[OFFICIAL] X360 Dashboard/Game Updates

[The One!]

ban what ? the console or my account ?

[Kushan]

Yes, the console itself gets banned, not your gamertag.

[Sn00pY]

works fine for me :)

[The One!]

opps ! :(

[The One!]

Sn00pY is u'r 360 moded ? are u able to update the dashboard ???

[Windam]

^ double posts? What are you 16?

c'mon now.. did you take my avatar from animepaper btw?

[The One!]

no i didn't ! lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

if i manualy try to update the software from a CD do i still get ban ?

here is the link : http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemus...stemupdates.htm

i'm not interested on XBL just want to update the dashboard. :) i'm a noob on 360 thats why i'm asking these questions.

[Guest]

This really isn't the place to discuss modded consoles.

[Kushan]

no i didn't ! lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

if i manualy try to update the software from a CD do i still get ban ?

here is the link : http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemus...stemupdates.htm

i'm not interested on XBL just want to update the dashboard. :) i'm a noob on 360 thats why i'm asking these questions.

You can update the dashboard all you want, it'll be fine. You can even connect to Live and update it that way, just don't have a copied game in the disk drive when you do it.

[Sn00pY]

Sn00pY is u'r 360 moded ? are u able to update the dashboard ???

yes and yes. :)

[The One!]

You can update the dashboard all you want, it'll be fine. You can even connect to Live and update it that way, just don't have a copied game in the disk drive when you do it.

thxz :)

[Kushan]

Just to clarify (and not that I should be telling you this, but anyway) if you ever have a copied game in the drive, do NOT connect to live. Even if you remove the disk, be sure to RESET your console before you connect to live (and by connect to live, I'm talking about signing in on the dashboard).

[Kushan]

Well it's been spring now for about a week, doesn't that mean a new dashboard update is due in a month or two?

Usually rumours start spreading by now, anyone heard anything interesting?

[HawkMan]

Well the fall update was a bitlate and fairly comprehensive.

I think most of the requests that made sense was done for the fall update so I guess people aren't speculating as much outside of improving on what was added, and maybe some new cool stuff that noone ever thought of :)

[Kushan]

Well all I'm hoping for is 5.1 support when decoding h.264 video. At the moment, it only does 2 channels :(

MKV support would rock.

I'm guessing it'll be late again this time because the last one was so late, but you never know.

[PiracyX]

I would like MKV support added aswell as that would be ssweet but i wouldn't hold my breath to be fair.

Thing i would like included with the Spring update;

# Intergrated Web browser.

# The ability to read emails from your Windows Live account.

# MKV video support.

# Animationed backgrounds (also able to use your own videos would be cool etc)

# Support more resolutions such as 1440x900 and 1680x1050

Would mind a newer animation for achievement unlocks and friends signing in. The one on PC looks far more cleaner.

Can't think of anymore right now.

[Guest]

They should really add a web browser.

[Kushan]

Apparently they've already got a web browser working in their labs, but it's not really all that useful (apparently) and I'm inclined to agree for the most part. But then again, my 360 is right beside my PC anyway, if I had it in the living room it might be different.

[Neo003]

PiracyX I don't think any of the things you mentioned would be available in the next update, MS has always disappointed in updates before I think they will disappoint this time too.

[HawkMan]

Dunno, I've yet to be dissapointed by any of the 360 updates.

but then again I never expec them to add support for a piracy format like mkv either (face it, there aren't any legitimate stuff using mkv, sure it's a nice container but...)

the closest would be the lack of 5.1 support in h264 but...it's not exactly something I cry to much over since they also actually added divx support, and I got an actual media center now :)

[Kushan]

but then again I never expec them to add support for a piracy format like mkv either (face it, there aren't any legitimate stuff using mkv, sure it's a nice container but...)

Well the very same could be said about DivX/XviD and there's a lot MORE of those files floating around.

I think for proper MKV support, actual subtitle support would be needed as well, so that's probably one of the reasons they haven't bothered yet.

More resolutions would be nice, too.

[starmatrix]

yes, resolutions would definitely be good

cough1900x400cough

[Kushan]

yes, resolutions would definitely be good

cough1900x400cough

What kind of messed up resolution is THAT?

[HawkMan]

Well the very same could be said about DivX/XviD and there's a lot MORE of those files floating around.

I think for proper MKV support, actual subtitle support would be needed as well, so that's probably one of the reasons they haven't bothered yet.

More resolutions would be nice, too.

I know that's why I also said I didn't expect them to add xvid. though xvid has gotten a lot of use nowadays in more legal ways. Especially in trailers and such. kv hasn't come to this level. but then divx has a relatively professional company behind it, wich has done all it could to push for more legal uses of DivX and gotten it as almost a standard support in dvd players.

and I'm pretty sure the 360 support subtitles in some way, well through the MCE anyway if you stream stuff(like tv channels form a MC box). but the real use for mkv wouldn't be subtitles as much as the the wider support it was for video stream and audio stream compatibilities. if you want 5.1 sound without using mp3 you're pretty much stuck with mkv. outside of using wmv anyway.

[Kushan]

One of my favourite things about MKV was it's subtitle support, as well as the fact that the file could have separate audio tracks. Perfect for Anime, which typically comes with both the English and Japanese audio as well as English subs (fun to put English audio and English subs on at the same time to see how completely different they are lol).