mister_scarface Wrote:So you're saying that it's better not to exit xbmc at all?
I wouldn't mind keeping it running 24/7, but my laptop is not very fast and it's getting quite old so it'd be hard to use other programs and stuff when xbmc is always open.
Mang, you are missing the point here.
1- You put an XBMC shortcut in your Windows Startup directory so XBMC starts automatically when your computer starts
2- You never close XBMC, you just setup the power management so that when you hit "Exit XBMC" on your remote that it puts the whole computer to sleep.
3- You use the WOL feature (Start XBMC button) to send the magic packet to your laptop to wake up (in a few seconds) with XBMC still running.
Now yes XBMC never closes however you sleep your computer (I have it set to sleep after 15 minutes of idle). This saves your computer so its not running all the time but allows your remote to wake and put it to sleep. The nice thing is that Waking and Sleeping happen VERY fast relative to freakin windows shutdown and startup which take forever. In the case where your crappy laptop needs to be forced off; upon restart XBMC will automatically start back up.
Caveats here: Is your laptop Wake on Lan (WOL) compatible?