<s>
Xbox	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Player	I-Application
(	O
or	O
XBMP	B-Application
for	O
short	O
)	O
,	O
now	O
obsolete	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
predecessor	O
to	O
XBMC	B-Application
and	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
,	O
a	O
feature-rich	B-Architecture
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
media	O
player	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
(	O
console	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
an	O
audio/video	O
-player-core	O
based	O
on	O
MPlayer	B-Application
,	O
it	O
allowed	O
owners	O
of	O
a	O
modified	O
Xbox	B-Application
to	O
display	O
pictures	O
and	O
movie	O
files	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
play	O
music	O
files	O
from	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
DVD-ROM	O
drive	O
,	O
built-in	O
harddisk	O
drive	O
,	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
(	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
)	O
or	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xbox	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Player	I-Application
Project	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
d7o3g4q	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
duo	O
)	O
and	O
RUNTiME	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
sharing	O
code	O
and	O
coordinating	O
features	O
to	O
not	O
duplicate	O
efforts	O
,	O
by	O
XBoxMediaPlayer	B-Application
beta	O
5	O
the	O
two	O
players	O
were	O
merged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
beta	O
6	O
was	O
completed	O
there	O
were	O
complaints	O
from	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
people	O
as	O
to	O
why	O
the	O
developers	O
did	O
not	O
release	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
sooner	O
as	O
they	O
were	O
using	O
FFmpeg	O
and	O
XVID	O
code	O
which	O
are	O
under	O
the	O
(	O
L	O
)	O
GPL	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
November	O
2002	O
,	O
another	O
software	O
developer	O
nicknamed	O
Frodo	O
who	O
was	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
"	O
YAMP	O
-	O
Yet	O
Another	O
Media	O
Player	O
"	O
joined	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Player	I-Application
team	O
and	O
the	O
XBoxMediaPlayer	B-Application
and	O
YAMP	O
projects	O
were	O
merged	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
merged	O
projects	O
was	O
called	O
"	O
Xbox	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Player	I-Application
2.0	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBoxMediaPlayer	B-Application
2.0	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
re-write	O
using	O
a	O
new	O
core	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
MPlayer	B-Application
project	O
,	O
still	O
using	O
FFmpeg/XVID	O
codec	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
28	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
XBoxMediaPlayer	B-Application
2.1	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
many	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
true	O
AC3	O
5.1	O
output	O
,	O
volume	O
normalizer/amplification	O
and	O
an	O
additional	O
post	O
processing	O
filter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
weeks	O
later	O
on	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
XBoxMediaPlayer	B-Application
2.2	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
new	O
features	O
including	O
dashboard	O
mode	O
to	O
launch	O
other	O
Xbox	B-Application
applications/games	O
,	O
separate	O
national	O
language	O
files	O
,	O
streaming	O
media	O
from	O
windows	O
file	O
shares	O
(	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
audio-playlist	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
media	O
on-the-fly	O
from	O
ISO9660-Mode1	O
CDs	O
and	O
Windows	O
DLL	O
support	O
for	O
WMV	O
7	O
,	O
8	O
,	O
and	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xbox	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Player	I-Application
development	O
stopped	O
on	O
December	O
13	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMP	B-Application
requires	O
a	O
modchip	O
or	O
software	O
exploit/hack	O
installed	O
in/on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
to	O
run	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
an	O
authorized	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMP	B-Application
can	O
be	O
run	O
as	O
an	O
application	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
dashboard	O
that	O
appears	O
directly	O
when	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
is	O
turned	O
on	O
(	O
though	O
it	O
takes	O
around	O
15	O
seconds	O
to	O
load	O
fully	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
XBMP	B-Application
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
written	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
's	I-Application
XDK	I-Application
and	O
so	O
is	O
not	O
legally	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
executable	B-Application
program	I-Application
to	O
non-official	O
Microsoft	O
game-publishers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
their	O
own	O
binaries	B-Application
from	O
the	O
public	O
CVS	O
repository	O
using	O
the	O
XDK	B-Application
,	O
rather	O
than	O
downloading	O
a	O
questionable	O
illegally	O
released	O
executable	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMP	B-Application
's	O
full	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
however	O
legal	O
'	O
as	O
is	O
 '	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
