Modding an Xbox
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 2:33 pm
Anybody have the original Xbox? Anybody mod their Xbox? If your Xbox is sitting around collecting dust like mine was, something you may want to give some thought to -
What I've done with mine is something that even Lind could appreciate because it doesn't use anything that Microsoft came up with. I've modded my Xbox and installed a completely different program on it called XBMC (Xbox Media Center), which turns the Xbox into a Media Center. This is the open source XBMC, not the Media Center that Microsoft released for the Xbox. I think it might be Linux based, but I'm not sure. I now boot up my Xbox to a cool dashboard on my screen, from which I can access and play things streamed from my computer (one I got for $150 on Ebay to use for media), such as my music collection, pictures, videos, weather, rss feeds, etc.
The stuff you need to do this costs about $30. It requires some tech know how, but I am far from a computer guru, and I figured it out.
What I've done with mine is something that even Lind could appreciate because it doesn't use anything that Microsoft came up with. I've modded my Xbox and installed a completely different program on it called XBMC (Xbox Media Center), which turns the Xbox into a Media Center. This is the open source XBMC, not the Media Center that Microsoft released for the Xbox. I think it might be Linux based, but I'm not sure. I now boot up my Xbox to a cool dashboard on my screen, from which I can access and play things streamed from my computer (one I got for $150 on Ebay to use for media), such as my music collection, pictures, videos, weather, rss feeds, etc.
The stuff you need to do this costs about $30. It requires some tech know how, but I am far from a computer guru, and I figured it out.