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MrNysa · 2013-01-25, 20:29

Hi.
I'm wondering if it's possible to run XBMCunbutu on an SD-card, or if i've to go with openelec?
I do want the benefits of complete customization.

nickr · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-25, 20:33 by nickr.)

I have run it 0n a usb flash drive so as long as you can boot from it, an sd card should work. Slow though.

MrNysa · 2013-01-25, 22:53

(2013-01-25, 20:32)nickr Wrote: I have run it 0n a usb flash drive so as long as you can boot from it, an sd card should work. Slow though.

Any problems playing 1080p when running on your usb thumbdrive?

nickr · 2013-01-25, 23:24

Not that I recall - I put frodo rc3 on a stick to try it without disturbing my harddrive which has other stuff on it. Slow was scraping, I suspect due to writing to database and so on. Playback doesn't require disk access so I don't think it suffered. I might boot it later and check.

Travalon · 2013-01-26, 07:41

I'm running frodo on a usb 3.0 and it seems zippy. I am a noob though and I'm not allowed to plug into the tv until it's fully configured. I put it on a 8Gb but should have used a 16.

MrNysa · 2013-01-26, 12:44

(2013-01-25, 23:24)nickr Wrote: Not that I recall - I put frodo rc3 on a stick to try it without disturbing my harddrive which has other stuff on it. Slow was scraping, I suspect due to writing to database and so on. Playback doesn't require disk access so I don't think it suffered. I might boot it later and check.

Would appreciate some feedback if you do deside to try.
My plan is to buy an Zotac Zbox ID41 and running it on 4 GBs of ram & an 16GB SDHC card with read/write on 85/45 Mb/s.
Would like to be 100% sure it can handle everything I desire before I buy anything =)

**teeedubb** · 2013-01-26, 14:40

I had no problems using xbmc on a usb drive except for the speed, or lack of. My advice - if you want to use a usb2 drive use openelec, if xbmcbuntu get yourself a small ssd or use a hard disk.