Fall update: your hopes and predictions

PaulWillocks · October 24th, 2006, 15:22

Well the fall dashboard update is due very soon, I've heard within the next two weeks. I cant find any info on what additions/fixes will be made so what would you like to see included in the update?

I personally would like to see additional iPod support so that when I connect my iPod to the 360 I can listen to more than just my podcasts

At the moment all my downloaded music and music from CD's doesnt get recognised. I know its to do with supported file formats so thats one thing I'd like to see added, additional audio format support.

The_Glovner · October 24th, 2006, 15:24

PRIVATE CONFERENCE CHAT! NOW! OR PEOPLE START GETTING HURT, quite splinter cell style so they won't even know when it's happening.

PaulWillocks · October 24th, 2006, 15:27

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Originally Posted by The_Glovner

PRIVATE CONFERENCE CHAT! NOW! OR PEOPLE START GETTING HURT, quite splinter cell style so they won't even know when it's happening.

Amen to that.

UKJAY · October 24th, 2006, 15:41

Yes Private Group chat and group video chat.
The option to Block and Unblock those on your Friends list individually similar to MSN so that some people can see you're online and some people wont.
The option to change video effects in a game. Like what you can do in video chat with the black and white, green, blurry stuff. If you could apply the same video effects whilst in a game of UNO or other video stuff would be fun.
I'd still like to see a way of having my face as a main gamerpic. I know they can't do that because of what people might see, but still if there was an option to pay 400gamerpoints for a main face gamerpic that would get proofed by MS support first would be even better...

PaulWillocks · October 24th, 2006, 15:51

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I'd still like to see a way of having my face as a main gamerpic. I know they can't do that because of what people might see, but still if there was an option to pay 400gamerpoints for a main face gamerpic that would get proofed by MS support first would be even better...

Thats sounds good, I think we should be allowed to upload a custom gamerpic from our PC's(and Macs

) via the xboxlive site. Like you say though they would more than likely charge microsoft points for that as it would make all the other gamerpics on the marketplace redundant.

Fanappy · October 24th, 2006, 16:35

check the main page

UKJAY · October 24th, 2006, 17:31

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check the main page

For what? What's that mean??

Oh i see, fall update in a week...

Chris · October 24th, 2006, 20:32

I hope we get an option that lets us have the six pieces of content downloading at once, and then turn off automatically when they're all done. There's been too many times that I want to download a demo or other content but can't stay and stare at it for an hour. I also don't feel like leaving my console on for 5 hours straight. It'd be just nice if the content was downloaded and ready for me when I got home.

cybermans · October 24th, 2006, 20:37

I hope they fix the the dvd player as it now displays some 4:3 dvd's in real 4:3 instead of stretching it to full screen

Rival24 · October 24th, 2006, 20:45

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I hope they fix the the dvd player as it now displays some 4:3 dvd's in real 4:3 instead of stretching it to full screen

Dude, you want your 4:3 movies stretched?

Fanappy · October 24th, 2006, 21:28

read what it saus Rival he wants it in proper 4:3 not how it is at the moment streched to full screen.... although i dont have a problem with any of my dvd's....

Cage · October 24th, 2006, 21:57

I guess reading is an art

Rival is right btw.. he want's them to be stretched and not only 4:3 as it displays them now..

I know what he means. I have a 16:9 tv and want to watch 16:9. My bravia has some nice smart streching which looks great..

Rival24 · October 24th, 2006, 22:06

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Originally Posted by Cage

I guess reading is an art

Rival is right btw.. he want's them to be stretched and not only 4:3 as it displays them now..

I now what he means. I have a 16:9 tv and want to watch 16:9. My bravia has some nice smart streching which looks great..

Was it that unclear?

I do NOT want my movies to be stretched, I want to view the movie how it was intended to be viewed by the director. Most action movies are 2.35:1 nowadays so that leaves some black bars as well.

Cage · October 24th, 2006, 22:15

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Originally Posted by Rival24

Was it that unclear?

Guess so.. Fanappy didn't get it

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I do NOT want my movies to be stretched, I want to view the movie how it was intended to be viewed by the director. Most action movies are 2.35:1 nowadays so that leaves some black bars as well.

Bars on the top and bottom are ok. Thats how it is for so many years now (watching 16:9 movie on a 4:3 tv) but the bars on the side look like shit in my opinion. I'd rather lose some movie on top and bottom then watch a small screen. But that's just me

UKJAY · October 24th, 2006, 23:25

oh well, lets hope we see some black bars in the next update then...

trj156 · October 25th, 2006, 02:57

full mpeg/wmv/divx/xvid/every video file type supported for streaming from a windows xp computer. im getting my own laptop sometime around next summer so until then i need to be able to watch funny videos and you-know-what videos on something other than the family computer. i also want the fall update to include an NES, SNES, and Genesis emulator.

ps i know the emulator isnt happening, i just thought it would be cool. please dont think im stupid or something.

Fanappy · October 25th, 2006, 03:01

Fanappy doesnt get a lot of things (or able 2 spell it would seem) : so what ur saying is widescreen (not streched which is what i meant to say)

trj156 · October 25th, 2006, 03:10

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Originally Posted by Rival24

Was it that unclear?

I do NOT want my movies to be stretched, I want to view the movie how it was intended to be viewed by the director. Most action movies are 2.35:1 nowadays so that leaves some black bars as well.

so it would be best if there was an option to stretch movies to full (wide) screen OR view them at the originally intended aspect ratio?

Chris · October 25th, 2006, 03:23

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and Genesis emulator.

ps i know the emulator isnt happening, i just thought it would be cool. please dont think im stupid or something.

I think the Genesis could be a possibility, simply because it could be released to other consoles and not just the Xbox 360. They could sell it as a disc and let you browse through Sega servers through Xbox Live for old games or something similar to that. It would only work until you signed off of Xbox Live. You'd then have to sign back on to use the service again.

Maybe something like that.

Nineset · October 25th, 2006, 03:29

Mpeg4 support in the media extender. Acctually I wouldn't mind having a lot more options in the extender. It certainly lacks the function of the real Media PC. I guess that is why it is called an extender.

It's been said but group chat! I'm sick of in game kiddies screaming in my ear when I have a couple of friends in a game and Mute doesn't work properly all the time. They really need to do something about 12 year olds ruining online gaming.

I can dream but how about breaking mpcc (or whatever) rules and allowing higher res over component for DVDs

Aift · October 25th, 2006, 03:42

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Originally Posted by PaulWillocks

Well the fall dashboard update is due very soon, I've heard within the next two weeks. I cant find any info on what additions/fixes will be made so what would you like to see included in the update?

I personally would like to see additional iPod support so that when I connect my iPod to the 360 I can listen to more than just my podcasts

At the moment all my downloaded music and music from CD's doesnt get recognised. I know its to do with supported file formats so thats one thing I'd like to see added, additional audio format support.

You can listen to music from you're iPod. I do it all the time, when I am not at my house to connect to my PC...

chisoxfan23 · October 25th, 2006, 07:16

Mpeg4 support in the media extender. Acctually I wouldn't mind having a lot more options in the extender. It certainly lacks the function of the real Media PC. I guess that is why it is called an extender.

I like this idea, along with the iPod ideas. I'd like to see a few better bands on Artist of the Month but beggars can't be choosers.

I also like the custom gamerpic idea. That'd be really cool.

Something that may be a ways out and possibly far-fetched - Instead of just a picture, possibly have 10 or 15 second video for a gamerpic?!

PaulWillocks · October 25th, 2006, 12:15

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Originally Posted by Aift

You can listen to music from you're iPod. I do it all the time, when I am not at my house to connect to my PC...

When I connect my ipod to the 360 all that shows up are the podcasts. Any downloaded music or songs taken from CD and put onto the ipod are unable to be played for some reason.

Stonie · October 25th, 2006, 13:31

I am hoping that the latest update stops people that have altered their DVD Firmware to play copied games have their Gamertags made redundant by Live.

These people are the same people that are glitching games like PGR3 etc, and possibly a reason why developers don't put that much effort into making games these days, also why us genuine people seem to get stiffed on pricing issues.

A game can be appreciated more if it is bought legit.

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Originally Posted by PaulWillocks

When I connect my ipod to the 360 all that shows up are the podcasts. Any downloaded music or songs taken from CD and put onto the ipod are unable to be played for some reason.

Then you need to download the optional i-pod support patch from the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Curry · October 25th, 2006, 13:33

I really really wonder if they will..... the "problem" is essentially still "contained", a mere few percent of the market at most. They may accept that as "free advertisers and at least not PS3 buyers" instead of fighting them.

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