Don't miss out on the new Xbox LIVE update coming tomorrow (August 11, 2009). The new update is a fairly big one and will allow users to download full Xbox 360 games and play them without a disc. You'll also be able to "party watch" movies online through Netflix. The Netflix system will also receive a much-needed overhaul, allowing users to search and update their Watch Now queues right in the interface - without having to leave the Xbox 360 and use a web browser. Avatars also get an overhaul with both props and "premium" content for those who like to spend money on outfitting animated icons with the latest fashions... but seriously, anyone who does this needs help. The August 11th update also allows every piece of game content on Marketplace to be rated, so you can add your personal ratings and see what others think is cool. Here's the full breakdown of features:
Enjoy the convenience of finding and buying new games right from the comfort of your own living room. Download a wide selection of full Xbox 360 games over Xbox LIVE. Games on Demand will be available for purchase on Xbox LIVE starting August 11 as part of the Xbox LIVE Update. You will be able to browse and purchase games through the Xbox LIVE Marketplace on the Web starting August 13.
Avatars have been given quite a bit of attention. There is now a new Marketplace and Avatar Props. The Avatar Marketplace will be available on Xbox LIVE starting August 11 as part of the Xbox LIVE Update. Users will a healthy dose of narcissism will be able to browse and purchase Avatar apparel through the Xbox LIVE Marketplace on the Web starting August 13.
Hi guys. I am proud to release first version of my app for streaming movies and tv shows on Original Xbox. How this started, how this works and all informations you can find on attached file in this post or there Stream Movies & TV Shows. In attached file you also have in-detail tutorial how to setup everything. Currently you have basic funcionalities, but I have a plan throughout a year to implement much more but I don't make any promises. There are three main tasks that I have to do before anything else, and that would be:
Some guys on Facebook group had problem playing certain movies. Problem is the way how file is downloaded. Some videos are downloading from begin to start and that videos don't have problem. But some videos are downloaded in wrong order (first middle, then end, after that begging) and for that videos you need to wait to download fully complete and only after that you can play it. Qucik workaround is to use YTS releases or WEBRip releases from streaming sites like Netflix, HBO, Amazon prime etc. With this file in 80% situations you won't have problem.
For TV Shows there is no problem like with movies, because almost all series came from some streaming services. But problem with TV Shows is that my algorithm for search look only for query in format "TV_SHOW_NAME SxyExy" (i.e. The Witcher S02E03). For newer series thats not problem, but for older series is problem because most older series came in one package which contains all episodes from one season and my algorithm does not find that torrents. And if it finds torrent in given query format it will return no results or will return some torrents with low number of seeders. Currently there is no workaround, wait for me to implement new search logic for TV Shows which will look for season package and extract from it particular episode.
I described everything in attached pdf of first post, please read it. Xbox app is script for XBMC4Xbox which uses TMDB API to fetch and show data. When you want to watch something that's where PC app kicks in. It's offers torrent search engine similar to one that is used for Elementum addon (i.e. PopCorn uses only YTS.MX, but Elemenutm use couple of providers which offers high quality videos), torrent streaming server engine (similar to WebTorrent, but I use torrent-stream which peerflix uses) and ffmpeg which convet from H.264/H.265 to 720p/H.263 which stock Xbox is capable of playing.
I'll try to explain on PopCorn Time app. PopCorn Time have to important parts: frontend and backend. Frontend is what you see when use app. When you click on Watch button, that is backend. So knowing that, you could look this app like this. Xbox app (script for XBMC4Xbox) is frontend, and PC app (PC API) is backend.
I could make all of this to work on Xbox but main problem is that 99% of video torrents uses H.264/H.265 which stock Xbox can't handle. That's the reason why PC API is necessearly, to convert to format that Xbox can play with acceptable video quality.
But I don't think the ffmpeg transcoding is working for me. I followed your pdf guide and have installed the latest portable windows .zip on 3 different computers. I can browse using the script on xbox perfectly and it starts downloading, just never plays the final url with movies or tv shows. I have tried playing from the script and play to xbox function. Both try to play but gets no playable file from the url. If I try the URL in VLC player without "?ffmpeg=remux" at the end it will play the original downloaded file perfectly.
Can you tell me which movie did you try? Honesly, I didnt try on Windows. My main OS is Linux. I will try on Windows and see if there are some libs that needs to be installed separately. Node.js isn't required if streams are working on VLC and PC app is starting. From log of XBMC I would say that there are some problems with FFmpeg.
Yes, there is problem with Windows. For some reason it's not using ffmpeg.dll that came with build. I tried installing FFmpeg manually, but after that I get same error as described here Error: spawn UNKNOWN. No wonder that some people call windows "Windblows" or "Shitblows" On linux you need to have installed ffmpeg but most Linux distributions came preinstalled with it and on macOS you can use brew to install it. If someone can try on Windows 7/8 with ffmpeg installed and give results it could be useful. Nex two weeks I'm busy with mu studies, but after that I will investigate more on this and fix this error on Windows.
You can follow tutorial on link above to install ffmpeg on your Windows. It works on Win7 and Win8. Problem is only with Win10 which I don't know why. I will try to investigate it and fix it, and also I will try to add ffmpeg so user need to manually install ffmpeg.
Hi guys. New updates. I posted video on YouTube to be a proof that this isn't a fake. I have also implemented new Script for searching Subtitles but it's on develpoment branch and currently not ready for use. You can expect new update around middle of april.
This is pretty amazing! I have a 128mb xbox and I'll try and set this up on a raspberry pi I use as a wifi-ethernet bridge this weekend! All I need now is a working youtube app and it can replace my roku.
Thanks. I have plans to create YouTube in some future, but that will be pain in the ass because official Kodi YT addon is very difficult to get working. You need personal access token and some keys. But I don't know when I will create that plugin, my next big project will be Skin for XBMC4Xbox which will try to replicate Xbox Series X/S UI-a.
Oh ya the tokens are a pain, I just gave up on youtube through kodi and use the built in app on roku now. I don't know how works but maybe easier to do a front end for that and/or use a pc w/ ffmpeg like you are already doing?
I had plans to use PyExtractor. It's Java project that is basically Unofficial YouTube API. They impemented parsing of YT HTML pages and extracting data of interest from them (i.e. link of clip, number of likes, comments etc.). If I'm not mistaken this "invidious" API is something similar? If they can return me url for videos, I can make this to work. Also if I have option to select video quality, i would hardcoded it 240p/360p and we can bypass need of PC API with ffmpeg? It could be xbox-only plugin.
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