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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:Oh yeah! I totally forgot about the "store it behind the TV" thing, but still really weird that it would come with a USB IR port that then created two IR devices instead of just one of those extender things that use a headphone jack. I got bit by this too a year ago, drove me nuts for a couple days before I figured out to disable the internal one. Which, by the way, is so sensitive it was picking up commands even from behind my TV (or my remote just is that strong). Why it's the way it is is undoubtedly due to some arcane manufacturing design - these things are designed with very tight profit margins and it was probably cheaper, believe it or not, to just use the IR on the board they were using (which probably had no built in facility for an extender), and for external IR just drop in a .2 cent additional part instead of taking the time to custom-spec the board itself. And I am sure it has annoyed virtually everyone who bought one and used the external receiver at one point.
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I have a weird issue where I'll randomly lose the ability to output content that has Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA and it'll instead only output at Dolby Digital and DTS respectively. When I go into the playback settings, it only gives me the options to output either Dolby Digital AC-3 or DTS, but not the HD audios. When I reboot, the options to playback all of the Dolby Digital and DTS formats come back and I'm able to output the HD audio formats again until it'll randomly decide to lose it a day later. I usually go into Suspend mode when I'm not using it, could something be happening with the Intel drivers that it's taking away those options and leaving me with just DD and DTS until I reboot? I'm running XBMC with an Ivy Bridge i3 Intel NUC with the latest OpenELEC 4.0 Beta 5, but this has been occurring since I was using 3.2.4.
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Just got my Amazon Fire in the mail and I can confirm: it is the poo poo. Only took like 5 minutes to get it going and install XBMC on it and it works like a champ.
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:Just got my Amazon Fire in the mail and I can confirm: it is the poo poo. Only took like 5 minutes to get it going and install XBMC on it and it works like a champ. Which xbmc build ?
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jonathan posted:Which xbmc build ? Any official android Gotham build after the 17th is good to go.
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jonathan posted:Which xbmc build ? I used Frodo and it's working just fine. I probably should have grabbed Gotham but oh well.
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The new nightly Gotham builds that have FireTV support do work pretty well, but as is always the case with nightlies, ymmv. The latest crashes pretty often for me, and very high bitrate videos tend to stutter - might have something to do with the lack of 24Hz/fps support on the FTV. That said the FTV really does have the makings of an excellent XBMC box. There's already a good guide to get FLIRC and a couple other IR remote solutions working with not just it, but the entire FTV, which makes it easy to integrate universal remotes with. One thing I'm noticing - anyone else see a marked decrease in video quality? Particularly with live tv? When I switch back and forth between the FTV and my regular media center the image appears much "softer". It's only with XBMC. Edit: appears that for the moment there's no deinterlacing available in any of the builds that work with the FTV, so 1080i content (like a lot of live tv, at least in the US) won't look that great. It does work on other low-powered hardware so here's hoping. Ixian fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Apr 20, 2014 |
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Anyone else having issues with music tags in Gotham? Just gone with beta 4 and it's lumping random music together in new albums. I've made sure it's all tagged correctly but it still does it.
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Bigsteve posted:Anyone else having issues with music tags in Gotham? Just gone with beta 4 and it's lumping random music together in new albums. I've made sure it's all tagged correctly but it still does it. Seems that currently in Gotham it reads multiple tags and figures it out it based on that, if you only have certain tags it will put them together. Also had the issue where if you have no tags at all it will not even play the files. Seems that they went strict with it in Gothan compared to all previous versions.
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Having an issue and I wonder if you guys could give any suggestions. So I've got 2 XBMC boxes running OpenELEC. Acer Aspire R3610 with a 60GB SSD and a Foxconn A3500 with a 120GB SSD. The acer is running Gotham and the Foxconn running Frodo. Both have worked fine for 2+ years since I've had them. My setup was Cable Modem -> 5th Gen Airport Extreme -> Netgear 5 Port Gigabyte Switch. My NAS box, download server and both XBMC boxes were all connected into the Netgear. Everything worked great. Last week my Airport Extreme died on me so I had to replace it. I picked up a Belkin N600 wireless router. So my issue is the Acer has started loosing the network connection after about 10-15 minutes of either viewing media off the NAS box or say streaming MLB.TV. Which of course stops the media completely and either restarts where it stopped after 10-15 seconds or kicks me back to the XBMC menu. Things I've tried Having the Acer plugged into the router directly and having it plugged into the switch. I upgraded the Acer to Gotham thinking there was something wrong with the install. The Acer used to sit in my living room so I thought there might be something wrong with the network cable so I moved it into my movie room where the router/switch/nas box all reside. None of these worked, the Acer still looses the network connection. Now the Foxconn box doesn't seem to be having the exact problems. I've been able to stream entire games off MLB.TV with no hiccups, the only thing it seems to be doing is that every once in a while it's like the video stutters a bit while watching a movie, but it never looses network and never stops the video completely. Is there something on this new router that I can check? Even when I had everything plugged into the switch, which should take the router out of the equation since all traffic was local and shouldn't hit the router, the Acer box still had problems.
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Since Advanced Launcher doesn't work in Gotham and the developer has no interest in making it work until a stable version comes out, is there anything similar that does work in Gotham?
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Just wanted to say that I switched my skin from Arctic to Eminence and it is the absolute poo poo. Clean and lightweight but attractive, very logical home screen layout, super smooth performance (Arctic was sluggish even on a relatively beefy HTPC) and the best Live TV layouts I've found in any skin yet. It has that polished, professional look and kind of looks like a really fancy set-top box instead of cramming every feature and bit of eyecandy available into every screen. May not suit everybody's tastes but I love it. Gotham only. It's also only on git, not a repo, for now, but it's really easy to install. Just open a console in your addons directory and: code:code:NIGARS fucked around with this message at 07:35 on Apr 25, 2014 |
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Apr 25, 2014 07:31
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That is loving beautiful. Really excited to see where Eminence goes.
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That's pretty great looking, but I'm so used to the multiple on-deck and recent items via widgets in Aeon Nox and, from the screenshots, it looks like Eminence only has the one in-progress on the movie page.
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NIGARS posted:Just wanted to say that I switched my skin from Arctic to Eminence and it is the absolute poo poo. I just set up Eminence on XBMC on the Fire TV and I will say that it does blow away every other skin that i've tried in terms of usability and aesthetics. The home menu setup is aces and solves all the problems I've had with other skins being incredibly clunky and layered in menus. Though I do have one problem - on the media hub when I select an in-progress movie or TV show it starts from the beginning rather than resuming. Does that happen for anyone else? Thermopyle, only one is shown in the tile at a time but multiple in-progress items are available by scrolling left or right when the tile is highlighted.
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Thermopyle posted:That's pretty great looking, but I'm so used to the multiple on-deck and recent items via widgets in Aeon Nox and, from the screenshots, it looks like Eminence only has the one in-progress on the movie page. I'm still hooked on Ace with the horizontal main menu for that reason. It has Recently Added and In Progress for everything and it also lets you quickly toggle between Random, Recently Added and Progress for each as well. The randomized feature is pretty nice.
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Anyone attempt Eminence with a RaspPi able to describe the performance?
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One problem with Eminence - its complete and utter shite to try and control with a mouse.
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Tornhelm posted:One problem with Eminence - its complete and utter shite to try and control with a mouse. Lots of newer skins are like that. Mouse control, frankly, is a holdover from the days when HTPC's ruled XBMC usage. A lot of skins just flat out tell you not to use a mouse with them - they are made for remotes.
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Ixian posted:Lots of newer skins are like that. Mouse control, frankly, is a holdover from the days when HTPC's ruled XBMC usage. A lot of skins just flat out tell you not to use a mouse with them - they are made for remotes. Yeah, I have a cheap wireless keyboard that's small, light and perfect for XBMC from the Sofa/Bed use. If not, I can really recommend the Mele10 remote. There's also some handy configs on the XBMC forums that can remap the buttons on it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mele-Wireless-Keyboard-Intelligent-Computer/dp/B00DI4GMVG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398551397&sr=8-1&keywords=mele+f10 When you turn it over, it has a nifty little keyboard.
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Doesn't really help when you've got a multiple monitor setup and want to use XBMC on one of them. Having a separate remote just for that is slightly silly.
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Tornhelm posted:Doesn't really help when you've got a multiple monitor setup and want to use XBMC on one of them. Having a separate remote just for that is slightly silly. Can't you use your keyboard? Most of the important buttons have key bindings.
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Does PsuedoTVLive actually have an EPG? Hitting the info button pops up information about the current show and I can tab forward to the next show but I can't seem to find a full sized EPG.
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Tornhelm posted:Doesn't really help when you've got a multiple monitor setup and want to use XBMC on one of them. Having a separate remote just for that is slightly silly. Well, for that fairly narrow use case you'll just have to stick with skins that support mice, then. Or use your keyboard. Honestly, I don't get the point of a mouse with XBMC even if you are running it on a desktop PC setup.
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Anyone using the Webinterface to control XBMC? The stock default one is rather limited in it's usage. Yatse is amazing but I don't always feel the desire to use my phone to control the xbmc.
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Tornhelm posted:Doesn't really help when you've got a multiple monitor setup and want to use XBMC on one of them. Having a separate remote just for that is slightly silly. I actually don't think it's silly at all. It works as a way to mentally separate the two activities: when you're focusing and working on something you use the mouse and keyboard, while when you're sitting back and watching something you use the remote. It's not unlike using a controller to play games with. Not only do many games play better with it, but it also makes playing time feel different from working time. Or it's how it's nicer to read something long-form on a tablet rather than on a PC, while writing something long is pretty impossible on a tablet. In this case it's not so important that you have to go out a buy a remote, but it would be worth it.
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YouTuber posted:Anyone using the Webinterface to control XBMC? The stock default one is rather limited in it's usage. Yatse is amazing but I don't always feel the desire to use my phone to control the xbmc. I'm using AWXi for an interface when I'm sitting at my desktop and want to control the HTPC in the same room. It's not the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it definitely does the job. I've also got a plugin for Chrome (though for the life of me, I can't recall the name) which gives me a menu that I can use for basic controls, as well as being able to push YouTube videos over to the TV quickly. Edit: Found it.
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So has anyone got a working YouTube addon yet? I tried the hacky solution from a few pages back and I still can't get it to show my subscriptions.
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I'm starting to seriously warm up to the Fire TV as a low-cost "do most anything" media player. XBMC Gotham RC1 works really well on it, interface is fast, content plays well (note: Make sure you disable MediaCodec and only use Libstagefright for acceleration, the former doesn't work with the FTV yet) Live TV works very well (if you are sourcing h.264; MPEG-2 still needs work on the FTV) and despite some absences like HBO Go (which is coming) the streaming media experience with the FTV proper is quite nice. Throw in XBMC for local media/Live TV and you have a $99 all in one client. It's still got a few kinks to work out (both FTV and XBMC), doesn't support 24p playback (a big deal to some people who are sensitive to 3:2 pulldown - if you don't know what any of this is then you aren't) and because Android in general doesn't allow apps to switch refresh rates on their own it may sometimes not appear to play content - particularly content from different regions, ala PAL/NTSC - as "smooth" as, say, an Intel-powered NUC - but you get a nice streaming box that XBMC works very well on for $99, including a nice remote, so take the good with the bad. Also I don't know about 10-bit playback or whatever it is you Anime nerds seem to love so someone else will have to answer that. Anyway I have two now and spent some time tweaking things so I thought I'd share my little guide (pointers to other, better guides really). Here you go: XBMC on the Amazon Fire TV: Quick overview.
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I do. Thank you for the writeup!
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G-Prime posted:I'm using AWXi for an interface when I'm sitting at my desktop and want to control the HTPC in the same room. It's not the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it definitely does the job. I've also got a plugin for Chrome (though for the life of me, I can't recall the name) which gives me a menu that I can use for basic controls, as well as being able to push YouTube videos over to the TV quickly. This sounds awesome I'm going to give it a try. I always wanted something like that and no one told me it existed  EDIT: I have a Zotac and on it I have openelec however I noticed I'm still on Frodo. What version of Openelec do you guys use to stay up to date? Le0 fucked around with this message at 08:21 on May 2, 2014 |
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I've got XBMC on Windows hooked up to a Yamaha receiver through HDMI, which then goes to a Sony TV. My problem is Windows will show the Sony TV as the only connected audio device, rather than the receiver. This causes problems when I turn the TV off. When the TV is off, Windows correctly shows the receiver as the sound device, but it disappears when the TV comes back on. How do I get the receiver to show in Windows and not the TV?
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Le0 posted:This sounds awesome I'm going to give it a try. I always wanted something like that and no one told me it existed It won't auto download/update to the Gotham beta through OE, you'll have to download the latest release from the website and do a manual update. Once you've manually updated to Gotham, then you can resume auto updating through OE with each release.
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Ixian posted:Hopefully some of you find this helpful. I certainly do, thank you!
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Spekkio posted:I've got XBMC on Windows hooked up to a Yamaha receiver through HDMI, which then goes to a Sony TV. Does it work when you reboot your PC? I just bought a GTX 650 and I have a similar problem except I end up with no audio devices. There's no perfect fix but I have a batch script that restarts the video card process which fixes the audio until I turn off the TV and receiver again. I used eventghost to run it from a button on my remote. This may not be your issue though.
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wolfbiker posted:It won't auto download/update to the Gotham beta through OE, you'll have to download the latest release from the website and do a manual update. Once you've manually updated to Gotham, then you can resume auto updating through OE with each release. Ohh that's why then. THanks I'll do a manual update then
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Spekkio posted:I've got XBMC on Windows hooked up to a Yamaha receiver through HDMI, which then goes to a Sony TV. What are you actually trying to achieve? Im using a similar setup with the same thing but everything still works. You should still be getting your sound from your amp. Im guessing you are wanting to use your amp for music without your TV on? Mine is set to HDMI ausio out and the TV is set in screen properties. I will check when I get home but pretty sure a TV shows up in all the windows sound choices.
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Bigsteve posted:What are you actually trying to achieve? Im using a similar setup with the same thing but everything still works. You should still be getting your sound from your amp. No, he wants audio coming out of the receiver when the TV is on but only the TV is showing as an audio device.
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Spekkio posted:I've got XBMC on Windows hooked up to a Yamaha receiver through HDMI, which then goes to a Sony TV. What model Yamaha receiver?
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