2013-08-01, 04:34
Hi all,
I've decided my family need to experience XBMCbuntu as I'm sick of Winblows. This is a document of what I've been doing and trying to do to emulate MCE as much as possible. Its also a record for when I have to rebuild ;o)
My Hardware:
Gigabyte Motherboard
AMD AthlonII 245
4GB RAM
Antec Veris M350 case with Soundgraph Imon 15c2:0038 LCD/IR Receiver
Nvidia GT430 Graphics
Hauppauge HVR-2250 Tv card
Bluray drive
2GB hard drive
HDMI connection from PC to 5.1 Amplifier then from amp to Sony LCD TV
Basic install of XBMCbuntu
Booting install CD using 120x120 resolution to correct tiny fonts no-one can read
NOT having internet connection during install
Partition drive with 512MB /boot
6GB /swap <-- Over 4GB to be safe that swap is over 4GB ram. had issues that 4GB isnt equal over RAM and SWAP
15GB /
1.8TB /home.
Username and password as xbmc. Im not concerned with people hacking into my TV. Login without password checked.
Install XBMCbuntu
Starting to get system ready
Reboot
Exit XBMC frontend then login using XBMCbuntu so you can get a desktop.
Modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf to include
to fix unreadable tiny fonts on installed system. Using terminal and nano to do this you can see what your doing still. You have to logout and in again to use this setting.
Connect to wireless network and apt-get update system.
Reboot to use new kernel.
Setup HVR-2250 Tv card
I use this HVR-2200 Install GUI
You'll have to download tvconfig and unzip and run via commandline. When it runs it looks like nothing is happening for a few minutes then it will ask you to reboot.
Reboot.
Setup remote
I wrote this a while back once again so I can look back at it when I play around. So much research needed to be done to get to this point.
Soundgraph Imon 0038 simply
Tvheadend setup
open chromium and go to http:/localhost:9981 login as username: xbmc password: xbmc. <--This will always be xbmc even if you put a different username during xbmc install.
Follow this: XBMC Tvheadend setup
I created a folder under ~/home called Recorded TV for obviously recorded tv and /timeshift for the timeshift buffer.
I also created new open user access in tvheadend setup as I found it helps with disconnect issues in XBMC.
Enabled timeshift with unlimited size checked as it fixes the video freezing after pausing issue.
Logout XBMCbuntu, log back in to XBMC frontend then reboot. PC will reboot straight back into XBMC frontend.
XBMC Tv setup.
Go to settings>live tv with your wonderful working remote and enable. It'll ask to enable a PVR addon. The next windows will have Tvheadend HTSP Client, enable this without a username or password. Should have working TV now.
XBMC nVidia HDMI sound output
Sound doesnt work by default through HDMI. I have to go to System>Audio and select HDMI audio output, then select 'HDA NVidia, SNY TV on HDMI #3' under Audio Out Device and Passthru Output Device. Speaker setup is 5.1 but unfortunately my amp doesn't support AAC, TrueHD or DTS-HD.
My customisation:
I love the nTop skin. Very slightly buggy but absolutely awesome. Looking forward to his update past version 1.0
Still to do:
Enable bluray support with Enable Bluray support
Map our cheap remote better using Lircmap.xml. I haven't yet mastered this.
Suspend/resume/wakeup for recording. The HVR-2200 driver doesnt support suspend so i have to unload and reload modules on suspend/resume. Think i'm getting closer.
Figure out this damn error which has never popped up before which is occasionally killing live tv. I've been researching and testing XBMC setup for over two years in my non-existent free time :o(
EDIT: Above issue seemingly solved by HVR-2250 error
Sorry for the messy post. Hope this helps someone. I'll keep updating as i get closer to family friendly XBMC nirvana.
I've decided my family need to experience XBMCbuntu as I'm sick of Winblows. This is a document of what I've been doing and trying to do to emulate MCE as much as possible. Its also a record for when I have to rebuild ;o)
My Hardware:
Gigabyte Motherboard
AMD AthlonII 245
4GB RAM
Antec Veris M350 case with Soundgraph Imon 15c2:0038 LCD/IR Receiver
Nvidia GT430 Graphics
Hauppauge HVR-2250 Tv card
Bluray drive
2GB hard drive
HDMI connection from PC to 5.1 Amplifier then from amp to Sony LCD TV
Basic install of XBMCbuntu
Booting install CD using 120x120 resolution to correct tiny fonts no-one can read
NOT having internet connection during install
Partition drive with 512MB /boot
6GB /swap <-- Over 4GB to be safe that swap is over 4GB ram. had issues that 4GB isnt equal over RAM and SWAP
15GB /
1.8TB /home.
Username and password as xbmc. Im not concerned with people hacking into my TV. Login without password checked.
Install XBMCbuntu
Starting to get system ready
Reboot
Exit XBMC frontend then login using XBMCbuntu so you can get a desktop.
Modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf to include
Code:
Option "DPI" "96x96"
Connect to wireless network and apt-get update system.
Reboot to use new kernel.
Setup HVR-2250 Tv card
I use this HVR-2200 Install GUI
You'll have to download tvconfig and unzip and run via commandline. When it runs it looks like nothing is happening for a few minutes then it will ask you to reboot.
Reboot.
Setup remote
I wrote this a while back once again so I can look back at it when I play around. So much research needed to be done to get to this point.
Soundgraph Imon 0038 simply
Tvheadend setup
open chromium and go to http:/localhost:9981 login as username: xbmc password: xbmc. <--This will always be xbmc even if you put a different username during xbmc install.
Follow this: XBMC Tvheadend setup
I created a folder under ~/home called Recorded TV for obviously recorded tv and /timeshift for the timeshift buffer.
I also created new open user access in tvheadend setup as I found it helps with disconnect issues in XBMC.
Enabled timeshift with unlimited size checked as it fixes the video freezing after pausing issue.
Logout XBMCbuntu, log back in to XBMC frontend then reboot. PC will reboot straight back into XBMC frontend.
XBMC Tv setup.
Go to settings>live tv with your wonderful working remote and enable. It'll ask to enable a PVR addon. The next windows will have Tvheadend HTSP Client, enable this without a username or password. Should have working TV now.
XBMC nVidia HDMI sound output
Sound doesnt work by default through HDMI. I have to go to System>Audio and select HDMI audio output, then select 'HDA NVidia, SNY TV on HDMI #3' under Audio Out Device and Passthru Output Device. Speaker setup is 5.1 but unfortunately my amp doesn't support AAC, TrueHD or DTS-HD.
My customisation:
I love the nTop skin. Very slightly buggy but absolutely awesome. Looking forward to his update past version 1.0
Still to do:
Enable bluray support with Enable Bluray support
Map our cheap remote better using Lircmap.xml. I haven't yet mastered this.
Suspend/resume/wakeup for recording. The HVR-2200 driver doesnt support suspend so i have to unload and reload modules on suspend/resume. Think i'm getting closer.
Figure out this damn error which has never popped up before which is occasionally killing live tv. I've been researching and testing XBMC setup for over two years in my non-existent free time :o(
Code:
saa7164_cmd_send() No free sequences
saa7164_api_i2c_read() error, ret(1) = 0xc
tda10048_readreg: readreg error (ret == -5)
Sorry for the messy post. Hope this helps someone. I'll keep updating as i get closer to family friendly XBMC nirvana.