Comments on: Xbox Community Games: Here Come the Students http://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/ because the games we love could be better Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:01:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kazhttp://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/#comment-17769 Kaz Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:12:18 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=2193#comment-17769 @<a href="#comment-17754" rel="nofollow">Alex</a>: <blockquote cite="Alex">"who plays media during games anyway ?"</blockquote> Me. Lots of it too, in excess of what has come to be known as excess. @Alex:

“who plays media during games anyway ?”

Me. Lots of it too, in excess of what has come to be known as excess.

]]> By: Alexhttp://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/#comment-17754 Alex Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:05:45 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=2193#comment-17754 @<a href="#comment-17739" rel="nofollow">Andrew Thayer</a>:I'm a fan of Iris. I wish the vis were a bit less boring, or there were more of them, but the player's controls are really good. I don't need it to be running during games, who plays media during games anyway ? I'm happy with the update. @Andrew Thayer:

I’m a fan of Iris. I wish the vis were a bit less boring, or there were more of them, but the player’s controls are really good. I don’t need it to be running during games, who plays media during games anyway ? I’m happy with the update.

]]> By: Kazhttp://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/#comment-17740 Kaz Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:55:33 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=2193#comment-17740 Good, but unless it can run at the same times as games and load off a USB then it's nothing I'll pay to check out. Good to see you're improving though. Good, but unless it can run at the same times as games and load off a USB then it’s nothing I’ll pay to check out. Good to see you’re improving though.

]]> By: Andrew Thayerhttp://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/#comment-17739 Andrew Thayer Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:53:10 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=2193#comment-17739 The update to Iris is now released. As stated before, this update significantly improves the initial loading time of libraries. The update to Iris is now released. As stated before, this update significantly improves the initial loading time of libraries.

]]> By: Kazhttp://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/#comment-17508 Kaz Fri, 29 May 2009 19:55:09 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=2193#comment-17508 Thanks for the input. I rely solely on my flashdrive for music and doubt that MS will instill those rights to developers as it would start opening gateways for game saves to be also accessed off of flashdrives (imo) which would drive their HD sales down to practically null as they would no longer be needed.Again though, thanks for the direct input. Thanks for the input. I rely solely on my flashdrive for music and doubt that MS will instill those rights to developers as it would start opening gateways for game saves to be also accessed off of flashdrives (imo) which would drive their HD sales down to practically null as they would no longer be needed.

Again though, thanks for the direct input.

]]> By: Andrew Thayerhttp://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/#comment-17507 Andrew Thayer Fri, 29 May 2009 19:49:42 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=2193#comment-17507 @<a href="#comment-17221" rel="nofollow">Kaz</a>:I am the developer of Iris. Figured it would be worth pointing out, that as of right now, XNA simply does not allow you to read media off of a connected USB device. I have filed feature requests for this, but it seems that they did this by design for some reason. If they ever do add support for it, I will release an update (if needed). As now, it only supports the 360 library, and connect PC libraries.As for now though, I have an update that should hopefully be through review sometime next week. This update SIGNIFICANTLY improves initial loading time of libraries off of a PC. @Kaz:

I am the developer of Iris. Figured it would be worth pointing out, that as of right now, XNA simply does not allow you to read media off of a connected USB device. I have filed feature requests for this, but it seems that they did this by design for some reason. If they ever do add support for it, I will release an update (if needed). As now, it only supports the 360 library, and connect PC libraries.

As for now though, I have an update that should hopefully be through review sometime next week. This update SIGNIFICANTLY improves initial loading time of libraries off of a PC.

]]> By: Alexhttp://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/#comment-17248 Alex Wed, 20 May 2009 07:17:43 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=2193#comment-17248 One thing you neglected in your extremely half ass in it's own right review of Iris is that it is a much better media browser than the pathetic excuse xbox gives you for browsing media. You can actually play all songs under an artist and it will alphabetise them for you in a decent list. This isn't possible using the normal media player. Sure the vis sucks compared to any modern vis but sometimes all that psyhedelia gets to be a bit much. Try to actually use the softs before you bother reviewing them next time. One thing you neglected in your extremely half ass in it’s own right review of Iris is that it is a much better media browser than the pathetic excuse xbox gives you for browsing media. You can actually play all songs under an artist and it will alphabetise them for you in a decent list. This isn’t possible using the normal media player. Sure the vis sucks compared to any modern vis but sometimes all that psyhedelia gets to be a bit much. Try to actually use the softs before you bother reviewing them next time.

]]> By: Kazhttp://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/#comment-17239 Kaz Tue, 19 May 2009 11:03:29 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=2193#comment-17239 Ahh, thank you sir. I thought maybe it was just a downside of the demo. Regardless, I realized after I submitted that comment that I wouldn't be able to run Iris while playing a game anyways. Thanks and BOO to Iris >:[ Ahh, thank you sir. I thought maybe it was just a downside of the demo. Regardless, I realized after I submitted that comment that I wouldn’t be able to run Iris while playing a game anyways. Thanks and BOO to Iris >:[

]]> By: njsykorahttp://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/#comment-17222 njsykora Mon, 18 May 2009 20:21:22 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=2193#comment-17222 @<a href="#comment-17221" rel="nofollow">Kaz</a>: In my testing (I probably should've mentioned this as an added knife) Iris wouldn't detect my USB drive. If you're playing exclusively from a USB device then I'd stick to the built in 360 player and learn to endure the slowness. @Kaz: In my testing (I probably should’ve mentioned this as an added knife) Iris wouldn’t detect my USB drive. If you’re playing exclusively from a USB device then I’d stick to the built in 360 player and learn to endure the slowness.

]]> By: Kazhttp://nukezilla.com/2009/05/17/xbox-community-games-here-come-the-students/#comment-17221 Kaz Mon, 18 May 2009 20:00:05 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=2193#comment-17221 Great reviews man, definitely let me know what to try and what not to try! I do have a quick question though before I invest in one of these...As much as I agree that Iris seems redundant to put out on a platform that <em>already</em> has a media player, I am curious if it will work better than the dashboard's player in some areas. You see, I play all of my music off of a flash drive int he front USB port and things were fairly smooth until I updated my dashboard. After that it takes extended periods to load large playlists, especially mp3s at a high bitrate (320kbps). If I even try to access a folder with 10 songs at a high bitrate while in game it freezes until I get up and unplug my flashdrive, and out of game it can take as long as 30seconds to load that same folder into a playlist! It's obnoxious...So the general question is if Iris works better in this regard. My Xbox & USB combo is my primary source of music in my house and it would be nice if it worked as well as it should. If Iris corrects this then I'll gladly spend $5.00 worth of points to try it. Thanks in advance for any input :) Great reviews man, definitely let me know what to try and what not to try! I do have a quick question though before I invest in one of these…

As much as I agree that Iris seems redundant to put out on a platform that already has a media player, I am curious if it will work better than the dashboard’s player in some areas. You see, I play all of my music off of a flash drive int he front USB port and things were fairly smooth until I updated my dashboard. After that it takes extended periods to load large playlists, especially mp3s at a high bitrate (320kbps). If I even try to access a folder with 10 songs at a high bitrate while in game it freezes until I get up and unplug my flashdrive, and out of game it can take as long as 30seconds to load that same folder into a playlist! It’s obnoxious…

So the general question is if Iris works better in this regard. My Xbox & USB combo is my primary source of music in my house and it would be nice if it worked as well as it should. If Iris corrects this then I’ll gladly spend $5.00 worth of points to try it. Thanks in advance for any input :)

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