How to Go from Xbox to Xbox Media Center in 30 minutes

This post would have been great to have a few years ago when some friends and I were modding our Xbox(s). Our process took a good bit longer than 30 minutes, but the Xbox we created back then is still going strong as a media extender upstairs serving up content from the basement Media Server. There is a lot of buzz about the Xbox360 as an extender, but XBMC is still my favorite extender at the moment. To me, XBMC has always been the most flexible playback device since it can handle almost any video format you throw at it. Plus, XBMC recently added the ability to launch and play DVDs with menu support including ISO images. Now you can launch ISOs images of DVDs from from the media server and playback DVDs with all the menus and features of the DVDs in tact. So there is no need to convert the ISOs to MPEG or VOBs.

How to Go from Xbox to Xbox Media Center in 30 minutes - ProductWiki [via Digital Home Upgrade]