XBMC will only play 1st scene!!!

[mattydread]

Hi all,

I dunno what i have done or not doing but when i put in a film, goto my videos on XBMC and select play DVD it will play the first chapter, whether it be an FBI warning, trailer, etc then jump back to the XBMC My Videos screen.

Quite simply it will not play the whole disc just the 1st part!! This happens on originals and backups.

I have tried looking for some kind of option to jump to the root menu to select the 2nd scene of the film or to just skip to the next scene, but it will simply not do it.

Any help greatly appreciated

 

[Martin C]

Problem is that XBMC doesn't handle DVDs with multiple titles too well.

If you were to reauthor the DVD and just take the main title, it'll work fine.

Best advice is to use something other than XBMC to play your DVDs.

Martin

 

[mattydread]

Cheers Martin u are a star.

Can u or anyone else recommend a decent dvd player for the xbox?

ta

 

[Martin C]

Depends if you have the DVD Movie playback kit!

If you do, then just use the MS dashboard - you can patch a copy of xboxdash.xbe to be multiregion.

If not, then use DVDx.

Martin

 

[Er0cK_11]

I use dvdx, it is very good, just setup the path for dvdplayer in xbmc xml file.

 

[Martin C]

I prefer the MS DVD player, since the remote control is easier to use

Martin

 

[mattydread]

Thanks for your help guys,

I think i will invest in the movie playback kit as the remote control is very useful especially in XBMC (the bloke i live with has it and has found it opens up more functionality in XBMC than the standard pad allows)

Martin if you have a moment can you advise or direct me to details on patching the xboxdash.xbe to play multi region titles.

Actually the whole patching thing has passed me by, i have not yet had to patch anything, but am becoming increasingly aware it will be only a matter of time before i have to patch a game etc, so an idiots guide would be great.

Cheers

 

[Martin C]

Patching a copy of xboxdash.xbe is dead simple.

Download the latest DVD Region patcher from Xbins.

FTP your current xboxdash.xbe from your Xbox to your PC.

Run the Dashboard patcher and select your xboxdash.xbe file.

Once patched, rename it to something like multiregion.xbe (entirely up to you).

Finally, copy back to original xboxdash.xbe location.

Just edit your normal dashboard to read the new xbe for DVD playback.

Job done!

Martin