[erez]

hi

i have just installed XBMC from ubuntu-ppa (8.10final1-intrepid5).
it is a great app, and i am very happy to see it ported to linux.

i have the following problems:
1. fonts: i can only choose ariel or default (which is probably ariel). i want to use a unicode font. how do i add fonts to xbmc ?
adding fonts to /usr/share/xbmc/media/Fonts/ does not show up in xbmc. the only way i found was to replace /usr/share/xbmc/media/Fonts/arial.ttf with the new font.

2. lirc: i have edited /usr/share/xbmc/system/Lircmap.xml to suport my remote. it works very well. however it is global for all users. i have different users with different remotes. how do i do that on a per-user basis ?

3. sound: i have 2 sound cards. how do i make xbmc use the second ?

4. mythtv: i have 2 tuners. xbmc shows only channels from the first. any idea how to fix that ?

thanks,
erez.

[erez]

replying to myself for question 2 - lirc
use ~/.xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml instead of /usr/share/xbmc/system/Lircmap.xml

[XenonTW]

hey, according to 3. i think xbmc is using the default one. You can set this in ubuntu

type

Code:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

at the end of the file add (if not exist)the following lines (index 0 is the default one):

options snd-B index=0
options snd-A index=1

(A and B are the module names of your cards if u don't know them u can get it with cat /proc/asound/modules)

[erez]

thanks, but this is a global change.
i have 2 instances runinng and need each to pick a different card.

i solved it by creating a ~/.asoundrc file at the relevant user:

Code:

ctl.!default {
        type hw
        card 1
}


pcm.sl1 {
        type hw
        card 1
        rate 44100
}

pcm.!default {
        type plug
        slave {
        pcm sl1
        }
        route_policy copy # support playing 5.1 on 2 channel device
}

this way i also solved the problem of playing 5.1 sound on my 2-channel usb soundcard.

thanks,
erez.