ok so I have been reading and getting ready to do this softmod for awhile and the othr night I finaly got it working.So strait to the point theres no aplications or anything to copy a game. I used krayzies ndure installer.Is this how all mods start?I dont really see anyone posting the same question so im wondering if someone went into my package and took files out. there is a folder in the rar that is labled applications but it is empty.whats the quickest way to get some applications on evo x,or is there another soft mod installer with applications that get loaded when the mod is done? thanks guys!!!
-go to http://www.aidtracker.com -download the auto installer deluxe torrent file. -use your torrent client to start the download. -when it's done open up one of the folders and drag aidxxxxxx.iso to your desktop. -use img burn or any burning program to open up the iso and burn it to a dvd. -your xbox should automatically load it, select applications and it should be self explanitory from there.
xbox soft mods do start out as just a new dash then you got to add all the apps and emulators you want. Auto installer is a big download but definitely worth it. You can also check the downloads at eurasia.nu under util,xbox look for dvd2xbox and download. Then you can ftp it to your xbox. Dvd2xbox backs up your games to the hard drive.
Thanks C4RN1 and silent714 for the replys that is exactly what I wanted to know.The next thing I need to do is swith my hard drive with a larger one yall know where a decent tutorial is for that
You're going to be using a program called xboxhdm, some people have issues with the program and locking the drive. If you have any problems with it let me know. Here's a couple tutorials http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/533828 - chunks tutorial - use this one http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/203286 - older tutorial Once you get the drive cloned you can throw in the aid disc and format F and G that way. There's data corruption that occurs on partitions bigger than 137gb but formatting with the AID disc will solve that issue.
do you ftp that way?also I really wanna know if I am going to be able to put a dvd movie in and copy it to hard drive?and watch it later of coarse
most of the time xbmc won't work when you copy the dvd to the xbox. It has something to do with the coding. If you want you don't even need to put a bigger drive in your xbox to watch movies on it. I have all my movies streamed to my xbox from my pc. It's all done through windows file sharing and really easy to setup. If you want to go that route i can help you do that. Basically i download the movies from a torrent site. They are all dvd rips so they're about 700mb a piece. I put them all in a folder and enable it to be shared on my network. Then in xbmc i select videos then workgroup smb share (I think that's what it's called) It lets me browse the folder, then i can select which movie to play and it automatically starts when i press a. You can't stream games to the xbox but this is a great way to get around having a smaller hard drive. For games you'll have to ftp them over or use dvd2xbox to copy them.
so as soon as I use dvd2xbox I ftp to make iso's ,will the xbox see the copyed disk or is there another application I need to install,my goal is the be able to copy disk to disk. Has anyone tried to burn a game to disk and it work
Actually dvd2xbox doesn't make iso's it rips the whole folder. So if you were to rip halo it would make a folder named "halo" in your F:/Games directory and the corresponding folders would be in there as well. The way it works is your xbox dash sees a root directoy. It's usually directed to the "Games" folders on E:, F:, G: and it will make a link to the default.xbe file in the games root folder ie "halo". It's kind of difficult to explain, but to answer your question no it doesn't make iso's. You can use any program to copy games to your computer to make an iso. I think i used to use dvd shrink a long long time ago, just check around, i never got into the whole copying games to disc routine, i have about 80 xbox games on my 500 gig hdd in my main xbox.
for movies and music i do the same as C4RN1, i have all my media on the one pc and the various boxes around the house just point to that ie i play movies and music across the network; i do the same for dvd's though i also often watch dvd movies from the xbox dvd drive. As for games, all mine live on a 500GB USB2.0 hard drive and whenever i or the kids want to install a game on a particular xbox i just ftp that game over the network; the games were mostly copied to one xbox or another via many sessions of using DVD2XBOX, and many sessions of ftp'ing the game folders to the pc - a lot of work up front, but this way i never have to go looking for the original game dvd's. I have about 180 games on my USB2.0 drive, i should make a backup of that really as i don't fancy copying all those games again if it breaks.
Yeah all my movies and progs are on an external hdd i through together. All my important system things and older material are on a external 60 gig that i modified to run cooler (poorly designed maxtor external case). I usually just keep the games, emualtors, and some movies on my xbox. My bit torrent downloads folder is directly shared so there's no need to move files or anything, when it's downloaded i can play it by selecting the same root folder as before. Here's a couple pics of my cheap download/workstation comp. comp-$270 monitor-$120 hdd case-$35 hdd-$80 keyboard-$40 Grand total $545 I know i'm obsessed with blue lights and yes it's a dell lol
Good stuff, i like Dell hardware, i have a few brand new Dell's, i just don't like the pre-installed software, plus all my mice are the same as yours, along with all my other kit there's LED's all over the shop. Anyways, yes, i do exactly the same, all my torrents plus any important folders/etc etc are shared so my various pc's and xboxes around the network can see everything they need to.
so will it rip a dvd and play it back reliably,I think some one o nthis forum said they didnt work everytime or somethin. My AID finished dling while I was it work and I just burnt my disk, the download was over 1 gb and the iso was like 600 mb there must be alot of extras in there.I hope my auto install goes good!
I am impressed with this whole modding my xbox experience its nice that people put these programs togather for us to use it seems like it would take alot of computer skills to create these installers and such. My next project is to change the hard drive.
Yeah AID is awesome and it's impressive they're still updating an iso since the xbox is long dead. That doesn't mean i don't sell one every now and then... but not as many as i used to. These people take pride in helping others, just like we do. It's a community for a reason, everyone is after the same goal. Try the different dashboards and see which one you like the best. You should be able to install them in your apps folder. If you have any problems with the hdd upgrade we'll be around.
I might attemp the hd upgrade tonight I just installed a cheapo pci capture card so I can hook rca wires to my compter moniter via pc I got it all set up so I can follow the steps and do the upgrade on the same screen
