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Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator Request Update

Any of you who made requests for the Xbox 360 HD DVD emulator last week should have received at least an initial email with further instructions on getting access to the emulator support site on http://connect.microsoft.com/ , signing the end user licensing Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:19 PM by Amy | 4 Comments
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Overwhelmed

Okay, so it turns out that offering the emulator for free was WAY more popular than we had anticipated. Josh (Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator Support Program Manager) is just a tad bit buried under all the emails right now, so please be patient with the delay Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:50 PM by Amy | 9 Comments
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Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator - Now Free

UPDATE 3/18 : The Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator is no longer available. For more information, please see: http://blogs.msdn.com/amyd/archive/2008/03/18/tokens-gone.aspx The Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator is now available as a free download on Xbox Live Marketplace Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:57 PM by Amy | 26 Comments
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No Regrets

Yesterday was some day, huh? Even though rumors have been rampant for over a week now, it doesn't make it any easier to hear. Toshiba's going to discontinue the HD DVD business. It seems that's all anyone's been talking about. Engadget ran a snarky article Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:32 PM by Amy | 2 Comments
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Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator Now Available

The Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator is now available! The emulator is downloaded through Xbox LIVE Marketplace on your existing Xbox player. The Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator can run projects from an optical disc, an external USB drive, or from a network drive, and Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:02 AM by Amy | 1 Comments
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Exception Handling

An HD DVD player may throw exceptions during the execution of script, and if not caught will result in a player crash (showing an error code of 0x4094C00C on Toshiba or 0xC667000B on Xbox). While it's always a good idea to check conditions which could Read More...
Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 11:46 AM by Amy | 2 Comments
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Error Codes, Toshiba Edition

If you know what an error code means, it can be immensely helpful in diagnosing the problem with your project. Below are some of the more common error codes found on Toshiba Players and their potential cause. There is a similar post for Xbox HD DVD add-on Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:01 AM by Amy | 1 Comments
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Error Codes, Xbox Edition

If you know what an error code means, it can be immensely helpful in diagnosing the problem with your project. Below are some of the more common error codes found on the Xbox HD DVD add on and their potential cause. There is a similar post for Toshiba Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:00 AM by Amy | 1 Comments
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Advanced Subtitles

In HD DVD subtitling can be done via a subpicture stream or an Advanced Subtitle. An advanced subtitle is very similar in structure to an advanced application. It has a manifest, markup file, and font and is declared with its resources in the playlist. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:28 PM by Amy | 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): AdvancedSubtitles.zip

HD DVD FAQs

General Why is Microsoft involved in HD DVD? Microsoft supports HD DVD because the mandatory player features such as persistent storage, picture-in-picture, and network connectivity lead to greater interactivity and a better, more consistent user experience. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:09 PM by Amy | 0 Comments

Saving Resume Information, part II

In a previous post , I stated that when you press the stop button on your player, you have 2 seconds to continue to execute code before the player shuts down. But, that statement needs to be qualified. If you try to delay the application_end (or the deprecated Read More...
Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 3:15 PM by Amy | 0 Comments
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Very Simple Network Example

I have received a couple requests for an example of networking, so I put something very basic together to show some simple functionality. What it does have: Functionality to download a file from a server to persistent storage Calculation of percentage Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:36 PM by Amy | 1 Comments
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Saving Resume Information

If you've purchased a DVD player in the last few years or used a software player, likely you've experienced a built in player feature that remembers where you last left off in the movie and allows you to resume play from that point. That functionality Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 19, 2007 6:20 PM by Amy | 1 Comments
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Attachment(s): ResumePlay.zip

Persistent Storage Management

One of the great features mandatory on every HD DVD player is at least 128 MB of persistent storage. Many discs on the market are taking advantage of this feature to allow you to do things like save bookmarked scenes, download new trailers, or cache your Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:16 PM by Amy | 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): PStorLabel.zip

Blackjack

Today's game example is inspired by Ocean's 13 (available on HD DVD this fall). Blackjack is one of my favorite casino games, but I was too busy at NAB this year to make it to the tables. So, here it is for you in HDi (with some graphics assistance from Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:38 PM by Amy | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): blackjack.zip
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