I was trying to play one of my cd-r on my xbox and it doesnt play. Does anyone know why? Has anyone had the luck?

Xbox has a lot of the trouble recognizing CD-R. However, it does seem to handle CD-RW a lot better.

to prevent piracy of music

They'd have been better off not including a hard-drive if that was their goal

there is a list of CD-Rs that work but I have never been able to get any of them to work. I have also never had a CD-RW fail to be read. Just pick up one or two CD-RWs.

Yup, CD-RW is what I used. Just transfer your tracks.

Cool so it can read CD-RW with music? I havent tried that yet.

yes

some of the newer xboxes with the phillips model cd drive have been reported to play cdrs, the older ones which usually have the thompson drives dont play cdrs at all.

What about DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW & DVD-RW?

Thanx

no, no, no & no.

What? Why not. It is a DVD player! Thanx

Chris

Can the xbox recognize a CD-RW audio disc with CD-Text or do I still have to input the track names?

Actually, it is somewhat of a proprietary DVD player. You would have to do some modifications to be able to read DVD recorded discs. This would push it into the totally illegal realm, but it also allows you to play imports.

Good question...I'm not sure. Chances are it wouldn't is my initial answer.

You can find a list of cd-r that are playable on some x-box hacker sites. However, as noted several times, it should read your cd-rw.

That is a false statement. It is not illegal to mod your xBox.

Is it illegal to own an axe because there are axe murderers?

Thank you for reading further into that. I said it can allow you to play imported games. I was just saying that modding ALLOWS the chance to get into more illegal-type dealings, that's all.

Actually it is illegal to mod your Xbox. Under the DMCA, it is unlawful to use any device that has its main purpose to circumvent a copy protection scheme. A mod chip does just that. Not to mention the fact that the bios you use on a chip uses modified copyrighted code from Microsoft.

With regards to what media the Xbox reads, it's Samsung drives, not Philips which can read CD-Rs. The irony is that the Samsung drives are in newer systems so newer systems actually can read more media than older ones.

Let's say this is true. The problem with this statement is this part:
...its main purpose to circumvent a copy protection scheme.

One would have to prove the user was using a mod chip primarily to play copied games. As it goes, a mod chip is able to do more than just that which allows these chips to bypass most (if not all) of the legal issues surrounding them.

I have a quick question....Does the Xbox (with the DVD playback kit) play VCD's? If this is a stupid question, sorry, but I'd like to know the answer. Thanks in advance.

http://www.funxbox.com/cdlist.php

I have not verified this list but Enjoy!

I've had no problems with DVD-R, but had problems with -RW. Haven't tried any +R or +RW media.

-Naan

Centurion: The problem is, copy protection doesn't mean playing copied games. In order to get any software to run, you have to bypass the security check which is the copy protection scheme. So yes, under DMCA, it is illegal. Mod chips can't do jack without bypassing the security check. And again, the bios is modified MS code. Using that is illegal in itself.

CD-RW, as you've probably read earlier is your answer.

nevermind the fact it says on the side of the box to not mod the seXbox