Hidden features inside Xbox 360?


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Only video pirates want to stream movies... :whistle:

You can't really force video playback over WMC, the app was never meant for it. MS knows that adding the feature just means more movie pirates and piracy is something they've been fighting for a while.

I just hope that they have group chat sometime. And maybe a bigger HDD.

Excuse me?

I backed up my dvd collection to my media center pc so i dont have to swap and change dvds, it would be ideal to be able to stream videos from my media center pc to my xbox360 in my room.

Think before you make sweeping generalisations thanks.

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It prolly makes Julienne fries or something mad crazy like that ;)

WTF? u crazy man lol =)

streaming video?

also i got a preview of mamae running on 360, its beta and has no gui and a single rom name is hardcoded, but none the les it runs ok... of course its dev machines only but my friend got one and had a few left...

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Only video pirates want to stream movies... :whistle:

You can't really force video playback over WMC, the app was never meant for it. MS knows that adding the feature just means more movie pirates and piracy is something they've been fighting for a while.

I just hope that they have group chat sometime. And maybe a bigger HDD.

not really i have MCE with mutiple 360's in the house when im on the computer i would like to stream movies to other tvs instead of the HDTV so i dont get yelled at for hoggin everything up

and the movies are rented online

movielink.com psst they are WMV

You are correct, but Sony owns a large amount of shares in Square-Enix I beleive, so they do have some control over them. MS can't just buy Square-Enix for the above stated reasons (or can they?), only way MS could take control is buying Sony out (as in thier shares in the company, not buy Sony themselves :p), which I doubt will happen (but then again it might, I don't think anyone saw Nintendo selling Rare coming) Also I think Sony has tried to buy Square (before the merger with Enix) but it failed (but I could be wrong there).

A "proper" FF is happening soon, FFXII (PS2 - well if ever gets released or gets bumped to PS3) and FFXIII (PS3)..so there is already 2 in the works.

Well if the PS3 kicks the bucket, the chances of 360 getting a "proper" FF are still slim (don't forget the 360 bombed in Japan, they ain't gonna support a console willingly that isn't doing well (in Japan)...unless MS offer some huge cash incentive or something :p) if anything, if the PS3 bombs we might see some more FF on the Nintendo Wii (as they already shown interest in developing games for Nintendo again) but that is only what I think so take with a grain of salt :p

japan needs to get its head out its ass and make games for the world, just cause japanese dont buuy them dont mean euro and US wont buy good rpgs, etc ..... scared money dont make money

jap dev's dont want our dollars? i understand not making weird games and stuff but jap dev's could really make some profit making games for rest of the world?

like how microsoft sells it WORLDWIDE

just a thought,

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It best be Video Streaming, I can't believe MS have managed to get away with not including it thus far via Media Connect. Its basically exactly the same as Music sharing, you just pass the 360 the file and it plays it.

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It best be Video Streaming, I can't believe MS have managed to get away with not including it thus far via Media Connect. Its basically exactly the same as Music sharing, you just pass the 360 the file and it plays it.

It is,. next Xbox update will enable us to if my sources are correct

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Free porn?

Excellent idea.

I did read somewhere that a certain hidden feature is directly linked to a M$ ftp server, just something I read, don't quote me on it.

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Im still thinking about the directv blade. I remember that rumor a long time ago.

Personally, I think whatever it is must be a general update, not local. Not everyone that has 360 is a DirecTV subscriber, so MS would just alienate all the non-DTV folks. I'm not saying a DTV blade wouldn't be useful, but I see that coming from a full dash update.

I'm also hoping for streaming video but it will probably be a new theme :devil:

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jap dev's dont want our dollars? i understand not making weird games and stuff but jap dev's could really make some profit making games for rest of the world?

like how microsoft sells it WORLDWIDE

just a thought,

:yes: i was going to say something kinda like that.

i dont buy many jap games. i might buy more if they were more american. and to jap dev plz no more guitar plz.

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Most of these ideas wouldn't require a special chip on the Xbox itself.

Most likely it's some sort of video decompression/ upscaling thing.

See I think if it is an Itunes like service, the hidden 'hardware' wouldn't be a chip or something, it'd be hidden data on the hard disk, which would explain why that Moore bloke said he's surprised hackers haven't found it out yet because access to the hard disk was done quite a long time ago.

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Im still thinking about the directv blade. I remember that rumor a long time ago.

Yea, it will probably be something to do with that. Either that or the new Zune music service to compete with iTunes or something.

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Personally, I think whatever it is must be a general update, not local. Not everyone that has 360 is a DirecTV subscriber, so MS would just alienate all the non-DTV folks. I'm not saying a DTV blade wouldn't be useful, but I see that coming from a full dash update.

I'm also hoping for streaming video but it will probably be a new theme :devil:

I'm not even sure with DirecTV is, so yes, I'd prefer it wasn't that. :p

The chip is near the i/o ports so im hoping its the processor that enables hdmi out with a microsoft hdmi cable.

Its been said about a BILLION times that video out on the 360 is analog, which HDMI does NOT work with. Does HDMI even offer any real improvements over Component or VGA? :p

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Its been said about a BILLION times that video out on the 360 is analog, which HDMI does NOT work with.

News to me.

But what about the Optical port? Isn't Optical digital?

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