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Topic: Huge Xbox Live update tomorrow for 360 Owners (Read 3602 times)
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schild
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Xbox 360 releases over 125 new features to enhance next-generation gameplay and entertainment
NEW FEATURES “Download manager” - Marketplace items now download in the background, queue up to six pieces of content DVD bookmark support will remember the film’s timing and location when resuming viewing Fast-forward and rewind now offered at 2x -16x for any videos saved to hard drive “Boot to Dashboard” setting will bypass the loading of any disc in the drive and open directly to Dashboard during power-on Begin slideshows from any photo Music player saves “shuffle” setting Much player save “repeat” setting Music player now displays which file is currently playing in the playlist Music volume level persists between game / reboots 8 new locales added (Chile, Brazil, India, South Africa, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia) Separate settings now offered for Game and User volume controls Themes can now be set from the “System” blade on the Dashboard User-selected music continues play when switching from Dashboard to game or game to Dashboard “All Arcade Games” added as a selection in the Xbox Live Arcade area Personal gamer pictures allowed as Gamertiles – displayed only to those on your Friends List Added support to disable sound effects when navigating Dashboard Instantaneous “Change Theme” option added upon downloading new Dashboard themes Preserve folder structure of source when viewing photos A / B labels now provided to identify memory units in Dashboard Online status set to “Away” when screensaver becomes active SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS DVD Player
Improved audio/video sync after extended pauses Improved visual quality DVD player outputs at native resolution over VGA connection Improved playback smoothness Improved fast-forward and rewind smoothness DVD play continues to attempt to read a disc after “disc read” error DVD play à Pause à Play jitter / out of synch issues improved DVD play à Slow Play à Play jitter / out of synch issues improved Repaired issues with missing menu selection icon from DVD disc menu for certain films Improved Xbox 360 Guide efficiency during certain films Repaired playback stutter during certain films Music Player
Player now populates music data (Title, Artist, etc.) when no track information is available User music is now pauses, instead of stopping, when games override user-selected background music Selecting an artist’s album no longer displays albums for all artists Improved performance when retrieving playlists from a Windows Media connection List music tracks in track-order when viewing albums by specific artist Unified music controls for music player in Dashboard and pop-up Guide Improved playback for Mono AAC-encoded files Improved connection timing between console and CD database over Internet Player no longer allows hard-drive selection when no hard-drive is connected Removed handling of MTP/USB devices when playing music from them more robust Improved error codes / messaging associated with unplayable content Localization Improvements
Fixed partially truncated strings in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian Korean clock / date format corrected after initial set-up Fixed system hang when changing the language of the console immediately after signing out Korean virtual keyboard “down” navigation now works for lower-right button Korean virtual keyboard caps disabled for input mode Fixed overlapping characters for pre-paid Gold membership card (Japanese localization) Removed extra spaces in several translated words (French localization) PC name displayed properly when containing Japanese characters Support single apostrophe character for Japanese virtual keyboard Memory Area Improvements
Streamlined selection – no profile selection required Improved overall performance, allowing quicker access to content Improved content views including name, file type, size, profile owner and location Faster identification of file types and fewer steps for actions such as copy, move, delete, etc. Capacity (or percentage-full) of storage device now consistent between select-a-device and storage scenes Device selection now shown on each screen to improve usability Miscellaneous System Improvements
Time elapsed now displayed when playing music files Enhanced categorization of media library Accelerated scrolling of large music lists New “shuffle” icon Repeat / Shuffle icon now operates as toggle button Default button for manual IP address is now “A” instead of “Done” Hidden and system folders are no longer displayed from MTP / mass storage devices Difficulty levels for gamer profiles ordered correctly Added additional line and word-wrap to “Publisher” in video area Shuffle / Random no longer skips last image in list when viewing photos Improved handling of Friend Requests between Gamertags that have changed names No longer asked “Exist to Dash?” when switching between areas in the Dashboard New error messages for when Windows Live ID requires password change Unlocked Achievements now displayed first in Game Summary page Selecting an Achievement now shows the specific Achievement details Full date now displayed for “Member Since” and “Next Bill Date” tabs on Membership scene Updated messaging for deleting arcade games purchased by different profiles No longer launch music CD in disc-tray when moving from Live sign-up to Dashboard or Network Troubleshooter Improved voice quality when connected through wired gamepad Show “Last Played Game” selection in Xbox Live Arcade first before enumerating all games (when Arcade game was last game played) Improved performance of picture enumeration from iPods formatted for Mac Adopt latest updates to Cero-based ratings for Family Settings Show videos downloaded from Marketplace in the Video area of the Media blade Improved usability around “Play Now” when downloading demos, trailers and videos Added support for South Africa-specific Family Settings Updated support for Japanese game ratings Video area changed to include game trailers and entertainment videos Improved robustness of Gamerscore when doing account recoveries Improved messaging around handling corrupt or non-fully recovered profiles Improved download performance for popular content being downloaded through Marketplace Total USB keyboard support Testing Live connection while streaming music from PC works correctly Next item / Focus sound not played when scrolling past the bottom of the video list Handle profiles on memory units inserted into system while enumerating profiles from other storage locations Warning / Alert icons now show as part of deleting items in Memory area Repeat rate for remote control matches game controller repeat rate “A” button disabled when in a list with no items available Wireless battery level added to mini-pop-up guide over backward-compatible games Pop-up guide / Dashboard now supports USB keyboard Console no longer enters “charge” mode when shutdown and the battery has been removed from wireless controller System no longer waits indefinitely when attempting to contact Windows Media Connect service on XP PC Improved Marketplace storage device selector Correctly set focus on selected item when back button pressed on “select a game” scene Notify users when multiple wireless SSIDS with identical names are within reach Provide Gold membership information when trying to join a session or accepting game invites with Silver accounts New text to highlight the ability to clear the passcode for Live account signing Photo slideshow no longer resumes when pressing “previous” or “next” from paused state Improved handling of corrupt profiles when deleting them No longer turn off wireless gamepads after system update reboot More robust handling of initial setup experience for memory unit users Improved handling of backward-compatible update experience, reboot back into Xbox v1 environment instead of Dashboard Improved handling for "block communications" from other players Improved keypress sounds when using USB keyboard Improved usability and performance of content enumeration for storage devices Show visual location for where Xbox Live Arcade games reside Improved user messaging when overwriting content while copying Improved consistency of messaging between "sign out" and "switch profile" Updated troubleshooter text for connection to Windows PC's joined to domain Better support for Xbox 360 game disc recognition Improved initial setup text messaging Improved overall error message terminology Game updates downloaded to memory unit no longer show "please reinsert" notification when memory unit removed More robust support for handling game deletes from memory unit and simultaneously removing memory unit Improved system performance between console and affiliated Windows Media Connect PC Was frontpaged. The frontpaged piece has the choiciest stuff. DISCUSS.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Total USB keyboard support?
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koboshi
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Camping is a legitimate strategy.
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Now all they need is fucking mouse support and its gold!
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-We must teach them Max! Hey, where do you keep that gun? -None of your damn business, Sam. -Shall we dance? -Lets!
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schild
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The USB support is for filling in forms on XBL. Not for games. Keyboard/Mouse support for games will come when/if the Rev and PS3 have it. Microsoft will not be first adopter on that. Too much stake in PC Gaming where Mouse and Keyboard remain the main difference.
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MrHat
Terracotta Army
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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I'm actually surprised no one has done a hardware hack with a keyboard/mouse combo.
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Better support for Xbox 360 game disc recognition keke
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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