2010-11-24, 14:27
One thing i have noticed over the past few months, is that even with fairly standardised hardware like nettops, new users can still struggle to find the best way to set them up. They are unclear on what to set at both the OS level and the appropriate options for their hardware in the XBMC configuration.
As more experienced users will know, all the information is out there - and can be found in the forums if you know what to search for. However that isn't always the best experience for new users and information can be a little conflicting at times and spread across a number of different threads.
In that past it would have been hard to put together a database of working configurations and setup instructions, however with the ever growing popularity of nettops, we finally have a selection of good standardised hardware. Keeping track of configuration and setup details for these kinds of boxes is now a very real possibility and should make new users first steps into XBMC considerably easier.
With this in mind I have put together http://www.xbmcboxes.com. xbmcBoxes will aim to be the definitive source for xbmc hardware configuration and setup information.
All posts are editable by registered users, so if you see a configuration that is incorrect or could be better, then you are free to edit it. The only way this site can work is by having users of the hardware updating and adding their configurations (as much as I would like to, I cannot buy every nettop!!).
For the moment I have added two fairly common devices, the Acer Revo 1600 and the Shuttle XS35GT. I hope to have their full configurations updated sometime today.
I'll also try and add the Foxconn NT-330i and AsRock 330 sometime this week to.
If anyone else would like to add their working configurations for these or any other hardware then please feel free to register!!!
Thanks and hope this can be of help to some people!!
As always constructive feedback is always appreciated.
http://www.xbmcboxes.com
As more experienced users will know, all the information is out there - and can be found in the forums if you know what to search for. However that isn't always the best experience for new users and information can be a little conflicting at times and spread across a number of different threads.
In that past it would have been hard to put together a database of working configurations and setup instructions, however with the ever growing popularity of nettops, we finally have a selection of good standardised hardware. Keeping track of configuration and setup details for these kinds of boxes is now a very real possibility and should make new users first steps into XBMC considerably easier.
With this in mind I have put together http://www.xbmcboxes.com. xbmcBoxes will aim to be the definitive source for xbmc hardware configuration and setup information.
All posts are editable by registered users, so if you see a configuration that is incorrect or could be better, then you are free to edit it. The only way this site can work is by having users of the hardware updating and adding their configurations (as much as I would like to, I cannot buy every nettop!!).
For the moment I have added two fairly common devices, the Acer Revo 1600 and the Shuttle XS35GT. I hope to have their full configurations updated sometime today.
I'll also try and add the Foxconn NT-330i and AsRock 330 sometime this week to.
If anyone else would like to add their working configurations for these or any other hardware then please feel free to register!!!
Thanks and hope this can be of help to some people!!
As always constructive feedback is always appreciated.
http://www.xbmcboxes.com
