2013-01-09, 22:22
I'm looking to make a standalone XBMC box to have connected to my television here are some of the top things I would love to be able to do:
- have "always on" system or one that is very very fast to boot
- a large hard drive capacity.
- hopefully use XBMC for everything, I don't want to be going into the system to set things up with a mouse/keyboard once everything is setup hopefully
- have the ability to setup all downloads running in the background and ability to add new shows (bittorent or usenet either or) maybe this will be done with a mouse keyboard or ideally through a web interface maybe?
- have some PVR functionality within XBMC. This is something I'm pretty sure is doable but do not know a lot about yet in xbmc. am I able to connect it with my cable provider somehow?
- its gotta be smoooth for playing back 1080p content and menu etc.
What is the ideal way to do this? I want to do as cost effectively as possible and don't mind if I have to work a bit to get everything setup since this is sort of fun for me I hope!
So what do you guys suggest. Is all of this possible? I don't know a lot about raspberry pi, but something tells me that I'll need a full HTPC to be able to accomplish everything here. I could be wrong though.
Any help is appreciated!
- have "always on" system or one that is very very fast to boot
- a large hard drive capacity.
- hopefully use XBMC for everything, I don't want to be going into the system to set things up with a mouse/keyboard once everything is setup hopefully
- have the ability to setup all downloads running in the background and ability to add new shows (bittorent or usenet either or) maybe this will be done with a mouse keyboard or ideally through a web interface maybe?
- have some PVR functionality within XBMC. This is something I'm pretty sure is doable but do not know a lot about yet in xbmc. am I able to connect it with my cable provider somehow?
- its gotta be smoooth for playing back 1080p content and menu etc.
What is the ideal way to do this? I want to do as cost effectively as possible and don't mind if I have to work a bit to get everything setup since this is sort of fun for me I hope!
So what do you guys suggest. Is all of this possible? I don't know a lot about raspberry pi, but something tells me that I'll need a full HTPC to be able to accomplish everything here. I could be wrong though.
Any help is appreciated!