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  • Setup Samba/Windows Shares on XBMC Live

    It’s relatively easy to setup samba shares on XBMC Live, but it does require bashing out some commands on the shell. First, you’ll need to install samba using apt-get: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install samba Then, you’ll want to configure your shares by editing the the file named smb.conf, placed in the /etc/samba/ directory.…

  • How to Install GIT on XBMC Live

    It’s relatively easy to install GIT on XBMC Live, but I didn’t find it well documented anywhere. Login to your XBMC machine console — either via SSH / Putty or directly from the machine (Ctrl+Alt+F2). After you are logged in, run the following command which will install the git utility: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get…

  • Restart XBMC Live from SSH (Bash Shell)

    As an update for XBMCbuntu, you can run the following command to start/stop XBMC: sudo service lightdm [start|stop|restart] Original Post: I always forget the command for restarting XBMC Live from the shell, so I figured I would post it to my blog. It’s a really simple, one-line command: sudo /etc/init.d/xbmc-live restart Then enter the password…

  • Set XBMC to Auto Update Library

    After getting XBMC Live installed on my Revo and getting my library setup, I couldn’t find a simple option to have XBMC watch my video folder and automatically update my library. In place of this missing functionality, I figured I would setup a simple timed job to automatically update my library for me every hour.…

  • How To Reduce Size of WinSXS

    I’ve read all about WinSXS (Side by Side) and how it tries to solve the DLL Hell problems that have plagued Windows for ages, but I thought it was ridiculous that this folder was taking up over 10 gigs of precious space on my 64 GB solid state drive. A few months back, I replaced…

  • How to Install SABnzbd on XBMC Live

    Installing applications on XBMC Live is actually much easier than you might think. It does require bashing out some code on a shell prompt, but it’s relatively easy. You can access the shell via two methods: directly from the XBMC-live machine or remotely via SSH. See below for the details on both methods. Before I…

  • XBMC Revo Audio Crossfade Fix

    After installing the latest version of XBMC (9.11 repack), I noticed a lot of the small issues I was having with previous builds were fixed in this version. Pretty much everything could be handled via the configuration interface, but I found that I couldn’t keep the crossfade option enabled, otherwise I would get a ‘failed…

  • XBMC for Windows IR Fix

    If you are having trouble getting XBMC to read the IR commands from your remote from within Windows, I would highly recommend trying IR Server Suite which required little to no setup and got my XBMC setup reading IR signals from my MCE remote in no time. The remote control (IR system) I purchased was…

  • Cheap HTPC with XBMC and IR

    While browsing newegg the other day, I saw a nifty little gadget called a ‘nettop’ by the name of ‘Revo’. A nettop is essentially the desktop version of it’s cousin, the netbook. Similar to the netbook, the nettop is designed with lower power consumption, small footprint, and low cost in mind. Surprisingly, the Revo nettop…