How do I get emulators and roms on my Xbox?

[onewecallgod]

You have to use the disk browser application, not dvd2xbox.

[oldschoolgamer84]

Ok, I'm in the file manager with all my drive folders. I'm pretty sure G is the DvD drive but it says Err:3 beside it, there is a disc in the drive with the games I wish to burn. Hopefully I'm on the right track.

[onewecallgod]

On my Xbox the D: drive is CD, but I'm not sure if that's because of my BIOS (Xecuter) or dashboard (Slayer). If it says error, most likely the drive can't read the disk.

[oldschoolgamer84]

Yeah, see my huge problem is I assumed this would be a lot simpler. Just wondering, would a data cd with iso files be read easier? I know when I had a non modded unit that you could burn songs onto the hard drive. Kind of doubt it would be that simple but figured I would ask

[onewecallgod]

Burning ISOs themselves would be pointless if they were just of N64 games. Give FTP'ing another go. It's less of a hassle in my opinion.

[oldschoolgamer84]

Alright, a couple more questions for now. There is a light on my xbox that says HD LAN. It shouldn't be red should it? Also are there any good walkthroughs for FTPing? I've read a few but they didn't work for me (Connection always times out)

[fumanchu]

the reason your dvdr is not reading on your xbox is coz depending on which dvd-drive you have in your xbox it can be picky about media.
i would try a cdrw or cdr maybe try a different brand if you have any lying around.

[onewecallgod]

i would try a cdrw or cdr maybe try a different brand if you have any lying around.

Do NOT try CD-R type media. The universally acceptable media that works with all three drives are DVD-R. Only Philips and Samsung can use CD-R, but it's sketchy.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/213943

That's the FTP tutorial I used. Remember, you MUST use FlashFXP to FTP in.

[oldschoolgamer84]

The dscs I have are all DVD+R, not sure if that would make a huge difference? Yeah thanks, I'll give that tutorial a try.

[onewecallgod]

The other problem with using CD media is that there has to be enough data on the disk, or the Xbox won't recognize it. A size greater than 100MB is acceptable, but if you burned enough roms to fullfill that, then it seems like your Xbox can't read DVD+R, or at least that brand. DVD-R seems to have the best compatibility in terms of brand.