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Monthly Archive for Dezember, 2008

Dxbx 0.0.0.9 Christmas release

Dezember 26, 2008Dxbx1 Comment

From shadowtj.org:

Dxbx 0.0.9 [The Cxbx(info) [PC Xbox Emulator] Delphi Port] is out now!
With this special xmas release of Dxbx we want to show anyone who
is still following our progress what has been changed in Dxbx.

Not everyone has the possibility to compile the Dxbx sources from sourceforge, so for your convenience we provide a setup too.

A lot has happened since the 0.0.7 official and the none-official 0.0.8 release. Unlike version 0.0.7, we now provide the necessary DLL files inside the setup. So no more searching for the dll`s on the internet.

DLL`s that are included:
* Cxbxkrnl.dll - this is the original Cxbx DLL
* DxbxKrnl.dll - this is the dxbx delphi ported version of Cxbxkrn.dll

When using the Cxbx.DLL, Dxbx can run up until the movie in Turok
(the main game we’re trying to emulate first), but not any further, as controls are not fully implemented yet.

When selecting loading an game’s default.xbe file, Dxbx converts it to a windows-native executable; Make sure you save that file in the same folder as where the game’s Xbe file was located.
(You could save the exe somewhere else, but this has not been tested.)
Also the DLL`s of Cxbx or Dxbx need to copied to the game folder.

Don’t forget : When using Cxbx.DLL, you’ll also need to make sure that msvcrtd.dll and cklibver.dll are in your path!

About XDKTracker : A few visual improvements where made and lots of xbox games are added to our collection.

Special thanks to N1ghtjar and Nexxus for making so much xbe dumps!
Thanks to them and others, we now have a significant list of 300+ game
dumps (among other things containing the XDK versions they are linked to).

Xiso has also lots of changes, especially speeding up to extract the Xiso format.

Official Site/Download: shadowtj.org
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DosFlash and DosFlash32 V1.7 Beta

Dezember 25, 2008DosFlashNo Comments

From the Xbox-Scene Forum:

A new release of DosFlash(info) - A MTK based flashing utility…
Whats New:
- now supports LiteOn PLDS DG-16D2S 74850C and Geremia’s LiteOn Erase and DvdKey method

Also included in the release are steps on using the software to dump (key/inquiry/identify), erase, and flash the LiteOn in both DOS and Windows! Read the full readme here for instructions

Official Site: N/A (by Schtrom)
Download: here
News-Source: xbins.org
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IXtreme 1.5 LiteOn - BenQ - Samsung - TEAM JUNGLE

Dezember 25, 2008IXtreme1 Comment

From the Xbox-Scne Forum:

A new firmware release for a variety of Disc Drives on the Xbox360…
TEAM JUNGLE Presents IXtreme 1.5 firmware
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World first IXtreme fw for the unhackable Liteon drive!
Also for Benq and Samsung drives!

This has been a huge effort by everyone in Team Jungle comprising of the best talent in the world. It has been a privilege to work in the team which has enabled us to get to this point. Truly a worldwide effort and the greatest hack that i have been involved in!
The road has been a long one:
- getting the key serial output
- decapping the 1319L chip
- reading the embedded flash, very difficult!
- decrypting fw
- creating iXtreme
- creating Jungleflasher GUI+tools

Greatest teamwork eva!

Features
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Support for Liteon DG-16D2S unhackable drive
Flash from Windows with new Jungleflasher GUI
Smart Inquiry cdb for enhanced spoofing - Liteon
Enhanced c/r timing - all drives
Enhanced disc jitter - all drives
Enhanced spoofing support for Liteon - Samsung and Benq
Enhanced bad angle support - all drives
Secret Liteon MS Inquiry cdb support - Samsung and Benq
Half Open tray on powerup for Windows inquiry/flash mode - all drives
Disc lock/unlock cdb - Liteon Windows mode
Drive key+serial info cdb - Liteon Windows mode
More secure firmguard - Benq

Hitachi 1.5 is set to be released shortly. Hold onto your pants Hitachi owners! Release will be in early january. =)

There is ALOT of new information to digest, in regards to this entire project, and the utilization of the LiteOn IXtreme firmware. With this release, also includes a new FirmTool (version 1.3), a beta version of JungleFlasher, which is a new GUI based all-in-one flash that includes a firmware tool, DVDKEY32 0.7, MTK flashing and Hitachi support. Please note that this software IS BETA and will not function 100%. Yes, there will be plenty of bugs :) JungleFlasher logs all errors/actions and will ask you to save a log upon exit. If you have a error please help us improve the software by emailing the log file to JungleFlasher - at - gmail - com. At this moment, we have had quirky issues in regards to VIA chipsets and flashing/reading/erasing the LiteOn drive. Please pay attention to the 2nd prompt in particular after hitting the Lite-On-Erase button. Power cycling the drive at the correct time is very important for VIA users. If the VIA polls the drive after erase, it WILL freeze/lock your computer. Tools for DOS erase/flash/key/spoof are included in this release for any users having difficulties within windows.
JungleFlasher REQUIREMENTS:
-PortIO32.exe - you MUST run this exe to install PortIO onto your system! (included in release)if you have issues installing in vista please reference here:here
If you have a x64 system PortIO is not currently supported. Please use a x32 system to modify your drive.

-.NET 2.0 or above

Please note that at this time, IXtreme 1.5 still requires the utilization of a RS232 to TTL serial hardware, or a popular variant such as CK3 with Probe or Maximus Xtractor. This is necessary to extract the key/inquiry/identify .bin files. These files are neccessary for spoofing & gathering your key, even if you are just flashing the 1.5 IXtreme to a LiteOn drive. They contain serial information that is required for proper identification and security related issues. Note that spoofing to previous versions of IXtreme are NOT stealth, and is not supported.

If you have a CK3 please refer to this tutorial for dvdkey extraction:here

If you have a Maximus Xtractor please refer to this tutorial for dvdkey extraction:here

We have compiled a tutorial on flashing the Liteon drive prior to the release of JungleFlasher. Tutorial is located here:here

Instructions on flashing a LiteOn with JungleFlasher are as follows:
1: Hookup LiteON to sata port and power drive
2: In JungleFlasher select MTK Flash 32 Tab.
3: Select correct port (see above tutorials for figuring out the correct port)
4: Hit Lite-On-Erase button. NOTE - This is done AFTER you have already successfully transferred your inquiry.bin / identify.bin / key.bin files!!! Please read the Prompts VERY carefully! It is important to power cycle the drive at the correct moment to prevent your computer from freezing with VIA cards.
5: After power cycle, drive should return status 0×72 and display Flash information. If it does not, click Device ID and power cycle as prompted. If still not successful then you did not successfully erase the drive.
6: Once Flash information is displayed, you are ready to write! Go to firmware tool 32 tab and select “Load from dump files” and select your key/inquiry/identify .bin files. Then select ix15-liteon.bin after pressing “Open Target Firmware”. Press “Spoof Source To Target”. Then “Save to File” and save your CFW.bin.
7: Go back to MTK Flash 32 tab and select Write. It should automatically take the liteon firmware you loaded in the Firmware 32 tab and flash to the drive. It will automatically verify flash. If verified your done :)

If write verification fails, then there is likely a issue with JungleFlasher and your sata chipset. Please use DosFlash(info)(info) to flash the drive with the CFW.bin with the correct spoofed information. If the drive is successfully erased, dosflash will see the flash information and will be capable of writing!

DOS Instructions:
You will need to have your key.bin/inquiry.bin/identify.bin handy using the windows applications! If this is the case, please use firmtool 1.3 or JungleFlasher to prepare your ix15-liteon.bin with the correct dvdkey and spoofed serial information(inquiry/identify). At this moment, DOS based dvdkey/inquiry/identify extraction is not fully supported by TEAM JUNGLE. There is DOS based instructions for the CK3 by xecuter in the tutorial above.
1: Run L-O-Eras.EXE with the correct port specified (see tutorial above for Lite-On-Erase.exe information)
2: Run DosFlash.exe
3: Select correct number that represents your sata port / LiteOn drive. Note that the drive has to be successfully erased in order for DosFlash to see the drive!
4: Select write, and choose your liteon firmare .bin that you have prepared with your dvdkey / correctly spoofed identify / inquiry data!
5: Write, plug in drive and play xbox :)

A new DosFlash will be released very shortly that will include LiteOn DVDKey extraction and dummy.bin capabilities. Note that firmtool uses dummy.bin to correctly spoof information from dumped key/inquiry/identify into other 1.5 firmwares. At this moment JungleFlasher and DVDKey32 support the dummy.bin feature!

Download: JungleFlasher 0.0.26 BETA here
Download: FirmTool 1.3 here
Download: DVDKey32 0.7 here
Download: Updated iPrep Definitions here
News-Source: xbins.org
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Xecuter CK3 Tool v1.2.4

Dezember 23, 2008Team XeuterNo Comments

From team-xecuter.com:

CK3 Tool 1.2.4 Released.
Fixes a bug with the CK3 probe Timer and also a few other minor fixes.

We have also updated the link to the CK3 Probe instructions.
http://team-xecuter.com/ck3/liteon_probe.htm

Official Site: http://team-xecuter.com
Download: here
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Xecuter CK3 Tool v1.2.3

Dezember 21, 2008Team XeuterNo Comments

From team-xecuter.com:

We have updated the new CK3 Tool software. Remember this works with all drives, all hardware tools and pretty all compatible sata cards. You don’t HAVE to have a CK3 to use the app.

Added support for CK3 Probe Timer (counts down from 10 seconds to give you time to get your Probe ready) plus minor fixes.

Official Site: http://team-xecuter.com
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EncodeHD 0.80 beta

Dezember 16, 2008Allgemein, encodeHDNo Comments

From Blog dcunningham.net:

It’s been a week since EncodeHD was launched, and I’m bloody pleased with the progress so far. A massive thanks has to go to my primary testers who have been beating the hell out of the early betas, providing feedback and helping me solve a lot of bugs and quality issues. Special mention and thanks to Schlicky for his enthusiasm and help in getting the new beta out the door.

Substantial changelog and download in the EncodeHD section!

Dan

0.80 beta (12th December 2008)
* NEW: Option to specify the Output Folder
* NEW: Advanced FFmpeg Flags option, for adding to the FFmpeg command-line
* NEW: MP4 Artwork (thanks to AtomicParsley). MyFile.Avi + MyFile.Jpg or Png = MyFile.Mp4 w/ArtWork! :)
* NEW: UI Enhancements and a brand new icon, thanks to the Simplicio Icon Set
* CHANGE: H.264 quality improvements. Slightly increases encoding times, but it’s worth it
* CHANGE: Disabled H.264 remuxing due to av_interleaved_frame_write_error. Investigating workarounds…
* CHANGE: Removed AviSynth (AVS) as an encodable file-type, until I can implement a workable solution to MediaInfo handling
* CHANGE: Rewrite of output folder / filename validation code. Much more reliable now
* CHANGE: Lots of small bugfixes
* FIX: MPEG4 could fail with ‘unable to assign thread’ error
* FIX: Non-AC3 5.1 audio was not being down-mixed to 2 channel AAC
* FIX: A/V sync issues with certain XVid files
* FIX: Audio crackling issues on Apple trailers

Official Site: http://dcunningham.net
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Xbox Media Center (XBMC) for Xbox 2008-12-07 SVN rev16491 build - T3CH

>> T3CH released a new SVN compile (rev16491) of XBMC for Xbox(info).
This T3CH-compile is a complete snapshot of what is in SVN at the time the build was compiled, with just a few small additions.

Special Notes and Noteworthy/XML/Script changes:
* Due to the slowed down development in the Xbox branch, I will no longer release new SVN builds as often as I did before. So I will still build (the best) new XBMC SVN builds for Xbox but just on an irregular basis.
* Note that I removed the MediaStream skin due to its significant addition to the package.

Keep in mind this is a SVN snapshot of the current development tree. It’s not an official (stable) point release. Use only if you know what you are doing.

Official XBMC Site: http://xbmc.org (manual and FAQ)
Official T3CH Site: http://t3ch.yi.se (release RSS feed)
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EncodeHD v0.71 Beta

Dezember 6, 2008encodeHDNo Comments

Aus dem Xbox-Scene Forum:

Dan released the first ‘technology preview’ release of EncodeHD to replace the Encode360(info) tool. EncodeHD is a an application to re-encode all types of video files for use on your home media player or on-the-go device. It aims to provide a simple interface with no fuss.

So firstly, let’s talk EncodeHD. Look at the current beta release (0.71) as a ‘technology preview’ of sorts. The idea here is to verify that we’ve got the primary encoding mechanisms up to scratch. So what I’m looking for here is to make sure that video converts for all devices as expected and that the quality is good (or great).

The key things to note for EncodeHD are:
* Outputted video is MPEG4 and H.264 with AAC (or AC3) audio, NOT WMV (this is not strictly for X-Box 360 anymore)
* This means that 5.1 audio for the X-Box 360 is not yet supported in these formats
* Subtitles are also not yet possible, although I’m looking into it

As of now, there’s still a lot of unimplemented functionality that will be added later. If you want to see something in particular, please let me know. However, if it’s going to cludge up the interface and start making things complex, I may not implement requests. We’ll have to see.

One of the nice things about EncodeHD is that it has built-in bug reporting. If you hit a problem, it will ask you if you want to submit a bug report - including all the details I need to help solve the issue. If however, the problem is with video output, it may not detect any problems. In this case, could I ask you to email my bug-tracking system: cases@dcunningham.fogbugz.com, and attach the EncodeHD.Log file which you can find in your Temp folder (Click Start > Run and type %TEMP% to access it).

Official Site: http://dcunningham.net
Download: here
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Maximus 360 Xtractor Reader v2.7

From Xbox-Scene-Forum:

Maximus released a new version of his Xtractor Reader:

WHAT IS IT:
* Graphical tool to allow read keys from Lite On / Benq Drives
* It supports USB key dumping if using with an 360 Xtractor Tool
* Also contains bonus feature as NO-SLAX ModeB command
* Can work with 360 xtractor tool or other (homemade max323) adapters, even rival tools are welcome

MAIN FEATURES:
- Key reading on Liteon Benq Drives
- key.bin/identify.bin/inquiry.bin file generation
- Allow ORIGINAL / CLONE detection for 360 Xtractor Tool (R.I.P. D.France)
- BONUS FEATURE: Send ModeB command to All Hitachi Drives (even 78/79) NO SLAX REQUIRED

WHAT’S NEW ON 2.7:
* ADDED: Detect button for COM ports so it can locate easier the Virtual com port that windows assigned to the xtractor (if using xtractor usb conection).
* FIXED: Inquiry data returned zero on some sata cards.

Official Site: http://www.maximusgames.net/360xtractor.php (thx to hitman43 for the news)
Download: here
Buy Maximus 360 Xtractor ($36): gocybershopping.com

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