2009-09-27, 06:53
Hi Guys i am new to this after 4 days reading most thinks on the web i still can not work this out i have just got a AsRock ION 330 Nettop PC i downloaded XBMC Live 9.04.1 with the newer NVIDIA drivers then burned it 2 CD booted my pc up and install it all on to my hard drive not usb all went fine pluged it in to my 50 inch Plasma TV via HDMI lead XBMC loded just fine went in to Settings-Video-player and set Render Method To VDPAU then went in to Settings-Appearance-Screen and it was set to [email protected] hz (full Screen) this makes all the text in the skins look out off focus i have tryed other stting and it still dose not work but when i play a film acrross my network it is jus t fine well its a great pic i have tyr to change my settings following the informatin i found
So there are a couple of ways to access the XBMC Live system, this one is not too difficult and can be done from windows by using a free + open source FTP client called Winscp, you will also need to download PuTTY.
Step 1) Start XBMC and go into settings/network and look at what its current IP address is & make a note of it.
Step 2) Start Putty and type in the IP address of XBMC to connect.
username and password = xbmc
Type in this command sudo passwd root this will prompt you to change the root password so pick xbmc as the password.
Close Putty. (The purpose of Putty is to give us root access so you can modify the files of XBMC remotely in Winscp otherwise it would not let you)
Step 3) Now start Winscp and in the hostname enter in the XBMC IP address
username = root password = xbmc
Once logged in find the /etc/ folder, go into it and then go into the /x11/ folder it should contain xorg.conf
Step 4) Applying the X cursor sleep fix.
Right click on xorg.conf and select edit, under Section Device add
Option "HWCursor" "false"
Step 5) Applying the 1080P @ 24Hz enable fix, after you have done this you must also reboot XBMC Live & go to settings->video->player and enable "adjust refresh rate". Now to to settings->appearance->screen and change resolution to 1920x1080@24Hz for it to take effect.
In xorg.conf under the section called Screen add
Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
Click the floppy disk icon to save the changes and you can now close Winscp.
after a reboot i still did not have 1920x1080@24Hz enable in Settings-Appearance-Screen i went back in to the xorg.conf and the setting still had Option "DynamicTwinView" "false" there can any one help me as i still am getting text in the skins look out off focus and it looks very bad on a 50 inch plasma many thank G500
So there are a couple of ways to access the XBMC Live system, this one is not too difficult and can be done from windows by using a free + open source FTP client called Winscp, you will also need to download PuTTY.
Step 1) Start XBMC and go into settings/network and look at what its current IP address is & make a note of it.
Step 2) Start Putty and type in the IP address of XBMC to connect.
username and password = xbmc
Type in this command sudo passwd root this will prompt you to change the root password so pick xbmc as the password.
Close Putty. (The purpose of Putty is to give us root access so you can modify the files of XBMC remotely in Winscp otherwise it would not let you)
Step 3) Now start Winscp and in the hostname enter in the XBMC IP address
username = root password = xbmc
Once logged in find the /etc/ folder, go into it and then go into the /x11/ folder it should contain xorg.conf
Step 4) Applying the X cursor sleep fix.
Right click on xorg.conf and select edit, under Section Device add
Option "HWCursor" "false"
Step 5) Applying the 1080P @ 24Hz enable fix, after you have done this you must also reboot XBMC Live & go to settings->video->player and enable "adjust refresh rate". Now to to settings->appearance->screen and change resolution to 1920x1080@24Hz for it to take effect.
In xorg.conf under the section called Screen add
Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
Click the floppy disk icon to save the changes and you can now close Winscp.
after a reboot i still did not have 1920x1080@24Hz enable in Settings-Appearance-Screen i went back in to the xorg.conf and the setting still had Option "DynamicTwinView" "false" there can any one help me as i still am getting text in the skins look out off focus and it looks very bad on a 50 inch plasma many thank G500