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What's the point of a dual boot system so long as I get xbmc working on Mint?
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Well,
Several reasons:
- Currently there is no stable xbmc PPA repository for Mint 16 (it being baed on Ubuntu 13.10 saucy) so you can either install xbmc from the Ubuntu repository (version 12.0, same as 12.2 but without PVR functionality which you would only use if you have a USB tuner connected to your NUC) or xbmc 13 Gotham Alpa 10 from the xbmc unstable repository.
- Mint does not include all the latest color/black fixes which the above mentioned OpenELEC build and all Nightly OpenELEC builds do have.
- Making the system multiboot gives you the best of both worlds, boot in Openelec for the latest and greatest visual experience and boot in Mint (or the distro of your choice) for a full OS experience. Make the one you use most your default boot and switch to the other when you need it in seconds (both Mint and Openelec boot in +- 15 seconds).
- Play with one without affecting the other.
As I stated before, that's my personal preference, and although initial setup is a tiny bit more complicated than a simple one OS system I beleive it makes things easyer for me in the long run.
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2013-12-07, 03:28
(This post was last modified: 2013-12-07, 03:29 by BLKMGK.)
I use Mint for the same reasons - I HATE the damned Unity interface for starters and Mint is cleaner. I also like that they're a bit more cutting edge, add the ALSA daily repo mentioned earlier and I think I'll be pretty happy!
As for XBMC on Mint I'll be compiling from git source, been doing this forever on ION so I'm used to it. No super advantage other than getting to see the new features and the bugs as they get created :-) As for dual boot, I've never done it and have no desire to, if I wanted to do anything like that on this I'd be doing a USB stick for Openelec and a native boot - easy to do!
My previous Mint installs were a pita, I'm expecting this next one to go more smoothly with the tips that have been posted here already, just not yet had time to do it but maybe tonight...
I use Mint for the same reasons - I HATE the damned Unity interface for starters and Mint is cleaner. I also like that they're a bit more cutting edge, add the ALSA daily repo mentioned earlier and I think I'll be pretty happy!
As for XBMC on Mint I'll be compiling from git source, been doing this forever on ION so I'm used to it. No super advantage other than getting to see the new features and the bugs as they get created :-) As for dual boot, I've never done it and have no desire to, if I wanted to do anything like that on this I'd be doing a USB stick for Openelec and a native boot - easy to do!
My previous Mint installs were a pita, I'm expecting this next one to go more smoothly with the tips that have been posted here already, just not yet had time to do it but maybe tonight...
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3d SBS content is the same as any other 1080p content as far as XBMC is concerned. It is the TV that interprets it as 3D.
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2013-12-07, 11:39
(This post was last modified: 2013-12-07, 11:39 by micoba.)
I know some of you use Win 8, but does anyone actually use Win 7 as OS for XBMC?
XBMC doesn't work fluently on Win 7 for me. I can watch movies without stuttering, as long as I don't open any menu. The overall speed in the menus is decreased. I've got Openelec on a usb stick and it works absolutely fluently! But I need Win 7 for Skype, Wii Emulation and other stuff I don't have on pure Openelec.
My settings in XBMC:
Video HW: 1920x1080p, Vertical Blank --> always on
Audio HW: analog, 2.0, HDMI WASAPI
Video: render method: auto detect
Allow HW acceleration: YES
refresh rate: always
The following programms are running in the background of Win 7 Pro: Antivier, Speedfan, Win 7 Firewall, Bluesoleil (Blutooth), Ext2fsd, Intel HD Grafic
All of the drivers are up to date, SP1 is installed with all updates that came after that.
Please help!
Haswell Nuc i5 - Abel H2 case - 8GB RAM (Crucial) - Samsung 830 128GB SSD - Win 8.1 - XBMC 13 Beta 1 - Aeon MQ 5 - Harmony 600
Dreambox 7020HD - Sundtek DVB-S2 + C