Xbox 360 running XBMC (XBMC for Xbox360?) port possible someday?

The XBMC team has a pretty specific stance on this subject. Lonesouth, you are absolutely correct. There is a very good chance that someone will come up with an awesome homebrew method for watching videos on the 360. It's just that that someone won't be the XBMC team.

ummm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biCZJNFV8nI

I dont know if they ever got sound working on ubuntu, but it doesnt look like a whole lot of effort when into make this work. Perhaps a bootloader that runs just enuf of linux to get xbmc working and some drivers for joysticks and remotes and PRESTO! Of course it would not run as native as it did on the orig xbox and we have to deal with some sort of loading but if the sound, joystick or remote works I would use it the way it is now. Guess the hardest part would be making some kind of graphics library and such

swuu Wrote:ummm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biCZJNFV8nI

I dont know if they ever got sound working on ubuntu, but it doesnt look like a whole lot of effort when into make this work. Perhaps a bootloader that runs just enuf of linux to get xbmc working and some drivers for joysticks and remotes and PRESTO! Of course it would not run as native as it did on the orig xbox and we have to deal with some sort of loading but if the sound, joystick or remote works I would use it the way it is now. Guess the hardest part would be making some kind of graphics drivers and such

Pretty impressive.

BORIStheBLADE Wrote:Pretty impressive.

You call that impressive... 3mins in total to get it running that's crap and not in full screen and from what i could see it ran pig slow. A huge waste of time and effort if you ask me. I will stick with my windows pc as it cost less than a xbox360 and is quieter

paul Wrote:You call that impressive... 3mins in total to get it running that's crap and not in full screen and from what i could see it ran pig slow. A huge waste of time and effort if you ask me. I will stick with my windows pc as it cost less than a xbox360 and is quieter

I think it's impressive. Huge waste of time and effort? If it weren't for people like this you would be using a Tivo right now - actually not even as it's based on Linux. You would be using Windows media center.

WeakATV Wrote:I think it's impressive. Huge waste of time and effort? If it weren't for people like this you would be using a Tivo right now - actually not even as it's based on Linux. You would be using Windows media center.

Oooh! Noob calling out the long time resident Paul! Exciting! And.... we're movin this thread!

paul Wrote:You call that impressive... 3mins in total to get it running that's crap and not in full screen and from what i could see it ran pig slow. A huge waste of time and effort if you ask me. I will stick with my windows pc as it cost less than a xbox360 and is quieter

I agree to an extent. It is slow as hell, but it booted off a disc right?

I'm just impressed that that linux and xbmc are running. I would probably never do this to my 360 since its not the quietest option.

WeakATV Wrote:I think it's impressive. Huge waste of time and effort? If it weren't for people like this you would be using a Tivo right now - actually not even as it's based on Linux. You would be using Windows media center.

I would never use anything that uses linux as thats total bloatware

natethomas Wrote:Oooh! Noob calling out the long time resident Paul! Exciting! And.... we're movin this thread!

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit and does not become you

paul Wrote:I would never use anything that uses linux as thats total bloatware

1) According to netcraft, you used Linux when posting your comment.
2) Linux is far from bloated, especially when compared to Windows.

Disclaimer; I use OSX

paul Wrote:Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit and does not become you

I was thinking about going with "I can't believe this, but I actually completely agree with Paul," but I just couldn't do it. So I went with sarcasm instead. On a positive note, I like to use all forms of humor, so I'm pretty happy with the decision.