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I'm new to linux and have had a steep learning curve since buyin my revo 3610. I currently have full fat karmic and xbmc 9.11 but have issues with lip synch in mkv's and some form of dynamic brightness within Karmic that makes the screen go dark and light randomly (not a TV issue). So Im wondering if its worth going to the older jaunty, is it worth the hassle?
TIA d3fiant
Acer Revo 3610 : 2GB RAM : 320GB HDD : Ubuntu 10.4.1 : XBMC dharma final : Sony Bavia 40" over HDMI
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It's not too much hastle if you have a thumb drive. install live on a thumbdrive and then try downgrading the kernel. This way you don't make perminant changes to your media center.
Keep in mind though, XBMC does rely on some of the 9.11 core features. You may get errors.
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What 9.11 core features? 8.04 LTS works nicely here. Waiting patiently for the next LTS build.
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I have noticed my XBMC install is jaunty, while a lot of other programs are karmic. Can I change my XBMC to karmic? What's the difference anyway?
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Karmic is the newest version of Ubuntu. It is still pretty new. I tried to install my Revo with minimal Karmic and XBMC, but on Karmic I never could get SMB working. Works flawlessy on Jaunty. I still think they have some bugs to iron out in Karmic. For XBMC I don't think the version of ubuntu matters if you are running XBMC only like an appliance (as long as it supports all of the needed features of XBMC).
Also, I wouldn't install MPlayer. XBMC's DVDPlayer handles everything. The only version of XBMC that still has MPlayer is the Xbox version. There was a TRAC ticket out there on A/V sync issues with MakeMKV encoded files. It is being addressed.
My encodes are .MKV done with Handbrake and sometimes re-muxed with MKVMerge. I'm on Jaunty and XBMC 9.11 and both types of files play back in sync.
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Is there a way to upgrade XBMC Live + Jaunty to Karmic?