Posted by Jack (www.villagebbs.com) on 01/11/06 14:43

> That's impressive. I assume you can connect it to your TV thru
> composite lines and network it with hardwire Ethernet. I also assume
> it has the full GUI for a DVDR including a remote control with IR
> sensor.

XBOX has full network capabilities, it can stream media from anywhere
on your network
or even over the Internet. XBMC has a great GUI, very easy to use and
fully compatible
with the XBOX remote. So basically, yes to all your questions, except
its not a 'DVDR',
its only a DVD Player.

> My ILO DVDR05MU1 will play all those in principle. However I did run
> into a file that it rejects. I looked inside with TotalVideoConverter
> and it looked like every other AVI I have seen. It opens in WinDVD so
> it is not corrupted. I can convert it to a DVD-compliant MPG in WinAvi
> and the MPG plays on the DVDR.

XBMC is based on MPlayer, which is probably the most versatile video
player
available anywhere. I don't think i've found a single standard video
file that it hasn't
been able to play yet. It can even handle most off-spec stuff, poorly
encoded, etc.

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