2013-09-06, 05:28
Hey all -
I am anticipating a move in the next month or so and want to take that time as an opportunity to move away from paying for cable which I rarely use and convert my old desktop to run XBMC for all of my media needs. I want to do my best to make the transition as smooth as possible and get the most out of my machine and XBMC.
Basically I am looking for tips/suggestions that you all have for a first timer setting up XBMC to make it intuitive and very user friendly for my girlfriend and guests
These are the add-ons I am looking at:
Netflix; Amazon Prime; Pandora;
Add-ons that I am looking for suggestions:
something to play NES, Sega, and N64 ROMs with Xbox 360 controllers;
a good music player;
favorite TV and movie scrapers;
video library system (should I do anything besides keeping them in folders on my HDD?)
I have a TV card, so suggestions for setting that up with PVR.
I am excited to get started in a couple of weeks, but until then if anybody has some favorite add-ons, suggestions for setting up/upgrading my system, or a helpful nudge towards where I can start reading up, it'd be great. Thanks!
I plan on running Frodo on Windows Vista Home Premium
AMD athalon 64x dual core 4000+ 2.1Ghz
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE (pushing it, I know)
2GB RAM (would upgrade to 4GB if necessary)
32 bit
I am anticipating a move in the next month or so and want to take that time as an opportunity to move away from paying for cable which I rarely use and convert my old desktop to run XBMC for all of my media needs. I want to do my best to make the transition as smooth as possible and get the most out of my machine and XBMC.
Basically I am looking for tips/suggestions that you all have for a first timer setting up XBMC to make it intuitive and very user friendly for my girlfriend and guests
These are the add-ons I am looking at:
Netflix; Amazon Prime; Pandora;
Add-ons that I am looking for suggestions:
something to play NES, Sega, and N64 ROMs with Xbox 360 controllers;
a good music player;
favorite TV and movie scrapers;
video library system (should I do anything besides keeping them in folders on my HDD?)
I have a TV card, so suggestions for setting that up with PVR.
I am excited to get started in a couple of weeks, but until then if anybody has some favorite add-ons, suggestions for setting up/upgrading my system, or a helpful nudge towards where I can start reading up, it'd be great. Thanks!
I plan on running Frodo on Windows Vista Home Premium
AMD athalon 64x dual core 4000+ 2.1Ghz
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE (pushing it, I know)
2GB RAM (would upgrade to 4GB if necessary)
32 bit