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Week of May 25, 2003
Final X2.1 Lite and Lite+
>> Team Xecuter released the final design pictures of all their X2.1 modchips.
We already published the pictures of the X2.1 Pro some days ago, here are the X2.1 Lite and X2.1 Lite+:
 The Xecuter2.1 Lite The Xecuter2.1 Lite+ NoSolder for xbox v1.0/1.1 and v1.2 The external switches for X2.1L and X2.1L+
Xenesis 0.93 Beta
>> From Carcharius on forums.xbox-scene.com:
[QUOTE]
Xenesis 0.93 Beta - Latest Revision
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- New options on the Sound menu which should help fix sound issues with some games.
YM2612 Improv - enable or disable improved YM2612 emulation
DAC Improv - enable or disable improved digital audio emulation
PSG Improv - enable or disable improved PSG emulation
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Download: n/a (built with XDK)
News-Source: forums.xbox-scene.com
PCSXBox v3
Mega X-Key Software Update 2.0.2
>> From MegaXKey.com:
[QUOTE]
Version 2.0.2 (For Official MXK Users)
* Must have for MXK Users. Fixes issue with previous version which could cause corruption during a very large transfer if the MXK was full or attempted to overfill.
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Official Site: http://www.megaxkey.com
Download: here
X-gamer
>> A xbox game reference utility
Features:
*users can submit new games/game sizes
*info is added to online database, and everyone can update theirs with that info
*shows release date, game developer, pictures, etc... (by www.gamespot.com)
*lets you add games to a 'MyGames' list for keeping track of number of games, and total amount of size. list can be saved/loaded.
*2 search filter types
*filter based on game size range (ie. games between 2.3gb and 4.1gb)
Official Site: n/a (by ArMaGeDdOn)
Download: here
News-Source: http://www.xbins.org
Media X Menu (MXM) 0.9m
>> [QUOTE]
Small release. There is still a bit of wierdness there, but it works.
Please stop by the forums at Xbox-Scene.com to report any issues in the MXM forum.
Beta 0.9m
* Fixed FTP Issues:
- Can now properly overwrite files
- Corrected issue with some FTP Clients not displaying directory listings
- RMD should work 100% now
- Directory Listings clone Evo-X output
- PASV now works (some testing done)
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Official Site: n/a
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
News-Source: forums.xbox-scene.com, http://www.xbins.org
Nexgen v0.95
>> From the readme:
[QUOTE]
this is the v0.95 beta release of nexgen that was installed in my xbox by a dealer
its still pretty bare but looks nice and the ftp works too
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Keep in mind this is NOT a official release.
Whats New/Fixed:
Edit: FTP is not fixed, still errors.
*HTTP stuff in the configs
*Games are now alphabetical (Atleast on my box they are ...Emulator section however is not)
*New bootup screen, instead of just waiting for it to launch
*More system info: Now shows HTTP and FTP user/pass, Currently pluged in gamepads, memcards, headsets, remotes, and keyboards
*Has flashbios in settings, though not sure how or IF it works = )
*Controls seem to be slightly faster, and new sounds indash
Note: Snow and music is missing, and doesnt appear to have anything in the configuration about it.
News-Source: http://www.xbins.org
XboxMediaPlayer 2.4
>> What's new:
- OSD (On Screen Display) with various of settings during video playback
- Audio Visualization (using Goom visual effects generator)
- Local/native SHOUTcast recording to the Xbox hard drive
- Local/native support for SHOUTcast & IceCast playlists (.sc & .pls)
- HDTV 720p & 1080i support (multiple resolutions & progressive scan)*
- TV-Guide (w. IMDb) (XMLTV show listings, requires PC w. internet)*
- Command line option available when launch a XBE via shortcut (.cut)
- DivX 5.03 (inc. 5.03 Pro) playback support*
- AVC - Advanced Video Coding (H.264) playback*
- Real - RealAudio/RealVideo playback (Note! older versions only)*
- QuickTime 6.0 video playback (video only & no audio yet)*
- Theora Video (VP3/SVQ3) video playback support*
- Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 (Indeo3) video playback support*
- Matroska (.mkv) audio/video multimedia container/file format*
- NuppelVideo (.nuv) playback support*
- Autodesk FLI and FLC Animation playback support*
- AAC - Advanced Audio Coding (MPEG-4 audio) support*
- Updated picture library, now also support PNG, TIFF, TGA & PCX
- Support for compressed VobSub subtitles (rar) (Small files only!)*
- Auto-launch Xbox game on insert (inc. enable/disable feature)
- XBMSP - Xbox Media Streaming Protocol (version 1.0.12)*
- Clock/date synchronization from external (NT SNTP) Time Server
- System info under Settings (build date, free space, IP, temperature)
- Ability to choose which categories show up in main menu
- Support for separate local subtitle directory on HDD
- Read support for MP3 ID3v1 and ID3v2 information tags
- Support for MPEG & OGM files larger than 2GB (not OpenDML AVI's)
- Auto clipping/cropping filter (for videos with black letter-boxes)
- De-interlace filter (for interlaced video) implemented*
- Screen saver (black screen) on configurable timer
- Auto-launch other xbe (application) on Audio-CD insert
- Auto-launch other xbe (application) on DVD-movie insert
- Extract IMBd URL & info from .nfo file (if selected in My Videos)
- IMBd improvements (All genres, ratings, Top250, cast overview)
- Integrated updated FFmpeg, XviD, XBFileZilla and MPlayer code
...and of course loads of bug fixes, and some new XBMP skins
* = experimental, unstable, buggy or limited
Official Site: http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de
Download Sources: here (sourceforge.net)
Download Binaries: n/a (built with XDK)
Xodus Chameleon Cromwell Source
X-ecuter2.1 Lite switches
>> We received the pictures of the X2.1 Lite external switches.
  The X2.1 Lite external switch X2.1 Lite by night
Official Site: http://www.teamxecuter.com
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(Wednesday 28 May 2003 15:09 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xecuter2.1 Pro final design
>> Team Xecuter sent us pictures/info of the final design of the Xecuter2.1 Pro , a revision of the Xecuter2.0 Pro.
From Team Xecuter:
[QUOTE]
As we come to the end of the X2 series of mods we decided to do a few small fixes and adjustments, mostly things we were not 100% happy with in the original version and also suggestions from the public.
The Lite and Lite Plus have also gone through similar design changes, these can be found on our main website in detail. Thank you for your support, we will see you very soon with our next exciting projects.
i) Added new external switch module
ii) External module includes LED to display mod enable / disable
iii) External module designed to fit under the front lip of the case
iv) New internal module for improved X2 > External LPR Interface
v) Shorter FCC cable - more durable, much more reliable
vi) FCC cable and LPT port can be disconnected - mod still 100% functional
vii) 2 x hyper Blue LEDs on mod. No reason - just looks cool :)
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The Xecuter2.1 Lite was already finished earlier and it's a matter of days before you will find it in the stores.
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(Wednesday 28 May 2003 14:25 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xenesis 0.92 Beta
>> What's new/fixed:
* Fixed SRAM/BRAM issue with some games (esp Dark Wizard for Sega CD)
* Added support for E: and F: drives (silly typo kept it out of the last release)
* XBox LED now flashes amber when accessing a Sega CD
* Improved reliability of fast forward feature
* Disabled Save Sates for Sega CD games (they don't work properly in Gens anyway)
* Saving or Loading a State no longer returns straight to the game
* Fixed a bug with the Sega CD eject/reload code
* Fixed crashing problem when selecting screen stretch mode whilst in game list screen
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
News-Source: forums.xbox-scene.com
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(Wednesday 28 May 2003 13:32 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Forum server slow
>> There has been a small electrical fire at the datacenter where our forum is hosted. Right now the part where our forum server is located has been put back online - but using backup power/network, so for now it's kinda slow.
Bear with us while they are trying to bring the network back to full capacity.
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(Wednesday 28 May 2003 13:16 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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New Xbox version?
>> We received this news from Team Xecuter (http://teamxecuter.com/):
[QUOTE]
It seems there is a new Xbox RC4 key
Is packaged same as the SE Green but is standard black case with JAP S type controller
Just released in Europe - machine frags with current bios's / mods
Motherboard looks identical to v1.2
As soon as Xecuter get their hands on it you can expect to see an "X3" bios for that version of console shortly after.
We will of course confirm the RC4 (or possible other) change as soon as we see the board ourselves but is confirmed from three reliable sources now.
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If anyone has additional info about this possible new xbox version, please contact us!
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(Wednesday 28 May 2003 11:27 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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MAMEoX v0.65b
>> What's new/fixed:
* Fixed a slight glitch in rendering where a grey/white bar would show on the left and right of the rendered frame.
* Fixed Sound, I think sound is nearly if not 100% correct, it sounds exactly like my win32 port of MAME as far as I can tell anyway. Also, sound will output to all available speakers, sounds better if you have a 5.1 system IMHO.
* Fixed the XDK file debacle, now any files that the project references from the xdk will now work on any xdk as long as the xdk defined the environment variable XDK to point to the base dir of the xdk (I think all current xdks do this).
* Removed all _RPTx macro calls as they apparently don't properly send to xboxwatson.
* Added Network settings to INI file
* Added File Path settings to the INI file
* Moved INI file to always be in U:\4d414d45\INI\MAMEoX.ini
* Added SMB support for loading files (ROMS!!) from smb shares format of smb share is exactly like xbox media player, i.e. smb://user:password@computer/sharedirectory as of this release files can only be READ from shares, not Written
* Changed file handling to not cache files into memory but rather load them like the mame core does (not sure if this saves memory or not, can't hurt though.)
Check the full changelog.
Official Site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mameox/
Download Sources: here (sourceforge.net)
XDK 5455 and its buffer overflow "protection"
>> From Caustik on http://www.caustik.com/xbox/news.htm:
[QUOTE]
I have also uploaded a very interesting document written by anonymous. This documents explains some changes Microsoft has made in the Xapi library to make it more "secure."
cslimit.txt (written by anonymous)
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Media X Menu 0.9l
>> Whats New/Fixed:
* New strings:TempSys, TempCPU, TempSysF, TempSysC, TempCPUF, TempCPUC, BIOSMD5, BIOSName, CurrentSubMenu, TrayState(Open/Closed/Init), DVDType(Identifies the type of disc currently inserted: Game, Movie, Unknown, Empty)
Name(Identifies the nickname), CurrentSong, CurrentSoundtrack NumFTPUsers, DefaultGateway (These new IPs do not have 'dressing' - add with Compound Strings), SubnetMask, DNS1, DNS2
* FTPServer was "slightly rewritten" - J.P.Patches core was great, I just re-did it using a bit more robust string object (no overflows) and added XML configuration. Some testing was done, looks OK. PASV mode still going to be an issue.
* Made improvements to speed on FTP uploads and downloads
* In the skins, multiple image resources can be randomly selected from at bootup. See the skinning guide for details.(This is untested)
Theres a big changelog, you can read it at forums.xbox-scene.com
Official Site: n/a
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
News-Source: forums.xbox-scene.com & http://www.xbins.org
DaphneX v0.94 XBINS-DEV
>> Whats New/Fixed:
*Exit to Dashboard is now functional on Main Menu (LTRIG + RTRIG + START + BACK).
*Seektest is now added to front-end. Highlight game and press left thumb stick.
*New front-end features, including choosing games that show in Main Menu(please let me know if you find any problems with this).
*Fixed possible font overflow.
Official Site: http://www.xbins.org
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
More Chameleon Manuals
Cxbx 0.7.0
>> Cxbx is a Xbox emulator in the works by caustik
Whats New/Fixed:
* Magically shrunk cxbx.dll/cxbx.exe file sizes enormously!
* Added Controller Input and Configuration!
* Added Recent Xbe/Exe file menus
* Support __declspec(thread) style TLS
* Fixed GUI color issues
* Massive code re-organization.
* Sooo many random optimizations
* Went lower level with certain components of emulation. Progress should speed up.
* Some Xbe parsing and debug output fixes. You should now be able to deal with the slightly odd Linux Xbe files.
* Much better emulation exception handling
Also, caustik made a new demo to go along with this release, but will not be posted because it was built with the XDK
This version does *NOT* play any retail games.
Official Site: http://www.caustik.com/xbox/cxbx.htm
Download: here
System-mods "memorial day" giveaway!
XisoManager v1.3.1
>> What's new/fixed:
* Extract file bug was fixed, although it called that way, it was not realy a abug, rather a small mistake of mine, in which i forgot to direct the program to the exact sector of the file. (thnx to Fused for reporting that one)
* Some checking routines added, to check if the user by mistake tries to open standard ISO 9660 rather then XSIO, or if the file not ISO at all.
keeping the user from having a mistake and trying to burn NON XISO file, and by this way loose media.
Official Site: http://www.xtreemwarez.com
Download: here
GENTOOX Home v2.0
>> What's new/fixed:
* raincoat
* xvkbd Patch (On-screen keyboard)
* gpm Patch
* xbv Patch
* Xfree
* ip Patch
* KDE
* fstab Patch
* Mplayer
* WINEx
* OpenOffice.org
* Gaim
* Xchat
* irssi
* samba
* Mozilla
* Preinstalled magic system (Gentoox specific patches)
* 3gb rootfs
* 640x480 support
* 800x600 support
* newfs support
* fatx support
* f-drive and e-drive booting support
* Up-to-date software library (as of 24/05/2003)
* Peeper (Xfree magnification)
* Xpad support (Mouse emulation)
* ALSA (5.1 optical) support
And more...
You can read the full readme from: http://gentoox.shallax.com/READMEv2.txt
Official Site: http://gentoox.shallax.com
Download: here (sourceforge.net) (~ 600MB)
Chameleon manuals online
Work In Progress: FBAX B4
>> From http://www.lantus-x.com/FBAx/:
[QUOTE]
FBAx B4 is going to be a big project for a number of reasons.
First of all we have decided to split the main executable up into seperate executables for each system. This is mainly beacuse in B3 we had to modifiy one of the Cave games driver code to use less memory than the windows version indicating that we are running out of memory. This will be especially true if the rumored Neogeo support makes it in to the next windows version of FBA, or if all the WIP drivers that members of the FBA team are working on make it in (see here for some ideas of what might make it in to the next windows version : http://fbl.emuunlim.com and here . There will of course still only be one main menu, but it will now have to load the specific executable for the system being emulated. We are hoping this will give us more memory but its going to be a little hard to tell how much more until the FBA team release the next version.
Secondly, with a bit of luck, we will have all new video code in the next version. It is hoped that the new video code will support some of the video features of the windows FBA (RGB effects, phospher feedback, maybe 3D projection). It is suspected that some of these options will only be suitable for people who use VGA or a PC TV card as a TV may not correctly render the image. We will see how this pans out.
Finally, we are looking in to fixing all the issues reported with B3 as well as a few adding a few new features here and there.
Also we don't have any sort of time scale for the next release but at this point it is expected to be months rather than weeks.
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