2012-04-24, 21:42
Many thanks for this post!
Got my Zotac ZBOX ID80 last Friday incl. 4Gb RAM and 64GB SSD so I could finaly have a dedidated system instead of my XBMC installation on my Macbook.
Downloaded XBMCbuntu and installed like a charm, but.... no sound!
Read many posts (not always clear in explanation), re-installed different versions including OpenElec (didn't work at all) but without success.
Tried the very well described procedure from this post, hoping for the best.... But still no sound :-(
OK: PLUGHW:1,3 has to be plughw:1,3
And it works!!
Next challenge: getting subtitles to work....
For anyone interested in the ID80 and maybe some information that could help others;
4 GB RAM isn't necesary when running only XBMC, but the costs for RAM is not that high.
A HDD (or SSD) is not necesary also when connecting to a NAS (like I do).
Although I installed a SSD, it is increasing the systems temperature....
The ID80 has a fan which you can hear in silent scenes...
During first installation it could not connect using wired network, but wireless showed available networkt immediatly and connection was no problem at all
WiFi looks sufficient for movies (From NAS to ID80)
After installation the wired network can be connected also (works)
For installation and configuration of the ID80 it's easier to use a mouse and keyboard
I noticed that after installation to the SSD, the ID80 would no longer boot from USB (not even when forced from BIOS)
Removal of SSD did the trick: ID80 booted from USB again. Placed the SSD back and booted again: now able to install SSD all over from the USB drive.
Used unetbootin (just Google and download it) to create the USB stick to boot from (installing XBMCbuntu on the stick with unetbootin)
The remote of the ID80 does work, but not with all functions. I prefer to use the Ipad "constellation" app as remote
Got my Zotac ZBOX ID80 last Friday incl. 4Gb RAM and 64GB SSD so I could finaly have a dedidated system instead of my XBMC installation on my Macbook.
Downloaded XBMCbuntu and installed like a charm, but.... no sound!
Read many posts (not always clear in explanation), re-installed different versions including OpenElec (didn't work at all) but without success.
Tried the very well described procedure from this post, hoping for the best.... But still no sound :-(
OK: PLUGHW:1,3 has to be plughw:1,3
And it works!!
Next challenge: getting subtitles to work....
For anyone interested in the ID80 and maybe some information that could help others;
4 GB RAM isn't necesary when running only XBMC, but the costs for RAM is not that high.
A HDD (or SSD) is not necesary also when connecting to a NAS (like I do).
Although I installed a SSD, it is increasing the systems temperature....
The ID80 has a fan which you can hear in silent scenes...
During first installation it could not connect using wired network, but wireless showed available networkt immediatly and connection was no problem at all
WiFi looks sufficient for movies (From NAS to ID80)
After installation the wired network can be connected also (works)
For installation and configuration of the ID80 it's easier to use a mouse and keyboard
I noticed that after installation to the SSD, the ID80 would no longer boot from USB (not even when forced from BIOS)
Removal of SSD did the trick: ID80 booted from USB again. Placed the SSD back and booted again: now able to install SSD all over from the USB drive.
Used unetbootin (just Google and download it) to create the USB stick to boot from (installing XBMCbuntu on the stick with unetbootin)
The remote of the ID80 does work, but not with all functions. I prefer to use the Ipad "constellation" app as remote
