<div dir="ltr">Sounds as if XBMC might be a good solution.<div><br></div><div><div>for a dedicated server download and install mX-14 if no load- At the menu screen, press 'e' to edit and then use the arrows keys to navigate to the line that begins linux boot etc and go to the end of that line (make sure you leave a space after ro) and type acpi=off. Now press F10. If X won't start or XBMC starts with a black screen add 'vga=791' or 'vga=792'. to make acpi/vga commands permanent: (in X) Grub Customizer, General Settings, Kernel settings. Add commands there, save and reboot. if video jerky or XBMC starts with a black screen: run Nvidia_install script</div><div><br></div><div>then:</div><div>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install xbmc; xbmc</div><div><br></div><div>if that doesn't work:</div><div>sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:team-xbmc/ppa; sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/unstable; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install xbmc; xbmc</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Whith multiple cores have hyperthreading turned on in the BIOS , as XMBC will take advantage of that.</div><div><br></div><div>However, if you can't have a dedicated server install 'xbmc' onto your operating system (<a href="http://www.xbmchub.com/blog/how-to-install-xbmc/" target="_blank">http://www.xbmchub.com/blog/how-to-install-xbmc/</a>). Then start the program (xbmc).</div><div>From within xbmc:</div><div>- Navigate to “System” (in the middle bar) and then click “File Manager”</div><div>- Click on “Add source”.</div><div>- Type “<a href="http://fusion.xbmchub.com" target="_blank">http://fusion.xbmchub.com</a>” into the box that says “<None>”. Press enter.</div><div>- Enter a name for the Source, “Fusion”</div><div>- Click “OK”.</div><div>- Right click on nothing (sides/top/bottom) to return to the main menu.</div><div>- System->Settings-> Click “Add-ons”</div><div>- If first run screen appears click 'OK'.</div><div>- Select “Install from zip file”.</div><div>- Select source just named.</div><div>- Select 'hubwizard' </div><div>- Click “plugin.video.hubwizard-1.0.9.zip”</div><div>- Return to main menu and select “PROGRAMS”.</div><div>- Click “XBMCHUB.com Wizard”</div><div>- Select desired platform.</div><div>- Click 'Yes' when prompted.</div><div>- Wait for process to complete (around 10 minutes).</div><div>- Shutdown and restart XBMC.</div><div>- if audio isn't working change 'Audio output device' and possibly set speaker configuration. (system- settings- system</div><div><br></div><div>If you want to install an add-on not included in the wizard then:</div><div>- From home: System->Settings-> Click “Add-ons”</div><div>- Select “Install from zip file”.</div><div>- Select source just named.</div><div>- Click on desired service to install. (video)</div><div>- Select desired sub folder. (free tv)</div><div>- Select desired program. (movie25-repository.the_silencer-1.1.zip)</div><div>- Click “get addons'.</div><div>- Click desired repository. (The_Silencer’s REPO)</div><div>- Click on “Video Add-ons”.</div><div>- Select what desire. (Movie25)</div><div>- Click install.</div><div>- After it says 'enabled' you are ready to go.</div><div><br></div><div>Or</div><div><br></div><div>(Home)- system- settings- add ons- .. (repeat to top level)- get addon- <select desired repo> (silencer's)- <select what want> (movie25)- install- (Home)- select desired content just installed (videos, music, etc)- add ons- ready to go</div><div>If you want other language tv (“install from zip”-> world” best is TVALACARTA </div><div><br></div><div>HD add-ons: GoMovies, losmovies, icefilms, yids</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Stephen M <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:smelheim85@gmail.com" target="_blank">smelheim85@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Stephen, the only thing I plan on doing with this computer is streaming videos over a local LAN and display them on a smartTV. So would I need it if I wouldn't be using the computer itself?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Stephen Partington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">If you can getting a cheap graphics card can give you an extended life on the Pentium dual core, just make sure it supports decoding functions. something like the nvidia 720 or AMD R5 or R7 low end gpu's.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Read up on drivers based on the multimedia application or solution you will be using.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Stephen M <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:smelheim85@gmail.com" target="_blank">smelheim85@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hey All,<br><br></div>I know this as been asked a few times, and I should keep all the convos but there are so many. I am trying to find a good solution to start a media center. So I need to know best hardware and software. Of course I am using a Nix system and looking for anything inexpensive.<br><br></div>Although right now I have access to a Compact SR5000, max 2Gb RAM. It has a pentium dual core system. It has Vista so I need to get some ideas. The hard drive is around 500Gb but my father might give me a 1.5Gb.<br><br></div>So this will take a long time for me to get done because of my situation. <br><br></div>Thanks all<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div>Stephen Melheim <br><a href="tel:602-400-7707" value="+16024007707" target="_blank">602-400-7707</a><br><a href="mailto:SMelheim85@gmail.com" target="_blank">SMelheim85@gmail.com</a></div>
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