory format from a branded recorder?
The later versions of XBMC such as XBMC2 and the CVS builds including distro's like Bling Bling and Tech can play them not a problem at all.
I have them here if you want me to FTP them to you or the like.
Cheers,
Juz.

Wobbly

25-01-2007, 10:06 AM

2.0.1 was the latest distro I used. It's playing .ts files now (got sick of trying to make dvr-ms work) that are recorded from my HTPC running webscheduler. Seems to work pretty good, now I just need to try and find someone to wire up my house :?

petersteelefreestyle

01-04-2007, 04:50 PM

u forgot the most important commands "cook" and "clean"

hahaha that made me laugh

Muzzard

01-04-2007, 08:05 PM

Friggin' Technogeekery aplenty going on here.
My RPM is down but my THC is up.
So it all good :shock:

petersteelefreestyle

12-10-2007, 08:31 PM

i have one sitting in my draw now. but i tried to mod it myself and its never worked since lol. i don know what i done i only know it doesnt work lol. one day i might get around it trying to get it completly rreset.

i deleted the entire auto load feature lol