Shannon Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 (edited) A little more on topic, and I promise to reply to this thread and not to talk about kittens no matter how cute they are. So how is it anyways? I hear those x-port emu's are the shiznit! Edited October 22, 2006 by Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starscream Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Speaking of this......... Have you ever set up Samba for the Xbox? Outta all the crap I have done, I never messed with it and am interested on how to do it. It appears it's going to be simple to do. Can you help me out or anyone help out for that matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 (edited) Speaking of this......... Have you ever set up Samba for the Xbox? Outta all the crap I have done, I never messed with it and am interested on how to do it. It appears it's going to be simple to do. Can you help me out or anyone help out for that matter? I never could get it going either.I thought it had to do with the Lion King.Do you have the latest XBMC?Also I want to know,on newer emus like Neogenesis and Atari 7800 emu,how the heck do I configure the screen ratio to be correct without seeing tearing on the screen?Its as if the screen is just stretched without keeping the proper ratio.Scrolling looks terrible.I dont like that @Shannon,yeah Xport emus are the bomb!crap is funn for the Xbox.If you want fighting games on there,I recommend getting the Magic Box converter.You can hook Dreamcats,PS2 and Saturn controls up to XBox.Nothing like a fighter with the good ol Saturn 6 button pad Edited October 22, 2006 by Breakpack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Magic Box converter eh.. if I would allow me to hook up a snes controller (which I prefer for fighting games) that would be the shiznit. I have to look into that regardless if for just the Saturn controller. Where did you snag one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 (edited) Magic Box converter eh.. if I would allow me to hook up a snes controller (which I prefer for fighting games) that would be the shiznit. I have to look into that regardless if for just the Saturn controller. Where did you snag one? www.the-console-corner.com which looks life they switched over to http://www.true-savings.com/shop/ Thats where I got the magic box.I dont know how good they are now since they switched to true savings.Is it the same company anyone? Edited October 22, 2006 by Breakpack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starscream Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 AVOID THEM Check around the web. They are scammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 AVOID THEM Check around the web. They are scammers. I C,thanks for the tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezrabad Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 On my Xbox I've got emus for the Genesis, Sega CD, PSX, SNES, MAME and N64. The unfortunate thing is that I haven't been able to update any of them since I got the box 2.5 years ago. It's a modded Korean (tranparent green Halo) Xbox that I got modded while I was over in Korea. I was able to copy roms from the DVD drive to the HDD but I don't remember what brand CD-R I used that worked. Everything I tried since has failed. (Don't even talk to be about the FTP function. I can't get that to work either.) So, yeah, it's awesome, just be sure you have a way to add files to your xbox hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starscream Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 What dashboard do you use ( I assume evox) and what DVD drive does it have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 (edited) Don't use CD-R. Use DVD-R if you can. DVD-R/W will work, but drives seem to be picky about it. The new xbox emu's from what I hear have original ratio's built in. If you press the "start" button while changing screen size it will "lock" the aspect ratio. Fixing tearing usually requires locking the horizontal synch. I've gotten samba working before and it was fairly easy. The atarixlbox wiki says the following in regards to using samba. There are two INI file settings relating to Samba/NetBIOS sharing and they bothreside in the {GENERAL} section of AtariXLBox.INI: smbshare=smb://username:password@workgroup:ip_address/computername/sharename smb_nameserver=192.168.0.1 The smbshare parameter accepts many different formats. Here are the most common: smbshare=smb://username:password@workgroup/computername/sharename smbshare=smb://username:password@workgroup:ip_address/computername/sharename smbshare=smb://username:password@computername/sharename smbshare=smb://username:password@computername:ip_address/sharename smbshare=smb://workgroup/computername/sharename smbshare=smb://workgroup:ip_address/computername/sharename smbshare=smb://computername/sharename smbshare=smb://computername:ip_address/sharename Please try all of the above combinations before deciding it does not work. Also be aware that some people have to select their SMB drive in AtariXLBox a few times before any files appear. If it's still not working, then set the nameserver equal to the IP address of the computer you are trying to reach or set it equal to your NetBIOS name server. (If you don't know what a NetBIOS name server is, then just set it to the IP address of the computer you are trying to reach.) Also remember that when you make changes to AtariXLBox.INI, you have to do a "Force Reload of D:\*.INI" from the Configuration Menu or else the changes you made to AtariXLBox.INI will not be loaded. Note the last paragraph. The settings I used was the bolded settings. I left the name server field blank. You have to sure you have networking set-up, a workgroup name (in my case I didn't need it though), a computer name, and a drive mapped for sharing. Anyways give it a try and if it doesnt work lemme know what setting you used. To test it, go into select game and press Y until you get to the drive letters and then pick "SMB:\\". If it works it should work right away, if not then it will just lock. Edited October 23, 2006 by Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starscream Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Ok thanks I'll give it a shot. Won't be real soon, but eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Ok thanks I'll give it a shot. Won't be real soon, but eventually. Same here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepcat Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 A little more on topic, and I promise to reply to this thread and not to talk about kittens no matter how cute they are. So how is it anyways? I hear those x-port emu's are the shiznit! lollol@xbox http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...148&hl=xbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 (edited) Yeah looks like your experience was rather unencouraging. Edited October 26, 2006 by Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 So, has anyone else tried the Pelican PL-950 Universal Arcade Stick? I did recently and I would say that it is OK. The stick isn't quite the best and buttons aren't as reponsive as I would like, but I think I would still prefer it to the stock controllers for classic emulation. I would say that it took a little getting used to, but for $9.99, a pretty good deal... -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 I've been toying with the idea of getting some type of arcade stick for my x-box. Just never really took the time to look into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I just bought one of these... http://www.amazon.ca/GAMESTER-USA-Reflex-A...k/dp/B00008DWSU It is in the mail. I'll let you know how it works. I've also got an X-Arcade dual stick control pad, that sits in my MAME cabinet. When I bought it, I also bought myself an XBox adaptor for it. I've considered hooking it up, but it would be a PITA to take the CP out of my mame Cabinet... Which is why I bought this instead. This was also like, $20, shipped. Where the X-Arcade Solo will cost you $100 plus the X-Box adaptor on top of that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I've heard that SAMBA is a PITA to get running on the XBox, and that some of that has to do with FatX. (And some of it probably has to do with SAMBA being somewhat of a PITA anyhow, and with Win32 changing things around every now and again and breaking everything you've learned about SAMBA up until that point). I just don't see the point. I've had real good luck with FTP-ing stuff onto the XBox, and I can browse my network shares on my PCs just fine from XBMC and other file managers, and copy stuff around that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I got an X-Arcade I sometimes use on the Xbox. I say "sometimes" because it's such a hulking large piece of shit (pos said in a colorful way, not deragotory way ). The one thing bad about it is there's no way that I know of to get the thing to become a 4 way joystick. Correct me if I'm wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 (edited) You do know that when your browsing your network shares in XBMC that you are using samba right? Let us know how that stick works out.. Edited November 25, 2006 by Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 A couple of things... The X-Arcade can be opened up and you can switch something out that makes it a 4 way stick instead of an 8 way. It isn't as easy as just hitting a button, though, and you have to undo it the next time you need 8 way, so it isn't very practical. But I can be done. I'll find the link tomorrow. And, yeah, I know that when XBMC connects to my network shares that it is using SMB/CFIS (as a client). But, I'm assuming that people who want to get SAMBA running on XBox want to be able to attach to shares ON the Xbox from other machines on their network (the Xbox becoming a SAMBA server). Right? To me, this seems like a relatively unnecessary step. The only advantage it gives you is that you can use a nice Win32/Linux/Mac GUI environment to drag and drop shit from your PCs to the XBox, instead of doing basically the same thing with an FTP program *or* using a menued tree file manager from your Xbox to achieve the same result. It would be kind of cool to be able to open my Network Browser and see the Xbox there along with the rest of my shared resources... but it seems like a lot of extra effort for a relatively small payoff. When it arrives, I'll let you know. At about $17 USD shipped, it seems like a relatively good deal, and, my past experience with the RSI stick makes me think that they DO know how to do joysticks well, if not plug and play TV games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 Yeah I think XBMC lets you run some type of samba share, but I never bothered with it for the reasons you listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I'm actually more interested in being able to mount local drives under X-DSL and then run a VNC connection to be able to remotely control the XBox desktop, but I'm still not certain that this can even be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share Posted November 26, 2006 (edited) It should be possible. The trick is to get x-dsl to write the changes you make to the configuration files. There is a way to do it, but it is a little weird how it works (the files are packed somewhere on the xbox hard drive). I don't think I ever figured out what mount parameters to use though to get it to work. Edited November 26, 2006 by Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 My buddy the *nix guru did manage to ssh into and mount the fatx drives on the Xbox. But that was as far as he got. I forgot what hung us up after that. We weren't trying to get them shared via SAMBA, though... our goal was to make a gz tarbar of a certain collection of files on the drive. We never achieved that, either. Really, there are limited practical reasons to try any of this. If you're just trying to move things around from a PC network to your XBox, there are a bunch of fairly reliable ways to do so over a PC network that don't require you to have shares set up on the Xbox. If XBMC will NOT attach to your SAMBA shares... well, the first thing to do is make sure you've configured it so it is on the same workgroup as your network, and is using a valid username and password. But if that ISN'T working... the easiest way to get there, IMO, is to use the AID 3.1 Final .iso to install XBMC and the other apps. In particular, do a 1-click softmod install and then install the apps you want. Not that I know anything about these things on a personal level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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