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2008-07-11, 19:14
Just curious to know if anyone has tried to create a HTPC by running XBMC on Windows PE (Preinstallation Enviroment) ... it's basically a stripped down version of windows (that can even be run of a CD if need be). I believe it's free if you already own a copy of windows. I'm trying to make a PC that does nothing but run XBMC ... the obvious choice would be to use Linux, however, I'm having issues with some of the drivers (can't get 1280x720 output no matter what I try) so I'm thinking of maybe doing things with Windows instead.
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Harry
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There is a serious downside with PE in this case. It will automatically reboot in 72? hours. Was 24 in the pe 1.X series.
XP embeded or WinFLP is more suited for this task.
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another option is XSOS which is a striped down windows like OS I had a play with it on VMware but couldn't work out how to add GPU drives so Didn't get very far with XBMC. They have got A new version in beta apparently supported by MS which will incorporate DIRECT X10
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I tried XBMC on two separate XPe machines I had laying around... It didn't want to work on either. I think the video card in it was not up to the task....
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2008-07-12, 04:18
(This post was last modified: 2008-07-12, 05:09 by djdafreund.)
Well, i'm now downloading Windows Embedded Standard 2009 CTP through my account. So i guess I can try it out. Never messed with it before actually, but i'm sure i'll be fine. I have 4 gigs of ram (currently using 2 thanks to creative's lovely/crappy xfi drivers.) and x64 pro, gf 9600 card w/ 512 on board, and dual boot vista 64bit.
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can you even load openGL drivers in the WinPE edition?
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What I did was install TinyXP Rev 9, and then XBMC. Memory req are very low, and the thing boots in seconds.