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  • How to Install NewzBook on XBMC Live

    NewzBook is an application I wrote to centrally manage my downloads and media. It has integration points with various indexing sites, SABnzbd, media management, etc. I originally designed the application for the Popcorn Hour, but I am now using XBMC again. I personally use the XBMC Live variant, so I’ve written up some instructions so…

  • Set XBMC to Automount Drives

    Whenever I install XBMC, one of the first settings I change is I enable auto mounting of drives. It’s a relatively simple change, but requires you modify a file on the filesystem. For Ubuntu Lucid 10.04: I’ve noticed that it’s not necessary to manually remove the nodiskmount option on 10.04 (grub2). The modifications that I…

  • 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 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…