2010-12-12, 00:11
Hi!
I'm currently using MediaPortal on Windows 7 on an Acer Aspire Revo 3610. I want to give Linux-based XBMC Dharma a try, since the interface is much snappier.
However, there are some things I'm still unsure of and I hope you can help me:
1. Is it possible to somehow interact with the database from outside XBMC interface (web interface, remote app preferably)? For example, correcting entries which were improperly scraped or not scraped at all.
2. I noticed there are some topics about TV playback. Is this only experimental (ie. requires a lot of work to even run), or can it be used on a daily basis? I'm using a USB tuner, X3M TU1100 to be exact.
3. Is there some sort of file manager plugin, to move files from one folder to others? In my current setup I'm using remotely-managed uTorrent for downloading and a file explorer plugin for MP to move downloads from the torrent folder to Movies, TV Series etc. folders. Is it doable in XBMC?
4. Also, is there a lightweight torrent client for linux with a web interface? From what I checked, Transmission and Deluge should fit my needs perfectly.
5. Being a linux newbie, is it better to download and install XBMC Live, or just do a full Ubuntu install, download XBMC from the repositories/PPA and after I set everything up just replace gnome with XBMC for startup?
Thanks in advance for all your help.
I'm currently using MediaPortal on Windows 7 on an Acer Aspire Revo 3610. I want to give Linux-based XBMC Dharma a try, since the interface is much snappier.
However, there are some things I'm still unsure of and I hope you can help me:
1. Is it possible to somehow interact with the database from outside XBMC interface (web interface, remote app preferably)? For example, correcting entries which were improperly scraped or not scraped at all.
2. I noticed there are some topics about TV playback. Is this only experimental (ie. requires a lot of work to even run), or can it be used on a daily basis? I'm using a USB tuner, X3M TU1100 to be exact.
3. Is there some sort of file manager plugin, to move files from one folder to others? In my current setup I'm using remotely-managed uTorrent for downloading and a file explorer plugin for MP to move downloads from the torrent folder to Movies, TV Series etc. folders. Is it doable in XBMC?
4. Also, is there a lightweight torrent client for linux with a web interface? From what I checked, Transmission and Deluge should fit my needs perfectly.
5. Being a linux newbie, is it better to download and install XBMC Live, or just do a full Ubuntu install, download XBMC from the repositories/PPA and after I set everything up just replace gnome with XBMC for startup?
Thanks in advance for all your help.