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2006-11-14, 19:48
Can xbox/xbmc run DVD+R?
Is it possible to copy/run a game directly on the XBMC HD without having to first write the game, and then transfer to the xbox?
Can I run a movie directly from the Xbox HD?
Thanks,
Stefan
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you cannot really say for certain what a given Xbox system can or cannot read with its DVD drive. Microsoft bought drives from 3 different manufacturers, and even within the same brand it seems drives vary quite a bit in terms of what they will and will not read. One of my friends has a system that will read all the media he throws at it, DVD+/-R/RW, even CD-Rs! Another friend has a drive that won't read any burned media and has troubles with some pressed DVDs even! So usually it is best to test your drive out to see what it can do before investing in media.
provided your DVD drive can physically read a disc, XBMC can use discs burned using the Xbox file system, ISO9660, and UDF too. This means you can usually just burn media files onto a disc in the normal data format you would use when making something for your computer and XBMC will use it just fine.
Backup games can be played either from the DVD drive or from the harddisk. Games can be transferred onto the system's harddisk via the network, avoiding a direct disc transfer. A good solution for this is Qwix on the PC, and a program called Avalaunch for the Xbox. These two together will let you take a game, put it a PC's DVD drive, and dump the contents over the network onto your harddisk. This allows you to keep the discs in their cases and away from children, pets, angry gfs, whatever. Also games load faster from the harddisk.
to the last, XBMC uses a modular file system, so you can play media on the local harddisk, DVD, on a network share, or the internet.