User manual MICROSOFT XBOX MEDIA PLAYER 2.4

Xbox media player 2.4 Index 1. Introduction ............................4 1.1 1.2 1.3 The XboxMediaPlayer Project History Features 4 4 5 2. Basic installation ......................6 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Set up the config.xml file Using from HDD Using from CD/DVD Using XBMP as a Dashboard Controller Setup DVD Remote Setup 6 9 9 9 10 11 3. Optional Features ................... 13 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 Relax XNS Server SMB Shares XBMSP FTP Server ISO 9660 File/Folder Thumbnails Subtitles Filename Filters Multi File Stacking DLL Codec's IMDb support Skins 13 14 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 4. My Programs.......................... 19 4.1 4.2 4.3 Shortcuts Program Bookmarks Hierarchy Flattening 19 20 20 5. My Music .............................. 21 5.1 5.2 5.3 Playlist Shoutcast Audio Visualizations 21 22 22 6. My Pictures ........................... 23 6.1 6.2 Slideshow Using Background Music 23 23 7. My Videos ............................. 24 7.1 During Playback 24 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Control Panel On Screen Display (OSD) Video bookmarks Playlist IMDb Information 25 25 25 25 25 8. Settings ............................... 26 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Decoder General Screen Slideshow Sound System 26 27 28 29 29 29 9. Advanced Configuration ............ 30 9.1 9.2 Fine Tuning XBMP Upgrading XBMP 30 31 10. Tips .................................... 32 11. Trouble Shooting .................... 33 12. Useful Links .......................... 34 13. Greetings ............................. 35 14. Disclaimer ............................ 36 Go back to Index 1. Introduction 1.1 The XboxMediaPlayer Project XboxMediaPlayer is a free open source (GPL) multimedia player for the XboxTM from Microsoft. (XboxMediaPlayer is also known as "Xbox Media Player", "XBMP", "XMP" & "XBPLAYER"). Currently the XboxMediaPlayer can be used to play and view supported video/audio/picture formats such as MPEG, DivX, XviD, MPG, MP3, JPG and more direct from a CD/DVD in the XboxTM DVD-ROM or of the XboxTM hard disk drive, it can also play files from a PC over a LAN / network via an XNS (XStream Server) software or from a windows (SMB) share. It has playlist and slideshow function, ability to work as a replacement XboxTM dashboard. These and more features enable the XboxTM running XboxMediaPlayer to fully function as a multi-media jukebox. Note! XBMP is a hobby project that is only developed by volunteers in their spare-time for free. (Remember XboxMediaPlayer does require a modded Xbox to work). 1.2 History The XboxMediaPlayer was created by d7o3g4q (a.k.a. duo) & RUNTiME. It started out as two separate players by the two original developers each working on their own design d7o3g4q's player was called XboxMediaPlayer & RUNTiME's player was called XBPLAYER, they began by sharing some code & coordinating features to not duplicate efforts & by XboxMediaPlayer beta 5 the two player where totally integrated into one. In beta 5 they also started using FFMPEG as the video codec & in beta 6 they also added XviD support with code from the XviD project. The development & beta testing was done "behind closed doors" for this project (d7o3g4q & RUNTiME promising that when version 1.0 was made they would release the source code to the public, but after beta 6 was done there where a lot of complaining from many why the developers did not release the source code for the player sooner as they where using FFmpeg & XviD code which are under the (L)GPL license. Even though the project was closed d7o3g4q & RUNTiME released the source code for beta 6 (Inc. a few bug fixes, SVCD/MPEG-2 & limited ISO 9660 caching support) on the 15th of October 2002. In the November 2002 Frodo (the founder of "YAMP - Yet Another Media Player") joined the Xbox Media Player team as the XboxMediaPlayer & YAMP project merged, the first release of the merged projects is called "Xbox Media Player 2.0" & source code for it was release on the 14 December 2002. (XboxMediaPlayer 2.0 is a complete re-write using a new core based on the Mplayer project still using FFmpeg/XviD codec code). On the 28 December 2002 the source code of XboxMediaPlayer 2.1 was released with many bug fixes and a couple of new features like true AC3 5.1 output, volume normalizer/amplification and an additional post processing filter. Two weeks later on the 12 of January 2002 XboxMediaPlayer 2.2 source code was released with new features like dashboard mode to launch other applications, separate national language files, streaming media from windows shares (SMB), audio-playlist, playing media on-the-fly from ISO9660-Mode1 CD's and Windows DLL support for WMV 7,8,9. We have not yet had a point release since then but subtitle/GUI TTF support, SHOUTcast streaming, IFO playback, IMDb service, ISO9660-Mode2, video playlist, blank screensaver and a build-in FTP server has been added to the CVS. XNS protocol and the first XStream Streamer/Server software was created by RUNTIME to share media to the player over a network. Since then it is being worked on by Pope-X, Jeff33, Ziki, jkw & Tusse/nonSense (with support from RUNTiME, d7o3g4q & frodo), a draft for a new XNS protocol has also been put together by PuhPuh. Some of the streamers also host additional functions like SHOUTcast support. (Of course the ultimate goal is to make this the best available media player for the XboxTM). Go back to Index 1.3 Features XboxMediaPlayer 2.4 point release source code supports/features the following: - AVI, OGM, Matroska & MPG/MPEG multimedia containers - DivX;-) 3.11 and OpenDivX 4.0 playback (uses FFmpeg lib) - DivX 5.0 - 5.03 Pro playback inc. B-frames, GMC & QPel (uses FFmpeg lib) - XviD playback support (uses XviD codec library) - MP3 and MPEG-1/2 audio playback (uses libmad lib) - OGG/OGM Support (uses libvorbis/FFmpeg/XviD libs) - Windows Media Files WMA/WMV/ASF (inc. WMV9 via DLL's) - BivX (multiple audio streams/tracks) support - MSMpeg4 v1, MSMpeg4 v2 & MSMpeg4 v3 support (uses FFmpeg lib) - AC3 (Dolby Digital 5.1) support (real AC3 5.1 output or down-mixed to stereo) - MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 (inc. .DAT & .BIN VCD/SVCD files) (uses FFmpeg lib) - Unencrypted VOB playback (uses libmpeg2 lib) & encrypted via IFO parsing from DVD - Subtitle support (MicroDVD, srt, smi, vplayer, rt, ssa, aqt, sub, jss, mpl & VobSub) - True FFWD/RWD during AVI, OGM, Matroska (DivX/XviD) & MPEG playback - Seeking during AVI (DivX/XviD) & MPEG playback - Audio Visualization (using Goom visual effects generator) - Playlist's for audio & video files (inc. save & play playlist to/from M3U) - Video bookmarking (so can resume a movie later, even after reboot) - Post-Processing filters for better video quality - Audio amplifying & normalization filters - Video resizing/scaling and zooming functions - ISO 9660 - Mode1 CD-R/RW compatibility (caching or on-the-fly) - ISO 9660 - Mode2 CD-R/RW compatibility (caching or on-the-fly) (VCD/SVCD)* - JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIFF, TGA & PCX picture/image viewing (uses FFmpeg lib) - Picture slideshow of JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIFF, TGA & PCX (using CxImage) - Thumbnails (media files, folders and applications) for easy localization - Picture thumbnails (automatically generated) - Launch XBE's (dashboard replacement mode) - Build-in FTP Server (using XBFileZilla module) - IMDb information (The Internet Movie Database) - Internet Radio - SHOUTcast/Icecast support (native or streaming via RelaX) - OSD (On Screen Display) with various of settings during video playback - File streaming from a PC or Server over a network from a XNS (XStream Server) software - File streaming from a PC or Server over a network from Windows SMB (Samba) share/s* - Stream video/audio/pictures directly from a ISO/BIN/IMG/ZIP files via RelaX - 8092Kb memory buffer for video/audio playback (can be configured) - NTSC playback on PAL Xbox/TV and PAL playback on NTSC Xbox/TV - Control XboxMediaPlayer via XboxTM controller or the XboxTM DVD Remote - Language files for translated user interface (over 20 languages so far) - International subtitle fonts (manually exchangeable using TTF fonts) - International GUI fonts (manually exchangeable using TTF fonts) *Some of them may have problems, but they are constantly being worked on. Please, feel free to report bugs and problems in the bug reporting forums. Go back to Index 2. Basic installation XBMP requires a modded Xbox; any modchip/exploit will work with XBMP. XBMP can be run either from the Xbox's HDD or from CD/DVD media. 2.1 Set up the config.xml file Now, to set up the "config.xml", open the file with an XML or Text Editor, like Notepad, and change like explained: - Map local drives This configuration will map all the drives, XBMP will automap the DVD-ROM as of version 2.4. The C:\, E:\, and F:\ are the only recommended drives to use. - Local Settings

192.168.0.30

255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.12 e:\apps\xbmp\playlists e:\ apps\xbmp\thumbs e:\ apps\xbmp\bookmarks e:\apps\xbmp\subtitles e:\ apps\xbmp\IMDB e:\apps\xbmp *Address: Specifies the Xbox's IP Address. *Subnet: If needed, specifies the subnet mask for the network. *Gateway: Specifies the network gateway. *Place an "*"at the end of each of these tags to auto detect settings. | | Nameserver: DNS IP Address, used for SMB shares. TimeServer: XBMP can synchronize the Clock/Date from external (NT SNTP) Time Servers Playlists: The folder in which saved playlists will be placed. Remember to Share this folder in the Music/Video Sections in order to be able to load them. Thumbnails: Configure this folder to auto add TBN to files without covers (like CD/DVD Compilations). Filename must match. Bookmarks: Folder used to save BMK files, used to navigate the file. (Info in Section 7.2) IMDB: Folder to save cached IMDB information for offline use. Subtitles: Folder to place supported subtitle files, filename must match the video filename. Home: XBMP's home folder; set to where XBMP is stored. Go back to Index -Shares To specify individual shares to each section (Music, Pictures, Videos) edit the configuration file like this: true HD f:\music 256 UDF D: ISO9660 iso9660: Visible Tag: The tag (true/false) determines if this particular section will be visible from the GUI. Share Tag: Each tag specifies a different location: local, network path, or DVD Drive. Name Tag: The text between the tags is the text that will be displayed in the GUI when selecting shares. URL Tag: The tags are the actual location of the folder, such as an SMB share, a RelaX share or Local path. There are three different types of local shares; the Xbox hard drive, the DVD ROM drive (UDF) and ISO9660. To access the local HD folder, place the local path such as f:\music. To call for DVD (UDF) place "D:" on the URL tag. For ISO9660, place "iso9660:" (3). Other shares include SMB (Windows file sharing), XNS (a peer to peer protocol) and XBMSP (Xbox Media Streaming Protocol). SMB, XNS and XBMSP will be discussed later in the document. The Cache Cachesize Tag: The tag is used to define the buffer size for the share. Cachesize is useful to increase the buffer when connecting to remote servers in the case of SMB (Windows file sharing), XNS or XBMSP streaming methods. Size tag () is used to define cache per share, use this function to increase cache on large files, like videos, when connecting to SMB or RelaX shares. The same goes for Pictures () and Videos (). This way it's possible to access several XNS servers over a network, and SMB servers. For applications, only add the HD share, SMB/Relax doesn't work with applications. Go back to Index -Other Config.xml tags: Dashboard Tag: The tag specifies the file on C:\ to load when the Dashboard button is pressed (Orange button in the lower part of the main menu). Shutdown Time Tag: The tag specifies how long the Xbox will be idle before automatically shutting down. Setting this tag to 0 disables the auto shut down. Time input is in minutes. Sensitivity Tag: The tag changes the DVD Remote Sensitivity. A range from 0.2 to 0.4 gives a good result. Screensaver Tag: The tag specifies how long the player waits to activate the Screensaver, the time input is in seconds (0=Disabled). Subtitle Encoding Tag: To use localized subtitles, put the Subtitle Encoding code in the tag. A list of all supported encodings is available at: http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/documentation/libiconv/iconv_open.3.html Then Choose a TTF font from your Windows font directory (C:\Windows\fonts) that can display your language. Rename it to subtitle-font.ttf and upload it to your XBMP\Media\ directory. The most common codes are: - UTF-8: English characters. - ISO-8859-1: Contains most European characters (áéíóúäëïöü and so on). Use TTF UI: This tag enables a TTF Font to be used in the GUI Text to enable regional characters. A "common-font.ttf" is needed in \Media\ for it to work. Resolution Tag: Use the tag to determine the resolution XBMP runs in. Higher resolution, appropriate to your aspect ratio might result in better video quality. (See valid options in config.xml) Language Tag: Choose a language from the locale specified in the Locale folder e.g. English is 1, Japanese is 2, etc. For a full listing of supported languages, see Languages.txt in the Locale folder. Autolaunch Tag: If set to true, enables launching of original Xbox games, Audio CD's and DVD Movies upon insertion into the DVD-ROM. Go back to Index 2.2 Using from HDD This is the best and easiest way to use the XBMP; just FTP all the player files (after editing the "config.xml") to the Xbox using any FTP server/client application for Xbox, for example, Avalaunch, Evolution-X or MediaXMenu. For more information on how to set up FTP on the Xbox, please visit Xbox-Scene Tutorials Page. To add the XBMP item to your default dashboard, please consult their documentation. Here are some guides available on Xbox-Scene: Evolution-X configuration. Basic overview of installing an application (Evolution-X). 2.3 Using from CD/DVD To run XBMP from a CD/DVD, place all the files in the disc compilation after editing the "config.xml". For the disc to be readable by the Xbox, it has to be either XDFS or UDF. The main file must be named "default.xbe" and needs to be in the root of the disc. Once XBMP has loaded -and if your BIOS has the "No eject on Reset" hack- you can eject the tray, change the disc and go to the desired section to load the files. If you have a first generation modchip (Ejects on Reset), you will need to burn the media files along with the player files to use the player. For XBMP to read ISO9660/UDF CD-R's your Xbox DVD Drive MUST be able to do so, Being able to read different CD types is a hardware limitation and not a software limitation. A recommended application to burn UDF compliant CD/DVD's is "Record Now Max" from Stomp Inc. Nero Burning ROM has UDF compatibility issues so it's not recommended. For information on how to burn XDFS (XISO) discs, please refer to Xbox-Scene tutorials. 2.4 Using XBMP as a Dashboard XBMP can run as the default dashboard of the Xbox. With an FTP Server, XBE launch function, and easy to use design, it's a great option. There are some points to take in consideration when doing so. Mode 1 ­ Using XBMP as a dashboard, using all files in C:\ Note: This is the intended way to use XBMP when running as a dashboard. This is a clean way to use XBMP as a dashboard; you only need 2 files in C: ROOT: The XBE and the .cut file. The XBE file also needs to be named to something your BIOS can boot to. But this time, the "XBOX Media Player.cut" will point to another location, in where you have XBMP. i.e. You have XBMP in E:\utils\media\xbmp\xbplayer.xbe and wish to use those files. -Open a text editor. -Type in: Harddisk0\Partition1\utils\media\xbplayer.xbe -Then save as "XBOX Media Player.cut" (go to save as and type the name with quotes to force save as .cut) and place in C: ROOT. Go back to Index This time, it will read the XBOX Media Player.cut file and then use the files in the selected folder, leaving the C: partition as clean as possible. Mode 2 ­ Using XBMP as a dashboard, using all files from another partition. To use this set-up, you need to place all the files that come in the package, including the XBE, in the ROOT of the boot drive (usually C:). Then, the XBE must be renamed to something your BIOS can boot to. -Normal BIOS' boot to "evoxdash.xbe", or "neXgen.xbe" as well as to "xboxdash.xbe". You need to rename to either one of these, according to your BIOS. Also the "XBOX Media Player.cut" file needs to be set up like this: -Open a text editor. -Type in: Harddisk0\Partition2\xboxdash.xbe Remember to change the name to whatever you Xbox boots to, like "evoxdash.xbe". -Then save as "XBOX Media Player.cut" (go to save as and type the name with quotes to force save as .cut) and place in C: ROOT. After all is set, and the .cut file is in place and the config.xml file is edited. You can boot your Xbox with XBMP as a default dashboard. 2.5 Controller Setup The button configuration can't be changed, but this is a list of the current button setup: Navigation: - X button: - A button: - B button: - Y button: - Back Button: - D Pad: - White Button: - Left/Right Triggers: During Music Playback: - X button: - A button: - White button: During Video Playback: - X button: - A button: - D Pad LEFT/RIGHT: - D Pad UP/DOWN: - White button: - Black button: - Right (R-Thumb): - Left (R-Thumb): Toggle between played file and Player GUI. Play/Open selection. Go back 1 folder. Queue file to playlist Go back to Main screen. Move cursor. Display IMDb Info (active internet connection needed). Next/Previous Page. Toggle Visualization On/Off. Show Control Panel (w/Visualization On). Go to OSD (w/Visualization On). Toggle between played file and Player GUI. Show Control Panel. Change subtitle Offset. Change AV Sync. Go to OSD (On Screen Display). Show File information. Next Playlist Item. Previous Playlist Item. Go back to Index - Y button: B button: Slider Bar: B button: Left/Right Triggers: Create Bookmark. Cycle through bookmarks (only if available). Step up/down in the file. Cycle through bookmarks (only if available). Create Thumbnail. During Video Playback, In Control Panel: - D Pad: Highlight function. - B button: Back to Video. - A button: Select highlighted function. - Left/Right Triggers: FFWD/RWD (When Selected). - Left/Right Triggers: VOL +/- (When Selected). During Video Playback, On Screen Display: - D Pad: Highlight function. - White button: Back to Video. - A button: Select highlighted function. - D Pad RIGHT: Activate function selection. - D Pad LEFT: Back one step. - D Pad UP/DOWN: Change selected option. Special Slideshow Settings: - Right Trigger: Speed up Slideshow Time (Visual Display of Increment). - Left Trigger: Slow down Slideshow Time (Visual Display of Delay). - Back/B: Stop Slideshow. - Right (R-Thumb): Next Song. - Left (R-Thumb): Previous Song. - D-Pad Right: Next Picture. - D-Pad Left: Previous Picture. - Y button: Rotate Picture. 2.6 DVD Remote Setup This is the DVD Remote button setup: Navigation: - Display Key: - Select Key: - Back Key: - Title Key: - Menu Key: - Arrow Keys: - Info Key: During Music Playback: - Display Key: - Select Key: Toggle between played file and Player GUI. Play/Open selection. Go back 1 folder. Queue file to playlist Go back to Main screen. Move cursor. Display IMDb Info (active internet connection needed). Toggle Visualization On/Off. Show Control Panel (w/Visualization On). Go back to Index - Title Key: - Extra DVD Keys: During Video Playback: - Display Key: - Select Key: - Left/Right Key: - Up/Down Key: - RWD Key: - FWD Key: - Title Key: - Info Key: - Skip +: - Skip -: - Play Key: - Skip +/-: - Skip +/-: - Extra DVD Keys: Go to OSD (w/Visualization On). Play, Stop, Pause accordingly. Toggle between played file and Player GUI. Show Control Panel. Change subtitle Offset. Change AV Sync. RW file (for controller, choose option on the Control Panel). FFWD file (for controller, choose option on the Control Panel). Go to OSD (On Screen Display). Show File information. Next Playlist Item. Previous Playlist Item. Cycle through bookmarks (only if available). Step up/down in the file. Cycle through bookmarks (only if available). Play, Stop, Pause accordingly. During Video Playback, In Control Panel: -D Pad/Arrow Keys: Highlight function. -B button/Back Key: Back to Video. -A button/Select Key: Select highlighted function. -Left/Right Triggers: FFWD/RWD (When Selected). -Left/Right Triggers: VOL +/- (When Selected). During Video Playback, On Screen Display: - Arrow Keys: Highlight function. - Title Key: Back to Video. - Select Key: Select highlighted function. - Arrow Keys Right: Activate function selection. - Arrow Keys Left: Back one step. - Up/Down Keys: Change selected option. Special Slideshow Settings: - FWD Key: Speed up Slideshow Time (Visual Display of Increment). - RWD Key: Slow down Slideshow Time (Visual Display of Delay). - Pause Key: Pause Slideshow. - Stop/Menu: Stop Slideshow. - Skip +: Next Song. - Skip -: Previous Song. - Right Key: Next Picture. - Left Key: Previous Picture. - Title Key: Rotate Picture. - Numbers (0-9): Zoom Picture (0 restores picture) Go back to Index 3. Optional Features The next features are not needed by everyone, but they come with the player. They can be used at any time without major changes. 3.1 Relax XNS Server RelaX sets up your home computer as a server and then uses the XNS protocol to stream files over the network. RelaX can share files stored in a folder, or from zip and image files, such as ISO, BIN or IMG. It will list all the files inside a folder, but if an image file is pressed it will then navigate to it as it would do with a regular folder. First configure RelaX to share only the desired folders. To add folders in RelaX first delete the ones that come as an example, then create your own personal shares, such as Video, Music and Pictures. Inside each share, drag & drop the desired files or folders, this will be shared only in the section you select (Music/Pictures/Videos). To add a single folder as a shared folder, edit the Config.xml: RelaX d:\videos@192.168.1.2 *Change IP* To add a complete share from RelaX: Network (XNS) $ROOT$Music@192.168.0.10 After setting all the paths on the XBMP configuration file, upload the edited "config.xml" to your Xbox and then run RelaX, when you wish to access to your RelaX shares, go to My Music/Pictures/Videos and select the proper share. The RelaX documentation states that when RelaX is installed as a service (c:\relax.exe ­ install) that it may have problems starting. It has been observed that if the service fails to start go into the service properties (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services -> RelaX) and select `Allow service to interact with desktop' in the `Log On' tab as shown in the figure below. Go back to Index 3.2 SMB Shares To use SMB Shares you need to have shared folders on your network. To share a folder under Windows - Browse to the folder that you wish to share; - Right click on the folder and select 'Properties'; - Select the 'Sharing' tab. To Use SMB Shares (SAMBA), you first need to change the tag in the config.xml file. In this tag put your Domain Name Server (DNS) IP : 192.168.1.3 Then, under the Tag inside the tags edit the remote path: SMB smb://user:password@domain/computername/sharename When you wish to access to your RelaX shares, go to My Music/Pictures/Videos and select the proper share. Go back to Index 3.3 XBMSP The Xbox Media Streaming Protocol (XBMSP) was developed as a lightweight protocol to be used explicitly with the Xbox. Instead of a peer-to-peer protocol it is a server/client protocol meaning you should be able to connect multiple Xboxes to one XBMSP server. CCXstream is a program that has been compiled for Linux as well as Windows. The Windows port of CCXstream is compiled using Cygwin. Currently there is a 2GB limitation to the file sizes under Cygwin. A simple way to start the XBMSP server with CCXstream is as follows: prompt> ccxstream -f -r /u/media With the ­f option CCXstream will run in the background. The ­r option shares the specified server directory as the root share for the client. Under Windows the server's shared directories need to have `/cygdrive/drive_letter' appended. For example, if you want to share your C:\Media directory than the path for CCXstream will be /cygdrive/c/Media. Note that the `forward slash' / is still used under Windows instead of the `back slash' \. CCXstream may have a hard time resolving the server's IP address under Windows. To resolve this problem specify the server's IP address with the ­l option: C:\ccxstream.exe -f ­l 192.168.1.100 -r /cygdrive/c/Media For the client (the Xbox) configure the config.xml file as follows: Network (XBMSP) xbmsp://ipaddress:port/directory 8192 Where IP Address is the server address. If no port is specified then the Xbox will default to port 1400. Note that if no port is specified for the XNS protocol that the Xbox will default to 1400 as well so if you have XNS configured using the default 1400 port be sure to choose a unique port for XBMSP. The directory in the config.xml will be a directory in that exists in the root share directory. For example C:\Media is the root share and C:\Media\videos is a directory that exists then the config.xml will be: Network (XBMSP) xbmsp://ipaddress:port/videos 8192 Go back to Index 3.4 FTP Server XBMP includes a fully functional FileZilla FTP server. You can connect to your Xbox with an FTP client from any PC using the IP address set in config.xml. The default username and password is xbox:xbox. The FTP settings can be configured via the FileZilla Server.xml. 3.5 ISO 9660 To use an ISO9660 CD, place your CD on the tray (your DVD-Drive must be able to read CD-R) and select the ISO9660 share (see shares information), it will then read the CD-R. To enable On-The-Fly playback from ISO9660 CD-R's, go to Settings, then in General Settings, enable/disable "Cache ISO9660 files". 3.6 File/Folder Thumbnails To enable file/folder thumbnails, like this screenshot shows Make a 64x64 image (JPG, PNG, BMP) and rename it to filename.tbn or foldername.tbn, like in this example: In My Pictures, selecting "Generate Thumbnails" will make a proper TBN file out of every picture in the folder. For Videos, if you have a IMDb connection, you can generate a thumbnail for the file from the IMDB dialogue (See more in 7.6 IMDb Information) You can either choose to store TBN files in the configured XBMP Thumbs folder, or in the same folder as the target folder/file. Go back to Index If a TBN is supplied for a folder, all the files inside the folder will have the same TBN unless a specific TBN is supplied per archive. 3.7 Subtitles XBMP supports SRT, SUB, TXT, SMI, SSA, AQT, JSS, MPL and VobSub subtitles. To use them with video files place the subtitle file in the subtitles folder under XBMP, or alternatively use the same folder as the video file. The subtitle and video files must have the same name, for example: Video File: The Matrix.avi Subtitle: The Matrix.srt After that, the subtitle will show up when "The Matrix.avi" is played. If no subtitle is provided, playback will continue without problems. To enable or disable subtitles, go to the General Settings and select/deselect the option. To edit the subtitle font size in Mplayer subtitles, open "font.desc" with a text editor and change: size: 18.0 pixels to something higher (20-28) For TTF subtitles, open skin.xml and change: 23 to some other value. Change this value on all instances. To use localized font, place a subtitle-font.ttf file inside the MEDIA Folder, and uncheck the "Use MPlayer subs" option in General Settings. XBMP also supports compressed VobSub subtitles (rar) (Small files only (~6MB) because of memory constraints!) 3.8 Filename Filters Under General Settings, there is an option called "Filter using video and music file name conventions". When selected, this option will change filenames to something more easy to read. The conventions can be applied to both music and video files. i.e. "dvd-dvl-star_wars_ii.avi" to "star wars ii" "Hoobastank ­ 10 ­ Crawling in the Dark.mp3" to "Crawling in the dark" Note. Everything before the last hyphen will not be displayed. 3.9 Multi File Stacking Multi-file stacking is used to play multi part clips as a single file, this way it's not needed to manually change to the next part when the first one ends. To use this, Multi-file stacking first must be enabled under Settings, in the General Settings, and then, the filename must be XX­ CD1.avi and XX­CD2.avi (note there is no space between the "-" and the "CD#") Go back to Index Once a file is properly named, the player will only show the first part, but give an option to play the desired part of the movie (as indicated by the CD icons, top right). 3.10 DLL Codec's Some files, such as QuickTime, Real Media or Windows Media 9, require DLL's to be played. At this moment, Windows Media files are played and QT and RM have limited playback. 3.11 IMDb support If you have an active internet connection on your Xbox, you can access information on movies from "the Internet Movie Database" (See more in 7.6 IMDb Information). 3.12 Skins You can now alter the look and feel of your XBMP installation by changing its skin. You simply overwrite the appropriate files with ones from your preferable skin. To download new skins please refer to AllXboxSkins. Go back to Index 4. My Programs My Programs is used to launch XBE files, real useful if using XBMP as a dashboard replacement. With XBMP's cover function, programs are easy to identify, as you can specify a cover for any XBE or Shortcut as you would for a Music/Video clip. The "Play DVD-ROM" tries to launch D:\default.xbe, this way you can easily launch games. If a disc is not present, it will then load the default dashboard. 4.1 Shortcuts Shortcuts are used to `call' programs located in other drives/folders (Evox, or the MS Dash for example). Shortcuts can also make My Programs look less cluttered, as it will only show the files you wish. To make a shortcut file, open a text editor and edit like this: Harddisk0\Partition1\apps\xbplayer\default.xbe After editing the Path, save as "Filename.cut". Place the file on the application folder, it will show up as an ordinary file, but when selected it will run the specified XBE. Partition1 = E: | Partition2 = C: | Partition6 = F: Go back to Index 4.2 Program Bookmarks Bookmarks let you have different folders for My Programs in different drives or paths. To make different bookmarks edit the config.xml like in the next example: Utils f:\apps\Utils This will bookmark F:\apps\utils as "Utils" in the side bar. 4.3 Hierarchy Flattening Hierarchy flattening will only display "default.xbe" files and display the name associated with the XBE file instead of the XBE file names inside of the My Programs folders. Example: "E:\apps\boxplorer\default.xbe" will show up as "boXplorer" "E:\apps\xbp\default.xbe" will show up as "Xbox Media Player" "E:\apps\xbp\xbplayer.xbe" will not show up. This way, XBMP will only show the files to launch, and not every single folder inside the main folder. Before Hierarchy Flattening After Hierarchy Flattening