Anyone ever 'finished' an xbmc box?

Gosties · 2012-04-23 15:49

Like everyone else, get XBMC working the way I want it and then decide to do something and break it. Best piece of advice is to back-up the libraries of your TV Series and Movies therefore making setting up again a cinch.

Mudislander · 2012-04-23 16:26

(2012-04-23 10:04)Devaron Wrote: m7cky your first post could easily be a post of mine. I try to tweak XBMC all the time, even to the point that stuff won't work anymore. Then i'll get annoyed and reinstall and start all over again...

You must know how many times I've messed up my system and had to re-install. I must be dim witted because this always happens to my main media machine, not the testbench machine Big Grin

eg4190 · 2012-04-23 17:46

When I started building out XBMC systems for friends and relatives, I realized just how much I was subconsciously breaking my own systems with endless tweaking and "fixes." It only took me about two hours to set up a perfectly functional XBMC Live + Sab and Sickbeard setup for my brother. He hasn't needed any maintenance or had any issues in over six months (I stopped by a few weeks ago to install Eden).

Obviously, the hobbyist has a psychological need to fix something, and will break something first in order to fill that need.

bilbonvidia · 2012-04-23 17:51

I am the same, I did have it finished until I saw the PVR section and thought whats this, tv how cool. lol

jelly · 2012-04-23 17:55

I'll probably keep tweaking until i get bored and find something else to mess with, i've gone from installing homebrew on my PS3, making an emulator box with Hyperspin on an old laptop, Setting up Plex on my Mac mini and now moving onto XBMC on the same mini.

m7cky · 2012-04-23 18:10

(2012-04-23 17:46)eg4190 Wrote: Obviously, the hobbyist has a psychological need to fix something, and will break something first in order to fill that need.

I like this explanation.
Can we attach a medical-esque name to it that I can quote to the Mrs when she asks we why I 'keep f***ing about with it when it's not broken!'?

pjakesson · 2012-04-23 18:57

My HTPC would be finished if it wasn't for the nasty
"stutter-after-resume-from-sleep"-bug on Windows 7.

PatK · 2012-04-23 19:32

(2012-04-23 18:57)pjakesson Wrote: My HTPC would be finished if it wasn't for the nasty
"stutter-after-resume-from-sleep"-bug on Windows 7.

It's widows 7 code... all those MS employees have tried for years for this repair... but point their fingers back at the applications running. Disable sleep... works perfectly.

Despotism · 2012-04-24 00:03

Yes, and it's very satisfying, over 500 movies on the thing, near two years of music worth, and the last 12 years of my families life in digital photos and videos.
Took about two weeks mainly because I went with an OS I had zero experience in and had to learn all that from scratch! Frown

CutSickAss · 2012-04-24 03:11

m7cky Wrote:Can we attach a medical-esque name to it that I can quote to the Mrs when she asks we why I 'keep f***ing about with it when it's not broken!'?

I don't know any medical/psychological term for it, but here's something better you can quote to the Mrs... poetry:

Constantine P. Cavafy Wrote:When you set out on your journey to Ithaca,
pray that the road is long,
full of adventure, full of knowledge...

That basically sums up my feelings on XBMC and HTPCs in general. Even though I'm relatively new at this, building the perfect 'box' for me has been more about the process itself, rather than the end result. Come to think of it, maybe it is time I watched a movie on XBMC from beginning to end! Huh

Gosties Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Jul 2009 Reputation: 0	2012-04-23 15:49 Post: #11 Like everyone else, get XBMC working the way I want it and then decide to do something and break it. Best piece of advice is to back-up the libraries of your TV Series and Movies therefore making setting up again a cinch.
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bilbonvidia Fan Posts: 436 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 2 Location: Britain	2012-04-23 17:51 Post: #14 I am the same, I did have it finished until I saw the PVR section and thought whats this, tv how cool. lol (This post was last modified: 2012-04-23 17:51 by bilbonvidia.)
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jelly Junior Member Posts: 13 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 1	2012-04-23 17:55 Post: #15 I'll probably keep tweaking until i get bored and find something else to mess with, i've gone from installing homebrew on my PS3, making an emulator box with Hyperspin on an old laptop, Setting up Plex on my Mac mini and now moving onto XBMC on the same mini.
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m7cky Member Posts: 74 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-04-23 18:10 Post: #16 (2012-04-23 17:46)eg4190 Wrote: Obviously, the hobbyist has a psychological need to fix something, and will break something first in order to fill that need. I like this explanation. Can we attach a medical-esque name to it that I can quote to the Mrs when she asks we why I 'keep f***ing about with it when it's not broken!'?
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pjakesson Member+ Posts: 38 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-04-23 18:57 Post: #17 My HTPC would be finished if it wasn't for the nasty "stutter-after-resume-from-sleep"-bug on Windows 7. (This post was last modified: 2012-04-23 18:57 by pjakesson.)
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PatK Posting Freak Posts: 2,273 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 67	2012-04-23 19:32 Post: #18 (2012-04-23 18:57)pjakesson Wrote: My HTPC would be finished if it wasn't for the nasty "stutter-after-resume-from-sleep"-bug on Windows 7. It's widows 7 code... all those MS employees have tried for years for this repair... but point their fingers back at the applications running. Disable sleep... works perfectly.
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Despotism Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Sep 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-04-24 00:03 RE: Anyone ever 'finished' an xbmc box? Post: #19 Yes, and it's very satisfying, over 500 movies on the thing, near two years of music worth, and the last 12 years of my families life in digital photos and videos. Took about two weeks mainly because I went with an OS I had zero experience in and had to learn all that from scratch!
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