[feeblminds]

Thanks guys I will try it.

[poofyhairguy]

- When I run XBMC through gnome (even as standalone) it is very choppy, it struggles to even print scrolling RSS feed. Not what I expect from quite a powerful little machine. I can solve this by booting direct to XBMC and just skipping the normal GDM and it runs really sweet.

That is probably because of composite. XBMC hates composite.

- Now I am really stuck... Videos play fine if booted direct to XBMC but whenever I try and play a film/show with 5.1 digital dolby it says Audio not initilized... This one I just can't lick.

You have HDMI set as pass-through device in settings?

[feeblminds]

Absolute massive thanks to u all. Installed open elec tweaked the screen size and audio settings and ... It's perfect. Streaming 720p and it runs like a dream. Using xbmc commander for iPhone as keyboard and mouse.

Thanks again guys!!