[LIVE] HOW-TO install XBMC Live on Acer Aspire Revo - The Complete Guide for Newbies

ah, gave up and did a fresh install of xbmc, works fine now. thanks for all your help.

Hi all, just a quick question that I didn't feel needed its own thread. ( I have a revo) What are the benefits of installing xbmc live as opposed to just installing xbmc over top of windows7? Is it performance or just preference?

I want to be able to power up my revo and start up windows, and then automatically start up xbmc, but this way I could have the ability to play snes emulators, and age of empires 2 and such.

Just curious as I didn't see the actual benefits of doing this listed anywhere

Got myself an Acer 1600 yesterday second hand and installed xbmc live 10.0 and have everything working brilliantly... on VGA.

When i use the HDMI output into my HDMI 27inch LG tv which works on 720p with my blu ray player, xbox and playstation3, the revo will only output a max resolution of 480p which no option in the settings to go any higher.

Any suggestions?

Kenyan Wrote:Hi all, just a quick question that I didn't feel needed its own thread. ( I have a revo) What are the benefits of installing xbmc live as opposed to just installing xbmc over top of windows7? Is it performance or just preference?

I want to be able to power up my revo and start up windows, and then automatically start up xbmc, but this way I could have the ability to play snes emulators, and age of empires 2 and such.

Just curious as I didn't see the actual benefits of doing this listed anywhere

xbmc-live is basically debian linux with all the excess fat trimmed off.
its programmed to autologin/ autostart the xbmc dashboard when you hit the power button to give the look and feel of a set top box.
one can easily install linux programs by accessing the console (but only the most popular game franchises are ported to linux).

is there an updated guide for 10.10 or is it the same as the 9.x live version??

modey Wrote:my revo is running fine apart from on 1080p files when it buffers a lot, anyone help as to what i need to do?

I added a second stick of ram and a chrystal hd card, buffers a bit at the beginning of the playing of a file but I am sure thats due to the wireless connection to my media.

blairw Wrote:Got myself an Acer 1600 yesterday second hand and installed xbmc live 10.0 and have everything working brilliantly... on VGA.

When i use the HDMI output into my HDMI 27inch LG tv which works on 720p with my blu ray player, xbox and playstation3, the revo will only output a max resolution of 480p which no option in the settings to go any higher.

Any suggestions?

Check your video playback settings, and your display info. What flavor of XBMC are you running?

Uuaww Wrote:started with this:
Boot revo, hit ESC and select XBMC - SAFE MODE
login
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo reboot
sudo apt-get install xbmc
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo reboot

Finished with this:
sudo apt-get remove xbmc-live
sudo nvidia-installer --update -a -s -f
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc-live
sudo reboot


wait a bit after nvidia, it takes a while.

I have XBMC installed on my 1600 REVO (no windows). Will this work to update\upgrade XBMC or is this only for LIVE ? or am I confused and it's still called LIVE even though it's installed on the HD.

^ what worked for me was logging into the revo via ssh and doing:

schneidz Wrote:^ what worked for me was logging into the revo via ssh and doing:

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install xbmc

Ran sudo apt- update and got the following: