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Pearl Jammzz - Nov 15, 2002

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		Pearl Jammzz		Nov 15, 2002
			First of all, my XBox wont reconise ANY of my burnt music cds. Why is this? second, can the XBox play mp3s right out of the box? third, does a modded XBox play SVCDs? Thanks all, appreciate it......

		googlefest1		Nov 15, 2002
			the xbox cant read many cdr try xbox scene for info on what cdrs work no i dont think xbox can play mp3s you have to get a mod chip and use the evolution x software to play mp3s or vcds or what ever else that software is set up for dont know about the svcd - but if you check out xbox scene you probbaly will find every answer to you questions check their forums too

		Pearl Jammzz		Nov 15, 2002
			I looked and couldn't find that FAQ on what CDRs are supported, also anyone know this MP3 question for sure?

		googlefest1		Nov 15, 2002
			i gues you didnt look close enough i just looked -- cdrs canot be read by an xbox The xbox is designed to read dvd media only or, multi layered media in general. Cd-r media is single layered, and therefore the laser is not sensitive enough to read cd-r media. CDRW is single layer just the reflectance wavelength of the CDRW dye is much closer to DVD than CD-R is... so you can use CDRW And for the record, the xbox has a hard time reading cd-rw as well. as for the mp3 there is an xbox media player and it can play svcds but you need a mod chip for that to work

		Pearl Jammzz		Nov 15, 2002
			Shitty shitty shitty, is there a way to make the laser more powerful? Grrrrrr, this pisses me off, hehe.

		googlefest1		Nov 15, 2002
			well mabey , mabey this would work finding out what photo detector is in the machine and replacing it with a more sensitive one - aslong as it has the same specs or finding out what lazer diode it is and replaceing with a higher power one - as long as the rest of the specs are the same you could fiddle with the gain settings after figuring out the circuit i have no proof any of this would work -- but there is probbaly pleanty of info already on the net about the xbox hardware which would eliminate a bunch of your reverse engineering before youtry something or replaceing the whole dvd assembly with a new one that can read cdrs dont try any of this - im just joking personaly id just use cdrw why bother trying to mess with your xbox just to get it to read cdrs

		Lyzel		Nov 15, 2002
			Hrm... I think it's best not to mess with your xbox if you don't know what you're doing. Fiddling with the laser can just kill it. Is that price enough for simply wanting to hear musics or mp3s?

		Zziggy00		Nov 15, 2002
			Go to the Evox website and follow their instructions to ADD a PC-DVD Rom drive to your Xbox that way you can read all sorts of media. And Evox WILL NOT play MP3's or SVCD's you need to get the Xbox media player, which i'm certain plays divx and vcd file formats but i'm still shakey on the details about SVCD. Hope that helps

		googlefest1		Nov 15, 2002
			i saw it mentioned on xbox scene that the media player will play svcd

ExCyber

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			Go to the Evox website and follow their instructions to ADD a PC-DVD Rom drive to your Xbox that way you can read all sorts of media.

Yep, you can read all sorts of media... except for original Xbox discs. I imagine this is great if you're only interested in homebrew though.

		Ratamahatta		Nov 15, 2002
			Xbox will read audio cd's, I read up a few that someone said it doesnt. It will read original store bought music cd's, but not burnt ones. The box will recognise cdr's and dvdr/w if the system is chipped. The Xbox also does not play mp3's right out of the box, it plays the wma format AFTER you have copied a legit audio cd to the system as a soundtrack. I hope all this info helps.

Zziggy00

Nov 15, 2002

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Ratamahatta@Nov. 14 2002, 5:55 pm



Xbox will read audio cd's, I read up a few that someone said it doesnt. It will read original store bought music cd's, but not burnt ones. 



The box will recognise cdr's and dvdr/w if the system is chipped.



The Xbox also does not play mp3's right out of the box, it plays the wma format AFTER you have copied a legit audio cd to the system as a soundtrack. I hope all this info helps.

1.) It can read burnt CDs it's just very hard to find a brand that works, Prime Perhiples has worked on a number of Xbox's i have put them in, but some still don't read them

2.) If you chip the xbox, it doesn't increase your chances of the xbox recognizing the CD's it just allows unsigned code to be run. So copied games on CD's will work AS LONG AS the xbox can read the CD-R/RW otherwise it just won't recognize the disc.

3.) Correct

		Ratamahatta		Nov 16, 2002
			I would like to know what brands of cdr actually work within the xbox. I have all sorts of mix music cd's that i would love to put in as soundtracks for tony hawk. I see it this way we should compile a list. Gigastorage: incompatible Cursor: incompatible Acer: Incompatible Verbatim: Incompatible

		Nadius		Nov 16, 2002
			I burned a bjork mix cd, and it worked on my friends X-Box. It was one of those generic cds i got from electronic fry's, the ones with out the labels. I couldn't find the reciept but someone should know what i'm talking about and the brand.

		Pearl Jammzz		Nov 16, 2002
			Memorex=no

		Zziggy00		Nov 16, 2002
			Memorex 700MB CD-RW = yes Sony 650MB CD-RW = yes Prime Perhiples 700MB CD-R = yes Memorex 700MB CD-R = no Fugi-Film 700MB CD-R = no Sony 650MB CD-R = no Digital Research 700MB CD-R = no Verbatium Data Life Plus 700MB CD-R = no Teon 700MB CD-R = no It also matters what kind of DVD Drive is in your Xbox... I have a tompson.

		Arakon		Nov 16, 2002
			those lists are useless. a disc that works in one box might not work at all in another with the same drive.

		Ratamahatta		Nov 17, 2002
			I guess its all a matter of you might have a box that is lucky enough to read a disc. Althoguh i think that MS should have let the system read ripped audio discs. I think that its good that the system wont read ripped data discs.

		megametalgreymon		Nov 17, 2002
			i wouldnt guarantee you that it was intentional, since ive seen 3 different xboxs tell me mint xbox discs are unreadable on various occasions anyway.

		Ratamahatta		Nov 17, 2002
			Mine on various times couldnt read xbox games, but its just a glitch.

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