xbmc

[Cell]

Is there a reason why xbmc is included with 32 bit and not 64 bit?I know i can download it,just wondering if the testers had it glitch with 64 bit or not.

[stanca]

I guess you have to ask Theemahn for this.Xbmc runs the same in 64bit too.

[Cell]

cool thanks.i already installed it and it works.

[kyriakos]

is it working fine on Ultimate Edition 2.1 64bit? not in my pc. i can hear my songs but everytime i watch a video plays the first one and thats it ! it cant go to the next video and crashes &when i go to photos crashes again. so i mainly use elisa media center for movies etc and exaile for music and im very happy with it except that will be better if i had only one application for both was hoping that xbmc will be the one for all but i cant see it.

[Cell]

works for me.Do you have xbmc min. requirements?

What are the minimum requirement and recommended hardware for XBMC

For end-users the recommended minimum requirement is a x86-based computer, with a 3D GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that at least supports Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 (that features 24bpp or 32bpp for 3D hardware-acceleration support, which XBMC GUI need to run smoothly at an acceptable frame-rate). Graphic adapters that support DirectX version 9.0c or later usually meet all of those mentioned requirements, (Team-XBMC recommends NVIDIA GeForce 6150 or later as NVIDIA are currently the manufacturer that offers good device-drivers for Linux (and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 or later supports OpenGL 2.0).
XBMC Live minimum requirements

* x86 (Intel/AMD-based) processor computer capable of booting to CD-ROM.
o Intel Pentium 4, Intel Pentium M, AMD Athlon XP/64, AMD Opteron, or newer CPU (that support SSE).
o Fast modern dual-core processor is required to decode H.264 videos in FullHD (1080p).
o For clarification; XBMC Live does not work on the Xbox game-console.
* ATI/AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA (recommended) graphic controller which supports OpenGL 1.4 or later (2.0 recommended).
o ATI Radeon R420 (X800) or newer supported, ATI Radeon R700 (HD 4000) or newer recommended.
o Intel GMA 950 (945G) or newer supported, Intel GMA 4500 and newer unsupported.
o NVIDIA GeForce 6-Series and newer supported, GeForce 8-Series and newer recommended.
* Optional is to install to a 2GB (or larger) USB-flash-drive.
o If you like to install XBMC Live to USB then note that it can not still have U3 software on it (so uninstall that first).
o Larger than 2GB is if you have a lot of media as covers are cached on it.

Why is a OpenGL 2.0 compatible graphic-controller the recommended minimum for XBMC?

OpenGL 2.0 is not really the current minimum requirement to run XBMC, as in reality XBMC will today run with only OpenGL 1.4 + GLSL support (everything else has fall-backs to be runned in software on the CPU, slower than GPU hardware though), however to be sure to stay future-proof Team-XBMC have decided that the OpenGL 2.0 is the recommended minimum requirement.
Currently OpenGL 2.0 hardware is only needed for...

* Any deinterlacing that is not linear blending, (FFmpeg does linear blending in software on the CPU)
* Video video post-processing filtering (bicubic upscaling, etc.)
* Non-power of two textures for the GUI (using NPOT saves a lot of texture memory)
* Hardware accelerated YUV 2 RGB conversion (actually GLSL is needed for this, and a few GPU hardware implementations as low as OpenGL 1.4 does provide GLSL as an extension. OpenGL 2.0 guarantees availability of GLSL).

In the future OpenGL 2.0 might also be needed for...

* More video post-processing filters to improve visual quality perception.
* Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding (using the GPU hardware to assist with video decodin

from xbmc web page.

[kyriakos]

I THINK IM OK IN THIS FIELD.
MY SYSTEM IS:
AN INTEL Q6600 QUAD PROCESSOR, NVIDIA 9400 512MB, 6GB RAM KINGSTON HYPERX, 300WATT INTEX POWER SUPPLY SO I GUESS THERE IS NO PROBLEM IN MY HARDWARE...

[Cell]

id say you shouldn't have any problems

Do you have compiz on when your watching movies?If so turn it off.

Postby deate on Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:52 pm
download/file.php?id=4386
This is a link that gives you a nice little button that you can add to your panel and just switch off and on compiz, you might give this a try
download/file.php?id=4386
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works good you can see it on my screen shot upper left side next to the firefox,terminal launcher.

[pch.shot]

A 300 watt power supply is a bit light to run any system beyond a PIII. You might want to have a look at this:
http://www.antec.outervision.com/
You do the calculations. Your power supply is not enough to run your system and you will have major hardware issues down the road.

[kyriakos]

really? i have seen people running system like mine but with less ram in car with pico psu 160watt!!!! i dont have the option to go higher cause i should have bigger psu! the one i have now measures 65(h) x 125(w) x 100(d) mm and i cant go bigger cause i diy my case with a m-atx so it looks like i-mac there is no case! are all in the back of my 22' screen. i m going Greece -England many times so i need a small unit to carry with me and a laptop is no good for photography or music creation. my last pc was 15 kilos and wasnt good to carry it and now i have it in England as second....if u find a power supply so small or even smaller with higher watt let me know . i was searching too. but no luck at this size

[Cell]

he runs on a higher voltage,and phase than we do in north america,which means he's running more efficient.Couldn't the 300 watts be good?