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XBMC

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Installation

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Ubuntu 9.04

  1. Install regular Ubuntu 9.04 from USB Live
  2. Install latest nvidia (180.53) - http://blog.mymediasystem.net/uncategorized/my-five-must-have-settings-for-ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope/
    1. GPG-Key: http://ubuntu-bossieman.blogspot.com/2009/05/gpg-fel-ppalaunchpadnet.html
  3. Install latest alsa (1.20.0) - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6589810
  4. Remove pulseaudio - http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-remove-pulse-audio-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex.html
  5. Install XBMC from SVN repos - http://lathund.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/xbmc-svn-forrad-aven-for-ubuntu-904/
  6. Fix so that menu and mp3 sound is working - http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35901
  7. Make sure mouse pointer is not in the way after resume - http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/07/07/auto-hide-your-mouse-pointer-when-idle-with-unclutter/
  8. Install 'lirc'
  9. Add extra irexec commands
    1. Add script that toggles XBMC to lircrc.
  10. Remove startup/shutdown sound for Ubuntu
  11. Install Aeon skin
  12. Rename GAMES to PROGRAMS in main menu in language file: ~/.xbmc/skin/aeon/language/English/strings.xml
  13. Set shutdown in XBMC to 'Quit', since suspend is handled by irexec.
  14. Enable SMS like searching.
  15. Enable OpenSubtitles_OSD.
  16. Configure remote button to start playlist.
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Ubuntu 8.10

My last install was directly from the development branch, i.e. not a stable release. It works a lot better than 8.10 which I tried before that. It is a bit more work though.

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Development version

I followed the tutorial below for the most part. However I installed a regular Ubuntu 8.10 instead of the mini iso. Because of that I had to disable gdm and also uninstall pulse audio.

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Stable version
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Keyboard and mouse shortcuts

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Fullscreen 

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Other shortcuts

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Remotes

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Wii remote

  • install package xbmc-eventclients-wiiremote
  • run xbmc-wiiremote
  • start XBMC
  • Press 1+2 on remote to connect

That's it!

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MCE Remote

Nothing special needed just make sure the remote is installed, instructions here.

For info on keymaps etc: http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Universal_Remote_Control

Might want to follow my guide here to be able to do more stuff with your remote, when XBMC is not running.

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SMS like searching

To be able to search in list using letters on numpad of remote:

  1. edit ~/.xbmc/userdata/keymaps/remote.xml
    • If the file does not exist: cp /usr/share/xbmc/system/keymaps/remote.xml ~/.xbmc/userdata/keymaps/remote.xml
  2. change numbers under global to be: 
    <keymap>
  <global>
    <remote>
      <two>JumpSMS2</two>
      <three>JumpSMS3</three>
      <four>JumpSMS4</four>
      <five>JumpSMS5</five>
      <six>JumpSMS6</six>
      <seven>JumpSMS7</seven>
      <eight>JumpSMS8</eight>
      <nine>JumpSMS9</nine>
  3. Remove any conflicting numbers from other sections. For instance 3,6 and 9 are volume controlling in some other sections.
Thanks to:
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Enable song skipping in slideshow

The default action for the skip button is to show next picture, but since the direction right button does the same thing I prefer to map the skip button to next song.

  1. See SMS like searching on which file to modify.
  2. Locate the <SlideShow> tag and remove the <skip...> tags
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Configure remote button to start playlist

  1. See SMS like searching on which file to modify.
  2. Add a new element under home/remote node. See example below, where playlist will be started if I press zero when in home window: 
<Home>
  <remote>
      ...
    <zero>XBMC.PlayMedia(/mnt/NFS/silencium/Arkiv2/Mp3/Playlists/2009-collection.m3u)</zero>
      ...
  </remote>
</Home>
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Make play button open context menu

Default is to play the item when Play button is pressed. However, if you prefer to open the context menu instead, like I do, do the following.

  1. See SMS like searching on which file to modify.
  2. Search for <play> tag and change the value to ContextMenu instead of Play.
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Start on other display 

DISPLAY=":0.1" xbmc

Assuming you have X server configured to run the other monitor in an own X display. This can be configured with nvidia-settings.

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Fanart

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Skins

Usually you should download the skin from the web site instead of using the package manager. Here are my favorites:

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Set skin from command line

If skin crashes you might have to change skin from command prompt. Edit the file ~/.xbmc/userdata/guisetttings.xml and search for skin-tag.

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Plugins

Plugins can for instance be video plugins, e.g. watching youtube with XBMC. Download the SVN Repo Installer and extract it to ~/.xbmc/plugins/programs.

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Backdrops / backgrounds / fanart

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Launcher

Using the launcher you can run external programs from within XBMC. Install the program from here http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35739.

Mine didn't start from the beginning, so I enabled debugging and checked in ~/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log. There it stated: 

[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/share/xbmc/UserData'

so I made a symlink from /usr/share/xbmc/UserData to /usr/share/xbmc/userdata. After that it worked.

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Juddery playback in videos

Ok, so it is not really XBMC related, but I noticed this when using XBMC. Read more about it here: http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=54428

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OpenSubtitles_OSD

  • http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56083
  • Make sure the movie folder is writable, as the script will download subtitles to the movie folder.
  • Change settings by going to SCRIPTS then press Play ("c" on keyboard) on OpenSubtiltes_OSD
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TV Streaming

This script will enable SVT play, TV3 play etc.

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