XBMCbuntu

[Rick Sanchez]

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[Rick Sanchez]

Sorry just to add the XBMC Wiki is out of date and the information supplied regarding installing XBMC on Ubuntu is no longer correct.

So how would I do it?

[tombott]

So how would I do it?

Open the Terminal (Ctrl Alt & T)
Then type the following:

sudo apt-get install xbmc

[DJ OD]

Open the Terminal (Ctrl Alt & T)
Then type the following:

sudo apt-get install xbmc

La la la.... Fingers in ears... I can't hear you...


DJ OD

[Rick Sanchez]

So my thoughts on my new setup will be this:

A 12tb [6x 2tb] UnRAID NAS Box with add-ons such as sickbeard etc

My Media Center will be reconfigured to run ubuntu + XBMC + any add-ons that are recommended

Hardware changes:
I'm thinking of using my spare my 60GB SSD for the OS drive and buying 2x 3tb drives to store content or can I link XBMC to the NAS?

The goal is for the NAS to download the content and (maybe) push it to the media center somehow?

And then for the NAS to do a weekly incremental backup of the media center (maybe) and my computer using the rsync application..

Or am I over complicating things?

[raelmadrid]

there's no need for you nas to 'push' data anywhere, just share all the drives and stream it all to the xbmc device

[Tim.Lad]

Assuming you are using raid5 you will end up with abou 9.3tb of usable space

[Rick Sanchez]

Kind of makes my media center case pointless but don't want to rebuild lol, I got an antec fusion v2

[Rick Sanchez]

Would you use a large media center case (like mine) for this or would you completely get rid and downside to a Raspberry Pi or similar

[katana]

I have no idea mine is still not working. Dejavu has been really helpful but still not working.

In answer to your question, I'd say yes as you could use the pi for other things.

[Rick Sanchez]

Finally getting round to this now. NAS has unRAID installed & setup. Is this the best option for media centre still?

[casio]

without a doubt m8, I've yet to find anything that comes close

[DejaVu]

No alternative even comes close!

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[Rick Sanchez]

Thanks lads. I'll get this up and running soon (hopefully this weekend).

[Rick Sanchez]

For XBMC (this is on NAS). Do I need to put the 720P & 1080P films in separate folders? E.g. Media > Films > 720P / (New Folder) 1080P. Or no need? Reason I ask is because I can't find everything I want in 1080P.

Should I still go with Ubuntu when all my media + downloading apps are on the NAS

[casio]

no m8 you can chuck them all in the same folder I have separate folders for sd and hd films but not separate 720p and 1080p folders

[Rick Sanchez]

OK cool. I'll do that tonight

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