[WIP] XBMC Beginners Guide (PDF)
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ah ha just found this post. I've only had a PC for the last two weeks (first home one ever) and have lost many hours of sleep reading the wiki, surfing the forums (trying to tell what is out of date and what is relevant). I've had XBMC Live up and running for a week but keep getting stuck.

Funnily enough I've been preparing my own guide (on bits of paper mind) with a view to one day post to help newbies like myself so I'm really looking forward to reading this guide to help me better understand. I'm hoping the advanced one will appear at some stage too as I'd love to really delve into XBMC but the forum posts and wiki are generally quite confusing once they move into advanced levels.

I think the XBMC is a great product (tried an install of Media Portal on my WIN7 and its woeful in comparison) but whilst the wiki is great to start you off, it combined with the forums does seem to rapidly jump to advanced and lose those of us who cant yet speak 'terminal' and who get lost in all the jargon so thank you very much.

PS thanks too to all those people who have been giving up their own time to make XBMC as good as it is today.

PPS Could I request a sticky thread that could be set up for newbies to ask seemingly silly questions that they cant find answers to? I for example cannot get XBMC in linux to connect to the internet and cannot find the answer. I'm a bit loathed to post a new thread for fear of being told to surf the forums and you'll find it. I have quite a few other questions and I'm sure I'm not alone?



EDIT - oh blast - the set up for TV shows is exactly how I have it yet they still continue to be updated to the Music Library. really confused now.


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Complete Newb Here, Thanking you - by GCWB - 2011-03-06, 06:53
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