2010-08-04, 11:04
Hello everyone !
I have been using xbmc on my old xbox for quite some time but not fully indepth as some might use it but now i have it running on my laptop via hdmi and want to get a similar setup as i had with my xbox ,example would be loads of pc emulators mainly and some of my fav pc games ,but would also like to try some new features if they exist like possibly integrated messenger or web browser ?
Questions (if i may ask )
can i setup pc emulators including segasaturn/dreamcast to run with isos automounted and running clean without errors
is there a better way to add emulators,windows programs and pc games to xbmc than (launcher) seems a bit fiddly to setup and emulators like n64 and others do not seem to load roms up properly and in other cases roms seem to loadup without an emulator cfg that was previously setup via the emulator ,example full screen settings and so on.
what options are available for integrated software like web browsers messenger clients and youtube.
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could someone explain to me the difference of plugins ,scripts and then the video/sound/apps plugins and scripts ,are they all the same thing ? very confusing tbh ,what is the purpose of scripts and like wise plugins ,if i want to simply add new software like youtube or a web browser what do i look for ? a script or a plugin or do i need both there seems to be many ways to install stuff.
finally ,i am a bit confused about the current state of xbmc and it's naming for pc,linux-ubuntu osx xbox and so on ,they all seem to be called xbmc apart from i think linux build is called xbmc live ? i am running xbmc on windows and i would like to know if plugins/scripts run through all avail versions of xbmc or if i need windows versions.
as you might think i want to use xbmc for windows mostly for gaming and music,movie collection ,are there any alternitives that might be better ? or can xbmc do the job nice without too much background windows getting in the way as i am also willing to drop windows fully in favour of a closed off system running like that of xbmc for xbox.
thanks for your time in reading all that
Paddy
I have been using xbmc on my old xbox for quite some time but not fully indepth as some might use it but now i have it running on my laptop via hdmi and want to get a similar setup as i had with my xbox ,example would be loads of pc emulators mainly and some of my fav pc games ,but would also like to try some new features if they exist like possibly integrated messenger or web browser ?
Questions (if i may ask )
can i setup pc emulators including segasaturn/dreamcast to run with isos automounted and running clean without errors
is there a better way to add emulators,windows programs and pc games to xbmc than (launcher) seems a bit fiddly to setup and emulators like n64 and others do not seem to load roms up properly and in other cases roms seem to loadup without an emulator cfg that was previously setup via the emulator ,example full screen settings and so on.
what options are available for integrated software like web browsers messenger clients and youtube.
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could someone explain to me the difference of plugins ,scripts and then the video/sound/apps plugins and scripts ,are they all the same thing ? very confusing tbh ,what is the purpose of scripts and like wise plugins ,if i want to simply add new software like youtube or a web browser what do i look for ? a script or a plugin or do i need both there seems to be many ways to install stuff.
finally ,i am a bit confused about the current state of xbmc and it's naming for pc,linux-ubuntu osx xbox and so on ,they all seem to be called xbmc apart from i think linux build is called xbmc live ? i am running xbmc on windows and i would like to know if plugins/scripts run through all avail versions of xbmc or if i need windows versions.
as you might think i want to use xbmc for windows mostly for gaming and music,movie collection ,are there any alternitives that might be better ? or can xbmc do the job nice without too much background windows getting in the way as i am also willing to drop windows fully in favour of a closed off system running like that of xbmc for xbox.
thanks for your time in reading all that
Paddy