Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:04 pm Post subject: Avalaunch 0.48 and Qwix 1.0 (info)
The long-awaited update of the Avalaunch(info) Xbox dashboard has finally been released together with Qwix (Xbox and ISO management tool with several special features in combination with Avalaunch).
Lots of new and fixed stuff (lba48 support fully working,... ) and of course the 'boost-mode' that allows extremely fast filetransfers between PC and Xbox.
* Added "during boot" safety feature : left thumb = boots d:\default.xbe without doing anything else ( not even init of screen )
* Added "during boot" safety feature : left thumb + right thumb = writes backup of EEPROM to the EEPROM ( stored in Avalaunch's "savegame" )
* Added "during boot" safety feature : autocreates backup of EEPROM in savegame if none is found - made for use with both thumbs on boot, but can also be used with config magic and such
(WARNING : Safety features wont work if eeprom is busted and harddrive is locked !)
* APOD : skips pic of today if it's GIF ( duh, was a gif on releaseday )
* Network : Added "Download" section, and put in QWIX there for now.
* updater : Fixed a auto-launch problem of the up
* Core : busted our asses a little to locate a EVOX BIOS fault in the latest releases, had to ditch some features in order to make M7 "cooperate"
* Implemented the 'properties' menu choice for the games/apps in the menu. Press Start to bring up the menu
* network setup : DHCP will now request IP more... properly ( doesn't require TP cable to be inserted at boot anymore )
* core : Fixed DVD problems regarding reading non-9660 cd/dvd's, affected both filemanager and ftp-server
* shoutcast : fixed a major crashbug
* shoutcast : added a server-list reader that looks in /shoutcast for .sc files ( containing single or several http:or shoutcast:links )
* Located a hard-to-find http bug that occured only after many hours of intense data-transfers
* did some fixes to iso9660 so it could be opensourced to XBMP/XBMC people.
* Added the ability to specify which ports to use for passive transfers in the XML file
* Internal nickname : some xboxes has no nickname, added local IP for that part
* FTP-server : added 9660 support
* Extended the override icons setting to look for icon files that has the same name as the .xbe. E.g. football.xbe will look for avalaunch_icon.png, avalaunch_icon.jpg, football.png and then football.jpg
* Added ability to set fan speed in the XML file
* Enabled the dusty fanspeed-code, and set a safisfying setting to avoid fried chipsets
* shoutcast : Made it read /shoutcast dir for .sc files in xbmp style. Location should be added to xml.
* Trashed old XML parser, wrote a new one
* Added ability to specify whether or not to load random APOD's and to display APOD explanation or not to the XML file
* Finished APOD, involving browsing through archives randomly and showing explanations
* Core : *FINALLY* completed the BFM loader, need someone to make a UI or something for this - sidenote, seems to not work on many xboxes, please give feedback
* Added auto detection of multi game DVD's and displays a menu with list of games when you press 'A' on the DVD icon
* Added to possibility to specify whether or not switch video mode using the controller should be allowed
* XML file now supports <path> statement directly under <menu> section (nice for multi-app DVD's)
* Added the possibility to specify whether or not to mount the F and G drives in the XML file
* Added some more logic the IR-remote implementation to hopefully avoid the 'multiple key presses'
* Core : fixed the system memleak we've had since the very beginning - not recorded any loss over 1 hour testing
* Fixed delete folder to work on CesarFTP FTP servers
* Controller button 'B' now changes to parent folder in the file manager (was button 'Y'; but other team members can be very persuasive thx to big baseball bats)
* Fixed bug that could cause some XBoxes with large F drives to freeze on boot
* Added shoutcast support for internet radios
* Added some more logic to prevent freezing when launching while APOD/rss feeds are downloading
* Added GIF support, due to big amount of gifs in APOD - but it's disabled for now
* Added support for more (different) rss feed layouts
* Fixed a possible crash bug when reading news feeds
* Added SITE MD5 command to FTP server
* Added SITE CRC32 command to FTP server
* Made delete folder command in file manager lightning fast compared to old one
* Fixed bug in file manager (introduced in 0.47.4) that copied files to the wrong destination folder
* Updated danish language file (thx to KTC)
* Added forgotten piece of code (doh) that does the actual video mode switching when launching games
* Fixed HTTP code a bit to support a wider area of http-versions
* FTP client : Uses SITE DELTREE command when delete folder is chosen and remote server is Avalaunch
* FTP client : Switched to asynchronous file io to make transfers go faster
* FTP client : Added implementation of BOOST mode support
* FTP client : Automatically shows all Avalaunch servers on the local network (if they are set up to be shared) -> no more typing IPs and logins
* FTP server : Added BOOST mode, both upload and download for _maximum_ transferspeeds (10-11mb/s upload). For now only Avalaunch and Qwix clients can use boostmode, but protocol will be opened for those who wants
* FTP server : Fixed internal cache a LOT for noticeably faster transfer speeds
* FTP server : Added additional checks for 'FreeRootSpace' when CWD command is encountered. Not all FTP clients does PWD after CWD to check what the real folder is
* Ava-core : Added broadcast login for autodetection of other Avalaunch xboxes on the network, so you can sign right into them without typing ip's
Any questions/remarks about the changelog: forums.xbox-scene.com
Features Qwix 1.0:
Qwix 1.0 is a new Xbox and ISO management tool for the Windows platform. It will be evolving rapidly, but the first version offers the following features. Many more features planned for upcoming releases.
Connection manager makes it easy to keep settings specific to different Xboxes or dashboards.
-FTP browser (more FTP features will be added later)
-ISO features:
---Create double-optimized ISO files
------Direct from FTP
------From PC folder
------Convert existing ISO to new optimized format
------Optional automatic cross-linking of files
---Extract files to PC drive
---Direct-to-FTP upload to Xbox
---True Average for transfer speed
---Browse ISO contents
---Smart ISO loading routines compatibile with almost every Xbox ISO
---Detects invalid filenames for FATX, allowing rename or skip per file
---Batch transfer ISOs to the Xbox
---Automatic media patching
-Avalaunch-specific features:
---Supports the new Boost transfer mode in Avalaunch 0.47.5 and up
---Auto-detects Avalaunch boxes for easy connectivity
---Powerful game management features (as shown in the screenshot)
------Delete
------Rename XBE
------Launch
------Calculate MD5 values on all files
------Shows picture from XBE file
------Create ISO directly from selected game
Q: What is Boost Mode?
A: Boost Mode is an improved FTP protocol that is currently only supported with Avalaunch. It can make transfers push the limits of your 100Mb connection, and is especially helpful with transfers that contain a lot of small files.
connor2k Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: V1.0 Modded: Xecuter3
Joined: Oct 01, 2003 Posts: 489 Location: Kansas City KS
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:35 pm Post subject:
How does this dashboard compare to Evolution-X? Just wondering, because it is the only one I know about.
schirmk V.I.P. Member Xbox Version: Xbox V1.0 Modded: Chameleon
Joined: Aug 09, 2003 Posts: 615 Location: Seattle, WA
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:39 pm Post subject:
Yeah, which one would be considered better??? Or which one out weighs the other in different areas?
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