[GUIDE] Simplified Guide for a perfect minimal HTPC on INTEL platforms

Drae Wrote:I've not tested the two samples you linked to yet. I did however play through one full movie and another couple partially - all VC-1 encoded (Goonies and Back to the Future and ... another). They both played fine - initial 16 or so frame drop excepted. The third movie can't remember which but playback fits your description of being heavily artifacted. However I stopped and restarted and it was fine for as much as I played.

Thanks for the testing. Was this test done with YOUR patch or with MINE. Are there any differences between the patches ? Could you please try my samples as well ?

Thx, Alan

Hello,

i got xbmc working with the guide from first post, everyhting working fine!
But audio is comming a few milisecond too early, i tried all option in A/V sync method, but no success.
Audio is connected to SPDIF Optical.
I hope somebody can help me.

Otherwise full hd mkv with 1080p24hz is working fine, i just replaced my amd fusion e-450 with an intel i3, sooooooo much better and faster
Cpu Usage only 6-7% during 1080p playback haha.

Thanks

regards
Boyz

Boyz Wrote:i got xbmc working with the guide from first post, everyhting working fine! But audio is comming a few milisecond too early, i tried all option in A/V sync method, but no success.
Audio is connected to SPDIF Optical.

Good to know that it is also working for other users ! With the audio video sync problem it is surely coming from the hdmi spdif different latency. You can work around that with xbmc's audio setings while the movie is playing. Just fool around with the number there.

got it, now its perfect!
I have compiled xbmc from this repos https://github.com/alanwww1/xbmc.git
Now vc1 is also working.
Awesome

regards
Boyz

alanwww1 Wrote:Good to know that it is also working for other users ! With the audio video sync problem it is surely coming from the hdmi spdif different latency. You can work around that with xbmc's audio setings while the movie is playing. Just fool around with the number there.

Boyz Wrote:got it, now its perfect!
I have compiled xbmc from this repos https://github.com/alanwww1/xbmc.git
Now vc1 is also working.
Awesome

Glad that it is worked.

The vc1 patch already got pulled by xbmc devs. Thanks to Elupus:

https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/5c29...e0ab7254af

This means that everyone can test it with tomorow's build without a compile. Just do:

Any else had trouble getting sound to work? My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 and I'm simply using the green audio jack with a pair of basic computer speakers.

I've been attempting to get this minimal install to work for a while now, had a lot of trouble getting my tv to work, but now that I've got the correct modeline info in xorg.conf I get the image showing fine but audio doesn't work.

drip Wrote:Any else had trouble getting sound to work? My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 and I'm simply using the green audio jack with a pair of basic computer speakers.

I've been attempting to get this minimal install to work for a while now, had a lot of trouble getting my tv to work, but now that I've got the correct modeline info in xorg.conf I get the image showing fine but audio doesn't work.

Check sound levels in alsamixer. Also check the sound output settings in xbmc. You can get the available sound devices with:


After that you can start checking them with:


Whereever you hear sound, that is the device you need to use in xbmc.

And once more make sure that the sound device volumes are up in the alsamixer ! And not the spdif ones. Since you are using analog output.

Hello, Has anyone using this build installed samba as a server to run alongside xbmc?

The purpose is to load movies into xbmc via the network. My clients have been unsuccessful when trying to log into the share. Is there something special I need to do? The samba server software installed fine, I've set the configuration file to be wide open to allow guests. I can give details if someone has experience in this matter.

Thanks

86themachine Wrote:Hello, Has anyone using this build installed samba as a server to run alongside xbmc?
Thanks

Please note that this is a minimal Ubuntu install. Without a LOT of needed packages and settings, etc. Your problem can come from either a missing package or some missing security setting i think.

86themachine Wrote:Hello, Has anyone using this build installed samba as a server to run alongside xbmc?

The purpose is to load movies into xbmc via the network. My clients have been unsuccessful when trying to log into the share. Is there something special I need to do? The samba server software installed fine, I've set the configuration file to be wide open to allow guests. I can give details if someone has experience in this matter.

Thanks

How are you trying to mount the shares? I always use the steps in this guide, and it has worked perfectly on each of many varied builds:

http://opensuse.swerdna.org/susesambacifs.html

I use the "permanent mounts: secure shares" method listed there which involves an entry in the fstab file. After a reboot, XBMC sees the shared folders as if they were local and you can add your sources with ease.

One thing I've noticed is that I MUST use IP address for mapping, rather than the computer name.