Joined: Oct 26, 2008 Posts: 16 Location: London UK
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: How to Boot straight to XBMC with sid5 - what file to change
I have installed a SID 5 SoftMod to my V1.6 original xbox and also installed XBMC with MC360. It all works great but as ive loaded the XBMC into E/Apps I need to select it via applications
I really want to boot straight into XBMC
My softmod boots to EvoX if you use the power button and if you boot using the CD Tray it will boot to original XBox dashboard
I see in the Readme of XBMC that there are shortcuts in the tools folder to replace your original boot files
It also sais to over write the .cfg files but I dont seem to have any in C or E
Has anyone been able to get this to boot direct to XBMC
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Joined: Nov 03, 2006 Posts: 2283 Location: Plymouth, UK
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject:
Ok people, I've seen this question asked a few times so I hope this helps.
Using the Team XBMC Shortcut.xbe
Team XBMC recently developed their own Shortcut tool. It comes in 2 “flavors”:
* OpenXDK (source and pre-compiled binary available in SVN)
* MS XDK (only source available in SVN)
1. Find out the filename of your current dashboard (i.e C:\evoxdash.xbe for the Evox dashboard): That is the dashboard your Xbox is booting.
2. (This step is optional) Rename your current dashboard to an alternate bootable name. This will be used as a fallback if execution of the new shortcut fails. The actual fallback is BIOS dependant. If you don't know what BIOS you are running, you're at risk. First try the xbe given by the .cfg file.
3. Download the XBMC Shortcut XBE from the link above and rename it to whatever the dash was named (usually evoxdash.xbe)
4. Upload the renamed Shortcut XBE (i.e. evoxdash.xbe) to where the old dash was (Usually the root of the C: drive). The Shortcut XBE is now effectively your dashboard(!)
5. Install XBMC as a regular application to somewhere on E: or F: (for example, E:\Apps\XBMC) (Instructions on how to install XBMC can be found under Installing XBMC as an Application)
6. Create a text file on your computer with the same name as your renamed Shortcut XBE, except with the extension .cfg instead of .xbe (i.e. evoxdash.cfg) and put the path to the installed XBMC\default.xbe inside it (eg. E:\Apps\XBMC\default.xbe)
7. Upload the text file you just created to the same place you uploaded ShortcutXBE to in step 4. You should now have two files in your boot dash location. If your previous dashboard was Evox, These files will be named evoxdash.xbe and evoxdash.cfg. The .xbe is the shortcut XBE you just uploaded, the .cfg is the text file containing a path to XBMCs default.xbe
8. Reboot
Congratulations, now you are all set and don't need to alter the shortcut again, unless you change location of XBMC's default.xbe.
Step1 says "Find out the filename of your current dashboard", and by example it infers c:\ is the right one.
On mine I had a c:\evoxdash.xbe, and a e:\evoxdash.xbe....ends up it was the e:\ one.
(this after trial and error and crashing and reinstalling softmod)
I mentioned on the XBMC forums that the Wiki on that point may need a little more clarification on how to "find out" which is the right one.
Just wanted to mention for other to keep in mind. If c: does not work, try e: prior to trying any other XBE on c: (which crashed my Xbox)
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