Xboxmediacenter - May 13th 2006 Cvs Build, compiled by T3CH Options

[babanoosh]

well 3 times i have installed XBMC from fresh. Thats deleting all settings from TDATA and UDATA ideleted the whole folder then i deleted the Z directory then the XBMC folder and the evoxdash.xbe and xboxmediacenter.xml from my C directory then booted my X3 Config Live FTP'd a "NEW" install of the latest build of XBMC Copied the default.xbe and xboxmediacenter.xml to the c drive renamed default.xbe to evoxdash.xbe Already pointed the xboxmediacenter.xml to the directory as it sais for a dash install and guess what.....

MY RSS FEED DIDNT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!

just do one more thing... do this all over again (you should have it to a science by now) but instead of copying xboxmediacenter.xml and default.xbe (renamed of course) to C:\ , copy it all to E:\APPS\XBMC, and then put the shortcut.xbe (remember the RENAMEME file outside of the xbmc folder) on C:\, (renamed to avalaunch or whatever bootable of course). I know it sounds odd, but that's the only thing I did different this time around, figuring what the hell, once home tag is taken out of the xboxmediacenter.xml, I'll have to do this anyway, (or add it too advanced settings which is more work really).

Then tell us if that fixed it.

This post has been edited by babanoosh: May 16 2006, 10:01 PM

[Jezz_X]

well 3 times i have installed XBMC from fresh. Thats deleting all settings from TDATA and UDATA ideleted the whole folder then i deleted the Z directory then the XBMC folder and the evoxdash.xbe and xboxmediacenter.xml from my C directory then booted my X3 Config Live FTP'd a "NEW" install of the latest build of XBMC Copied the default.xbe and xboxmediacenter.xml to the c drive renamed default.xbe to evoxdash.xbe Already pointed the xboxmediacenter.xml to the directory as it sais for a dash install and guess what.....

MY RSS FEED DIDNT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!

When you say "MY RSS FEED DIDNT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!" do you mean one that dosn't come as default because rss feed settings got moved out of xboxmediacenter.xml and into \userdata\RssFeeds.xml which was said in the changelog

[tslayer]

1-Part of the dashboard install

<!-- When using XBMC as dashboard, define home directory here !-->
<!-- and move the XBMC xbe plus this xml config file to C:\ !-->
<!-- Example: <home>E:\Apps\XBMC\</home> !-->
<home>E:\XBMC\</home>

2- yes my broadband router has a static network setup all fields are there ip,gateway and dns weather works fine.
i apologise. if you had asked for the log in the begining it would have saved a lot of needless posting realy will post the log when i get home from work in the morning.

I should not need to ask for the log. It is clearly in Appendix B (Troubleshooting) section of the manual. Anyhow, here is the link.

http://manual.xboxmediacenter.de/wakka.php...BugReport&v=fkg

[slumberpod77]

so much drama! OMG!

anyways, thanks about the AdvancedSettings.xml, that kicks ass.

my icons ARE larger than 128x128, i believe i was using 300x300 for some arbitrary reason. i'm guessing XBMC doesn't like this? will look into it.

also, i'm assuming it's a known "issue" that XBMC does not auto-create the Playlists directory as needed?

[nuka1195]

They're aware of the thumbnail issue. It has to do with cache png's as jpegs. It affects thumbs that are larger than 128x128, it might not convert the thumb if it's the proper size.

- 15-05-2006 fixed: forgot to make playlist paths


This post has been edited by nuka1195: May 17 2006, 01:46 AM

[slumberpod77]

awesome, i will give it a whirl

[pceptimus]

just do one more thing... do this all over again (you should have it to a science by now) but instead of copying xboxmediacenter.xml and default.xbe (renamed of course) to C:\ , copy it all to E:\APPS\XBMC, and then put the shortcut.xbe (remember the RENAMEME file outside of the xbmc folder) on C:\, (renamed to avalaunch or whatever bootable of course). I know it sounds odd, but that's the only thing I did different this time around, figuring what the hell, once home tag is taken out of the xboxmediacenter.xml, I'll have to do this anyway, (or add it too advanced settings which is more work really).

Then tell us if that fixed it.

Will try this in a moment maybe it will work.

When you say "MY RSS FEED DIDNT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!" do you mean one that dosn't come as default because rss feed settings got moved out of xboxmediacenter.xml and into \userdata\RssFeeds.xml which was said in the changelog

i know it has moved i read the changelog and the xbox-scene rss is in there i assumed xbmc had already been told it has moved so i assumed i could install xbmc as a dash as normal and it would work.

[viral_dna]

I updated my XBMC from the cvs source on the 13th early in the morning, not sure when t3ch did his, but my RSS feeds WORK
In fact I'm not having any problems, a few minor bugs I have noticed, but nothing critical.

I can't wait for MC360, its like being 3years old and waiting for Christmas again

[pceptimus]

just do one more thing... do this all over again (you should have it to a science by now) but instead of copying xboxmediacenter.xml and default.xbe (renamed of course) to C:\ , copy it all to E:\APPS\XBMC, and then put the shortcut.xbe (remember the RENAMEME file outside of the xbmc folder) on C:\, (renamed to avalaunch or whatever bootable of course). I know it sounds odd, but that's the only thing I did different this time around, figuring what the hell, once home tag is taken out of the xboxmediacenter.xml, I'll have to do this anyway, (or add it too advanced settings which is more work really).

Then tell us if that fixed it.

This worked so the question is why when i istall the dash using the other method did it not work? rom now on i will just use the shortcut instead of the other dash install method.

[slumberpod77]

isn't the "dash install method" the one where you set the <Home> tag in the main XML? and is this going to continue to be a supported feature? i thought i remembered reading somewhere that this was going to get removed some time soon...

[babanoosh]

This worked so the question is why when i istall the dash using the other method did it not work? rom now on i will just use the shortcut instead of the other dash install method.

home tag is going bye bye. I think it's a bug.

[jhondra]

Thanks, I will give that a try, but I should mention that I have a 128MB 733MHz V1.1 Box. Memory free never seems to go below 64MB, Usually stays around 75 to 80MB free.

Yup. So do I, and it doesn't matter. For some reason XBMC recognizes the full 128MB, but it doesn't seem to use it properly in the video player. I can easily make videos not play at all by raising the cache to 10MB. Even though memory shows free space, it appears that the cache is being allocated in the lower 64MB, not the upper in the 128MB box cases, and when running 720p or 1080i, the video frame buffer requirements seem to need to be in the lower 64MB...so you are effectively hamstrung.

Just my observations and random speculation...

-Jhondra

[tanno]

Has anyone noticed that the master lock is not locking "My Files" although I set it to lock both Settings and My Files?

[cates044]

Has anyone noticed that the master lock is not locking "My Files" although I set it to lock both Settings and My Files?

Yeah, i've noticed this aswell.

[slumberpod77]

confirmed, re-sizing PNG format icons with transparency to 128x128 "fixes" them