http://www.nukedsoftware.com/index.htmlOSx360 Newsenjustin@nukedsoftware.comCopyright 2008 NukedSoftware2008-03-27T01:01:04-07:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:06:02 -0700justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-03-27T01:01:04-07:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/2fef9fbf90b84f84c09b6fab4e2950ba-20.html#unique-entry-id-20http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/2fef9fbf90b84f84c09b6fab4e2950ba-20.html#unique-entry-id-20
I'll be on the forums randomly during most of my free time, so you should get a reply fairly quick....

OSx360 Forum]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-03-22T20:05:59-07:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/ee9674753f8954e89aa7bf68b397e7ec-19.html#unique-entry-id-19http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/ee9674753f8954e89aa7bf68b397e7ec-19.html#unique-entry-id-19justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-03-19T18:21:55-07:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/a393b03c96b5b4ccaeaea253c5d73b5d-18.html#unique-entry-id-18http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/a393b03c96b5b4ccaeaea253c5d73b5d-18.html#unique-entry-id-18justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-03-18T22:10:35-07:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/be4abaac306a18b66b3dbe89bf531eca-17.html#unique-entry-id-17http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/be4abaac306a18b66b3dbe89bf531eca-17.html#unique-entry-id-17
If you have seen this bug, please send me a e-mail with as much detail as possible including a step by step process and your enabled/disabled options. If you can duplicate this bug, please indicate the steps needed to do so.

Example:
Verify on Open Enabled
Perform Action on Open Enabled - Burn View
Require Stealth Verification Enabled
Opened OSx360
Opened ISO file by drag and drop on Application Icon
Placed DVDR+DL in drive
OSx360 reported ready to burn, Burn Button Disabled.

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The feedback that I have been getting is great! Most of the comments I have been getting have said "Your software works great, but..." and describes some silly little GUI problems... Is that all? I have been listening and most of the GUI issues have been fixed, along with some other fixes that I have been working on.

I should have another build ready, but I want to hold off for some new features. I am awaiting Redline99 (Creator of Xbox Backup Creator) to send me some example code to enhance the stealth checks and iso creation and extraction functionality.

And if you are still reading this, go ahead and give me some comments. I am active in a lot of forums as well...
OSx360 1.0b3 - MacUpdate
OSx360 - mac software for download at iusethis

Burn Xbox360 games in Mac OS X?
osx360 - XBOX360 ISO Burner - ::MacBB::
Need help developing Xbox360 ISO Burning Software for Mac OS 10.4+
Osx360 - Scenyx Entertainment Community]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-03-12T11:04:16-07:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/56cf4b9e1837b20fd529f80eb49c7295-15.html#unique-entry-id-15http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/56cf4b9e1837b20fd529f80eb49c7295-15.html#unique-entry-id-15
OSx360 v1.0b1
-Automatic Updates vis Sparkle.
-Completely new GUI with toolbar controls.
-Fixed Disc Image reading.
-Fixed crash from invalid Xbox 360 TOC entries.
-User Configuration (Some functionality is disabled until added)
-One-Click Disc Recording (In Progress)
-Open Menu and Open Recent Menu now functional.
-File Types .iso/.000 now associated with OSx360 (can be configured to open from finder).
-Drag and Drop .iso/.000 files onto Application Icon to open.]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-03-09T23:51:24-07:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/88def9ad97050164c30a0423f5c2c66e-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/88def9ad97050164c30a0423f5c2c66e-14.html#unique-entry-id-14-Completely new GUI with toolbar controls.
-Fixed Disc Image reading.
-Fixed crash from invalid Xbox 360 TOC entries.
-User Configuration (Some functionality is disabled until added)
-One-Click Disc Recording (In Progress)
-Open Menu and Open Recent Menu now functional.
-File Types .iso/.000 now associated with OSx360 (can be configured to open from finder).
-Drag and Drop .iso/.000 files onto Application Icon to open.

I am still looking into ripping Xbox 360 Discs from Mac OS X. Unfortunately, it seems that Apple may have prevented this but I will continue to investigate.]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-03-01T21:36:27-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/7c5a04c1709a3bf5ee057ff068b51db9-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/7c5a04c1709a3bf5ee057ff068b51db9-13.html#unique-entry-id-13Turning Point: Fall Of Liberty). This will cause OSx360 to lock up and eventually crash. You can view your OSx360.log, and if the last line describes a file, most likely an invalid TOC is the culprit. This issue has been resolved, but the bug fix is minor and may not affect all users. If you need an update, please email me to request the new release and I will post it. Until then, I will most likely wait until more features have been added to support a new build.]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-28T11:25:37-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/9b74413bb32eae9a1598c9dc41d199ce-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/9b74413bb32eae9a1598c9dc41d199ce-12.html#unique-entry-id-12-Support for Mac OS X 10.4+
-Universal Binary (Intel/PPC Compatible)
-Increased Logging

I have spent two days and changed over 500 lines of code to fix compatibility with Mac OS 10.4 and PPC Architectures. There may still be issues, but it has been tested and verified functional. I am requesting anyone using OSx360 to please send me your log file (found in ~/Library/Logs/OSx360.log). I am developing a way to send this from within OSx360, but that may not be released for a while.]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-27T11:20:45-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/1def57b837c863b85a3573851d879b50-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/1def57b837c863b85a3573851d879b50-11.html#unique-entry-id-11After a few days of coding and much helpful testing by Skel28 from mac-bb.org, I have successfully made OSx360 run on Mac OS X 10.4 PPC. For some reason, the current release is failing to run properly on 10.4 PPC due to some differences between the two architectures. I have not completely fixed the issue, but I have prevented the crash by a slight work-around. I will be working on getting OSx360 fully functional on 10.4+ as a Universal Binary.
I will release a new build later today after some final testing. It will not be a completely new version, so I am labeling it v0.6 Debug. I would recommend everyone who uses OSx360 to use this version instead due to the additional fixes and the addition of increased logging.
I would appreciate anyone who uses the software to send me your log files regardless if the software works or not. This will tell me what OS version/architecture is working or not.]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-24T20:03:37-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/e0ccb959f6c6be8ae060e6eb8f982c53-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/e0ccb959f6c6be8ae060e6eb8f982c53-10.html#unique-entry-id-10This update is just the tip of the iceberg! OSx360 can now read the full xbox file system (and it will do that when you open an disc image), yet I have not finished the GUI that will allow you to extract the file system. What it can do is check the default.xex for region flags and the MediaID (which is used for stealth checks). That's right! No more burning a disc image just to find out it is the wrong region!
As for stealth checks, with the new features allowing xbox file system reading, the MediaID (located within the default.xex) is now verified against the DMI and SS, and the SS is now checked for the absence of a Hitachi SS.
On top of that, I added a nice new GUI to display some of that data (or just to prove that OSx360 does what it says). Also, a Log file is created in "~/Library/Logs/OSx360.log". It can be viewed with the Console application. More Logs are going to be written in future versions to assist in troubleshooting problems.
Many problems with disc image validation have been fixed, mostly having to do with the differences between Xbox 360, Xbox 1 Xtreme, and Xbox 1 images. Xbox 1 images can be read, but are not readable by the Xbox 360 due the absence of data that was not needed for most modified xbox 1 consoles. OSx360 will not allow these to be burned, but it may allow rebuilding of the iso in future versions.]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-16T18:32:33-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/b8809ae11f47857e8194e06c08342cef-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/b8809ae11f47857e8194e06c08342cef-9.html#unique-entry-id-9OSx360 now allows you to choose between burn methods. For Mac OS X 10.4 and above, you have the option of Apple's DircRecording Framework or growisofs. For OS X 10.3 and below, you can only use growisofs (due to a limitation in Apple's Disc Recording Framework). The application handles most everything automatically. The media must be a blank DVDR+DL be allowed to burn the disc image. Your drive must be able to burn DVDR+DL media to be able to be selected. If a drive has the appropriate media and is ready to burn, it will be automatically selected for you.

Understand that this program has grown quite quickly and although I believe this application to work well, it still has some kinks to work out. If you would like to help me out by testing the software and reporting your results, it will be much appreciated. If you want stability, I would recommend using OSx360 v0.1 Alpha. I am only releasing this software for test purposes - hence the "Alpha" status.

I will be working on improved stealth verification and improving the growisofs GUI (I have not programmed it to understand burn failures). I will also be working on code optimizing to minimize the likelihood of future code errors.]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-16T01:17:26-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/a17e6f270a1e67bbecbf0b66c72628b3-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/a17e6f270a1e67bbecbf0b66c72628b3-8.html#unique-entry-id-8I really need some sleep, so I will finish testing tomorrow and upload a new build. I will have a full change log posted with the release.]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-12T14:45:42-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/df8b1386c09b48037082cbeaf9a272de-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/df8b1386c09b48037082cbeaf9a272de-7.html#unique-entry-id-7I have fixed lots of the issues I was having with improper ISO validation. Most of those issues are now fixed. Some ISO's may report back invalid when they are not - That just comes with the territory guys! It's only been a week since my initial alpha release. So I added an option to continue even if the validation fails. I would advise not to unless it is an xtreme Xbox 1 disk image. Those have been giving me issues.
I have also added a Log Drawer to view the verification status. It's a little ugly but it will work for now.

Send me any and all suggestions or comments.

Thanks!
WolfieNuke]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-10T00:36:38-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/1ebc11f4340e4f1fbf35003a96cc29b7-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/1ebc11f4340e4f1fbf35003a96cc29b7-6.html#unique-entry-id-6There is going to be lots more to come! I am quickly learning Objective-C and Cocoa and I'm looking foward to adding more features in a feeble attempt to catch up to my PC counterparts. For the next week or so, I will be working on more ISO functions like SS/PFI/DMI/Video Inject, Stealth Checks, Xbox File System Extract, growisofs support (for pre-OS 10.4 users) and more!

Download]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-09T15:21:02-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/d39d8cfee6d58dcf8ca8f1d4be6e1da8-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/d39d8cfee6d58dcf8ca8f1d4be6e1da8-5.html#unique-entry-id-5A) The Matshita DVD Drive that is used in most MacBooks, MacBook Pro's, and iMacs are not high quality drives.
B) If you don't use high quality DVDR+DL media in your Matshita DVD Drive, the problem is compounded

This leads to the 'Unreadable Disc' errors on the Xbox 360. The solution is quite simple:
A) Use high quality media (i.e. Verbatim)
B) Use a high quality DVD drive (i.e. LG, Pioneer)

I purchased a LG Slimline DVD Drive and it works great. It is also much more quiet than the Matshita, and is USB powered for your laptop. I also purchased Verbatim media and that works well with the Matshita drive. Other users reported Aone media works as well.]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-08T20:20:51-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/c87db5d3fd04251a33824c08e3da4d13-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/c87db5d3fd04251a33824c08e3da4d13-4.html#unique-entry-id-4justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-07T19:37:21-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/452da10ab3dec9a49b18ae4bff007639-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/452da10ab3dec9a49b18ae4bff007639-3.html#unique-entry-id-3 On a better note, I have fixed the issue I had with a 2GB limit with NSData classes by breaking the ISO up into it's various structures. As long one single piece of data doesn't take up more than 2GB, I should be fine. Even if there is, I can still use this method to process the data in smaller pieces. I have also created a functional SS/PFI/DMI extraction code (It still doesn't verify the data), and will have that in the next release along with the ability to inject the SS/PFI/DMI data as well.
I would also like to thank everyone who has either tested or helped me with this project. It's only been two days but it's looking promising. Anyone interested in helping out with this project, either with programming knowledge or graphic design, please contact me at justin@nukedsoftware.com or msg me on http://xbox-scene.com/ or http://www.xboxhacker.net/ - screen name 'WolfieNuke'.]]>justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-07T09:41:32-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/ce32de11d1f1f890e979538f886d5ab8-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/ce32de11d1f1f890e979538f886d5ab8-2.html#unique-entry-id-2justin@nukedsoftware.comNews2008-02-05T13:48:52-08:00http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/9f15205e7d2b516487792d85f744a095-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.nukedsoftware.com/files/9f15205e7d2b516487792d85f744a095-1.html#unique-entry-id-1