Plasticman
12-03-2001, 12:59 PM
Unfortunately, Xbox will lose in this area. Apparently, my collegues and I have gone through the experience, resulting in a few returns. Although the Xbox can read some CD-R's, the work it goes through to rip them is so extensive, that it will lead to damaging the DVD drive. Some have already noticed that ripping CD-R's takes a while, and this is the reason.
We took an Xbox and we ripped 50 CD-R's, and then we put it up against an Xbox that come from the box. The Xbox which was ripping CD-R's was a little stuttery in areas of Halo, Gotham, and a few others. The Xbox which was unused ran smoothly.
What does this mean? Well, you shouldn't use CD-R's in your Xbox for one, and you shouldn't even try ripping them for another.
One other problem I've found is with Project Gotham. If you have your music source settings set to <User Radio>, select the tracks you wish to play, and then delete them from the Xbox dashboard, the Xbox will freeze if you try to change your music source setting during the game. The way to fix this is to change the music source settings in the main options menu before you start playing.
These could be reasons why we've recieved 6 Xbox returns since launch.
We took an Xbox and we ripped 50 CD-R's, and then we put it up against an Xbox that come from the box. The Xbox which was ripping CD-R's was a little stuttery in areas of Halo, Gotham, and a few others. The Xbox which was unused ran smoothly.
What does this mean? Well, you shouldn't use CD-R's in your Xbox for one, and you shouldn't even try ripping them for another.
One other problem I've found is with Project Gotham. If you have your music source settings set to <User Radio>, select the tracks you wish to play, and then delete them from the Xbox dashboard, the Xbox will freeze if you try to change your music source setting during the game. The way to fix this is to change the music source settings in the main options menu before you start playing.
These could be reasons why we've recieved 6 Xbox returns since launch.