------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ xToolBox v0.41 BETA by Tritium February 1'st 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** WARNING - PLEASE READ THIS ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a BETA release of xToolbox and has been tested on a PAL Xbox with a fitted mod-chip and works fine, but the program *may* contain bugs so please use with caution. Please read the Q & A below before installing and using this software!!! Since xToolBox does not check that you don't overwrite critical system files on the Xbox hard disk and you can render your Xbox unusable if you are not careful!!! Using xToolBox is 100% at your own risk - the author (Tritium) cannot and will not be held responsible for any loss of data or corrupting your Xbox in any way! What is xToolBox? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ xToolBox is a suite of utilities that includes the following: 1) File manager that allows you to explore the contents of your XBox harddrive: - Local / Local browsing - Local / Remote (FTP server) browsing - Creation of folders (local and remote) - Delete of files (local and remote) - Delete of folders (recursive delete that deletes all the contents of the folder; local and remote) - Rename of files (local and remote) - Rename of folders (local and remote) - Maintenance of a list of FTP servers - DNS resolve of FTP server names - Keep alive (results in NOOP commands; remote) - Queuing of folder and files before uploading and/or downloading (local and remote) - Display of file sizes - Display of queues total size and the number of files/folders in queue - Launching of XBE's - Renaming of XBE's titles ('XBERename') 2) DVD to HD copier: - Extraction of title and image of the source (DVD) XBE file - Creation of new sections to EvoX.ini - Creation of new items to EvoX.ini with automatic suggestion of item name (taken from source title) - Creation of folders with automatic suggestion of folder name (taken from source title) - Display of required space to be able to copy DVD - Display of available space left on seleced partition - Renaming of XBE's title ('XBERename') 3) Nick name editor: - Creation of new nick names - Changing nick names - Deletion of nick names - Move nick name up and down xToolBox can be booted from a DVD/CD or added to your Xbox hard disk and launched from there. Installation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ xToolBox can be used either on the Xbox hard disk with Evolution X or booted separately on a DVD/CD. Installation on Xbox hard disk with Evolution X: Start Evolution X on your Xbox. On your PC, FTP the Xbox like normal. Create a new folder on the Xbox hard disk e.g. "e:\xToolBox". Copy all files and sub-folders from the ZIP, to the folder on the Xbox hard disk. The Folder on the Xbox hard disk should look something like this: e:\xToolBox\Default.xbe e:\xToolBox\xToolBox.ini e:\xToolBox\Host.ini e:\xToolBox\Media\Font_Arial_8.xpr e:\xToolBox\Media\Font_Arial_9.xpr e:\xToolBox\Media\Font_Arial_10.xpr e:\xToolBox\Media\Font_Arial_12.xpr e:\xToolBox\Media\Font_Arial_14.xpr e:\xToolBox\Media\Font_Arial_16.xpr e:\xToolBox\Media\Font_XBox_14.xpr e:\xToolBox\Media\Resource.xpr Instructions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: Since xToolBox does not check that you don't overwrite critical system files on the Xbox hard disk and you can render your Xbox unusable if you are not careful!!! Using xToolBox is 100% at your own risk - the author (Tritium) cannot and will not be held responsible for any loss of data or corrupting your Xbox in any way! Controls ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Main menu screen: D-PAD UP/DOWN : Scroll up/down the lists LEFT TRIGGER + RIGHT TRIGGER + BACK : Exit to dashboard File manager screen: A : Enter folder/Connect to remote server/Launch XBE X : Add file or folder to queue/Remove file or folder from queue Y : Move to parent folder D-PAD UP/DOWN : Scroll up/down the lists D-PAD LEFT/RIGHT : Move focus to previous/next list LEFT TRIGGER + RIGHT TRIGGER + START : Start transfer of queue WHITE : Show menu BACK : Return to main menu DVD copier screen: A : Enter folder Y : Move to parent folder D-PAD UP/DOWN : Scroll up/down the lists D-PAD LEFT/RIGHT : Move focus to previous/next list LEFT TRIGGER + RIGHT TRIGGER + START : Start copy WHITE : Show menu BACK : Return to main menu Nick name editor screen: Y : Create nick name D-PAD UP/DOWN : Scroll up/down the list LEFT TRIGGER : Move nick name upwards in list RIGHT TRIGGER : Move nick name downwards in list WHITE : Show menu BACK : Return to main menu Menu: D-PAD UP/DOWN : Scroll up/down the menu A : Perform action of selected menu item BACK : Return to previous screen Input screen: D-PAD UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT : Move focus on keyboard LEFT TRIGGER : Move focus to previous input field RIGHT TRIGGER : Move focus to next input field A : Add character/symbol B : Toggle Shift X : Delete character START : Accept input and return to main screen BACK : Return to previous screen Version history ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** v0.41 BETA ************************************************************************************** - Fixed bug causing folders not to be transferred correctly when transferring from XBox to XBox (using the EvoX FTP Server) - Fixed overflow error causing remaning and transferred bytes to be wrong and therefore report an incorrect transfer rate KNOWN ISSUES: Small title image display in DVD copier screen is clipped - not minified. **** v0.4 BETA *************************************************************************************** - Total redesign to be more object oriented so implementation of possible FxP and/or Samba would be much easier - Changed internal socket handling regarding accept when doing non passive transfers - Added main menu - Added local/local browsing - Added delete file (both local and remote) - Added delete folder (recursive; both local and remote) - Added rename file (both local and remote) - Added rename folder (both local and remote) - Added launch of XBE's - Added rename of XBE's title ('XBERename') - Added message box to critical actions so that the user has to confirm action - Layout changes to file manager to display transfer and queue statistics - Added DVD to HD screen with automatic suggestions of folder names and the possibiliy to add sections and items in EvoX.ini. Rename of XBE's title is possible - Added Nick name editor to be able to change the nick's stored on the XBox KNOWN ISSUES: Small title image display in DVD copier screen is clipped - not minified. **** v0.3 BETA *************************************************************************************** - Added splash screen - Added about screen - Added menu with commands that reflects what actions that are possible for the list that is 'active' - Added on screen keyboard - Added server list maintenance (no need for manual ini file editing anymore) - Added change/create local folder - Added change/create remote folder - Tweaked internal buffer sizes for better transfer speeds - Status message with average transfer speed is now reported after queue transfer - Layout changes - Local file names gets a maximum length of 42 characters (last 42 characters) KNOWN ISSUES: None. **** v0.2 BETA *************************************************************************************** - Added support for passive transfers - Added automatic retry on different ports to solve the 'PORT' problem - Increased recieve buffer to improve performance when retreiveing files - Increased the send buffer to improve performance when sending files - Added 'Move to parent folder' when pressing 'Y' KNOWN ISSUES: None. **** v0.1 BETA - Initial release ********************************************************************* - Browse files and folders on Xbox hard disk and DVD drive. - Browse files and folders on remote server. - Queuing of files. - Transfer of files. KNOWN ISSUES: xToolBox issues a PORT command to the FTP server that describes which port to send the incoming data/information. Even if the network layer gives the application a 'free' port number, the FTP server still isn't able to send to that PORT. If this situation occurs just try again (just try to browse a folder). ****************************************************************************************************** Credits/Greetings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To TJ (the author of xb-ftp) for humorous discussions, great pizza, web space and his extensively release rate, keeping my hours in bed sleeping to a minimum. :o) The Evolution X team for their great tool. The author of xBoxPlorer since this readme file is derived directly from his readme file. All the helpful people on the...
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