Game console can be altered to do more than play games.

In today's installment of my five-part Xbox mods series, I'm going to show you my favorite mod: The Xbox Media Player. The Media Player turns the game console into a complete multimedia center.

Sure, it was cool to install the mod chip, add the EvolutionX interface, and upgrade the hard drive. But the Media Player lets you load the Xbox up with all kinds of software and files (the reason why we upgraded the hard drive in the first place).

Xbox mods aren't supported by Microsoft and may be illegal under the DMCA. If you mod your Xbox, you're willingly voiding the warranty and you might be breaking the law. If done improperly, modding can damage your Xbox.

Xbox Media Player features

According to the official Xbox Media Player website, the software has a ton of features.
  • Media player mod supports the following video/audio/picture formats.
    • MPEG
    • DivX
    • XVID
    • MPG
    • MP3
    • JPG
  • Play files from a PC over a LAN/network via XStream Server Software or from a SMB share.
  • Play list and slide show functions


Learn more about Xbox Media Player's features.

Download the software

You can download the source code for Xbox Media Player but you have to compile it before it will run on your Xbox. Words of caution: Some Xbox compilers are illegal.