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Tag: XBMC

  • Avoid “S to Skip” Message Ubuntu

    After following the steps in my XBMC Live Drives Mounted as Odd IDs article, wherein the user modifies the label of the drive and sets it to be recognized as part of the fstab process, I found myself occasionally seeing the message that indicates that Ubuntu can’t find the drive. I found it frustrating that I would…

  • XBMC Remote – Windows Phone 7

    It’s here! I’ve finally published my first Windows Phone 7 App. If you’re a previous reader of my blog, you may have noticed that I’m avid XBMC supporter. I run XBMC on several machines in my house including a Linux based HTPC and on Apple TV devices throughout my house. My company recently started piloting…

  • XBMC Dharma Confluence Location

    After upgrading my XBMC installation to Dharma Beta 1, I wanted to modify the menu of Confluence to add a button directly for Last.fm to make things easier for my wife. It was driving me crazy that I couldn’t figure out where the Confluence folder was, but after searching through some of the XBMC logs,…

  • 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…

  • Send Command to XBMC to Start Music

    You can use the following command to remotely start music playing on XBMC. The examples below were sent while I was SSH’ed into the XBMC machine. As you’ll notice from the music paths, I am using some of the ‘special’ paths which call up the LastFM tags of Rap and Alternative. Start the LastFM Rap…

  • Upgrade XBMC Live to latest SVN

    See below for some short instructions on how to upgrade your existing XBMC Live installation to the latest SVN version. These instructions should also work for regular XBMC Linux users as well. It is particularly important to update your XBMC to the latest SVN version if you plan on using some of the latest and…

  • Fix Revo NVIDIA Driver Error

    After running an upgrade ‘sudo apt-get upgrade’ and ‘sudo apt-get install xbmc’ to get my system up to date (to the latest SVN) I started getting the following error: XBMC needs hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering.Install an appropriate graphics driver.Please consult XBMC Wiki for supported hardwarehttp://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Supported_hardware The first time I had this happen to me, 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…