[jeanjan]

Hi,

This is my experience to install XBMC on an Acer Revo the easiest and quickest way:

. Bios Settings:
Boot to RevoBoot: disabled
iGPU Frame buffer size: 512 MB
Legacy USB Support: enabled
USB Storage Emulation: floppy

. Download the XBMC Live Current Pre-release iso (http://xbmc.org/download/). Not the stable version.

. Create the bootable usb key with unetbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/)

. Edit the syslinux.cfg on the usb key root: (source:http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=445...stcount=15)
find the "label ubnentry6" (the one with the label "Install XBMCLive to disk")
edit the last line, add "cdrom-detect/try-usb=true" before "--"

. Reboot

. Select "Install XBMCLive to disk" on the unetbootin boot menu

. Follow the usual ubuntu install instructions.
the created user must be, login:xbmx, password: xbmc


TODO:
. Change the partitions settings to be able to keep an untouched partition on the local drive during next installs when XBMC live will be updated.
. See how to keep the xbmc settings.


..:: Thanks to the XBMC Team ::.. I enjoy your work since the first xbox

[jeanjan]

. Sound through HDMI:
in XBMC go to System > System > Audio Output
Audio Output: Digital
Audio output device: hdmi
Passthrough output device: hdmi

. Menu Sounds:
log in through SSH and add a new file ".asoundrc" in /home/xbmc
Insert in .asoundrc:

Code:

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "hdmi"
}
}

(source: http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=361779&postcount=1)

. apt-get
edit /etc/apt/sources.list

Code:

deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse

[jeanjan]

. External Drives
It's better to use NTFS partitions, it will be automatically mounted as writable.
HFS+, even not journalised, won't be writable automatically.
Fat32 is outdated for more than 4Go files like .mkv
Ext3/4 is not really cross platform.