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Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #285 on: September 15, 2012, 09:47:10 AM
Does anyone know whether you can add widgets to MQ2, like you can do in Aeon Nox?
Haven't found a way of doing it.

Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #286 on: October 10, 2012, 20:23:59 PM
Though I have XBMC etc installed and running well on my N40L, I still don't seem to be able to change the way that the DVD boxes/artwork etc are displayed in the Aeon theme. I'm on version 3 in Eden. Regardless of the method I choose to display the MOVIES artwork, I always get the same basic look - basically, a text list of movies which as I scroll down, with the cover artwork appearing on the right hand side and a piece of fanart in the background. What I really want is one of the more dynamic looking interfaces, but they don't seem to be working.

I am clearly missing something very fundamental here.

Re: Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup (Long & Image Heavy)
Reply #287 on: November 24, 2012, 11:07:35 AM
I run SB, CP, Headphones and Sab via the Python installs so each time I turn my machine on I want to do

cmd
cd c:\htpc\SAB\
git pull
*wait for latest updates*
sickbeard.py

cmd
cd c:\htpc\sick-beard\
git pull
*wait for latest updates*
sabnzb.py

cmd
cd c:\htpc\couchpotato\
git pull
*wait for latest updates*
couchpotato.py

cmd
cd c:\htpc\headphones\
git pull
*wait for latest updates*
headphones.py

Which is easy when done via .bat files but I haven't actually got round to doing it :P

Hey i saw this earlier in the thread i have been thinking of switching from the windows versions to the pythons versions i just have a quick question with the .bat file with these commands in it. i was wondering if there is a way to get the bat file to restart every 24 hrs so the latest updates are downloaded

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Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #288 on: November 24, 2012, 13:15:05 PM
Use Task Scheduler in windows to setup a task to run the batch file every 24 hours :)

Here's a quick Windows 7 guide

Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #289 on: November 26, 2012, 09:57:51 AM
I'm loving the hp server finally got the PI working well with raspmc after updating to the 512mb version it now streams without buffering and it now shares the xbmc library from the hp server via upnp.

Only problem is since updating to the latest xbmc notifications from sickbeard and couch potatoe no longer work.



See this post.


http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=144438


Has anyone found a cure for this?

Or is the only way to go back to a older version off xbmc but if I do this will my pi no longer be able to share my library through upnp?






Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #290 on: November 26, 2012, 16:28:24 PM
I've moved from Astraweb to Supernews, as I was getting a lot of failures due to DMCA takedown requests against Astraweb.

Also, I've got an XSUsenet account as a free backup.
It's limited in how much you can download/speed if for any reason the main one fails.
http://xsusenet.com/

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Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #291 on: November 27, 2012, 15:52:08 PM
Got my N40L (4GB ram, Sapphire HD6450 2GB) on Saturday and started implementing Leon's awesome guide. I've got everything pretty much working (with some glitches still e.g. couchpotato doesn't post-process the movies but nothing major).

I have two accounts one for administration purposes and one to run XBMC (called XBMC of course  :)) . On the XBMC account the application runs within a window e.g. upper and bottom bars are visible while when i run it from the other account no bars are visible ....

Any idea on how to fix it?

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Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #292 on: November 27, 2012, 16:12:50 PM
Fixed. For a strange reason video output was on "windowed" although i never touched the setting... 

Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #293 on: December 07, 2012, 18:20:09 PM
Hey all,

Firstly, I'd like to say a huge thank you to Leon for such an epic guide! It's very easy to understand and the screenshots help a lot :)

Today I ordered a new HP N40L Microserver as well as 2x4GB RAM and a Sapphire HD 6450 1GB graphics card to upgrade with...

I think I'm all set and looking forward to having a play with it tomorrow... However, I'm not 100% sure on what OS to use. I want to be able to do all the things you have in the main post (SABnzbd, Sickbeard, XBMC etc.), but I'd also like the ability to host a small website with it. Would Windows 7 be the way to go?

I currently have 2x1TB drives I will be using tomorrow (Along with the 250GB it comes with) - however I see myself upgrading the drives soon to 2TB (And possibly more than just the two I have). What's the best way to connect them together (RAID wise I mean - Have you noticed I'm a total newb when it comes to this bit? :P). Any help or advice would be very appreciated!

Thanks again!

Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #294 on: December 07, 2012, 22:48:00 PM
I think considering what you want to do with it, W7 pro will allow you to mirror (RAID 1) and run everything you want to run, if you want to go for RAID 5 you'll need to look at a server edition of windows which is not supported for XBMC but apparently with some tweaks it'll run, but I have no idea on what those tweaks are and how much of a weekend you'll waste trying it :)

Other than that you have the on board RAID controller which would mean you wouldn't have to go for Pro, but I'm not sure what the advantages or disadvantages are, other than being independent to hardware failure. I'f running 2 x 2TB using the on-board RAID controller and not had any problems with it.

I assume that the W7 software RAID may have advantages during upgrade possibly? Not sure if anyone on here wants to comment on this or the OS choice I have made? Although I believe that some of the additional software mentioned in this thread are reliant on a Windows OS to function.

Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #295 on: December 13, 2012, 16:26:23 PM
Well, it seems that NZBMatrix has been shut down, which leaves me (a novice) a bit up in the air. My setup (following this guide) was running pretty well - thanks to you guys! I was able to find and download series and movies through Sickbeard and Couch Potato quite easily. Even manual searching on NZBMatrix was quite easy.

Now that NZBMatrix is gone, what should I do? Any tips or pointers would be most appreciated. I do find all this stuff a bit confusing, and general google searches on the matter yield page after page of usenet enthusiast talk which goes way over mt head. Is there an easy to use alternative to NZBmatrix, or should I be cancelling my subscriptions to everything and just sticking with WMC?

Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #296 on: December 13, 2012, 21:00:06 PM
Well, it seems that NZBMatrix has been shut down, which leaves me (a novice) a bit up in the air. My setup (following this guide) was running pretty well - thanks to you guys! I was able to find and download series and movies through Sickbeard and Couch Potato quite easily. Even manual searching on NZBMatrix was quite easy.

Now that NZBMatrix is gone, what should I do? Any tips or pointers would be most appreciated. I do find all this stuff a bit confusing, and general google searches on the matter yield page after page of usenet enthusiast talk which goes way over mt head. Is there an easy to use alternative to NZBmatrix, or should I be cancelling my subscriptions to everything and just sticking with WMC?

http://www.nzbsrus.com
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Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #297 on: December 14, 2012, 09:30:23 AM


http://www.nzbsrus.com

Thanks for that. So do I just sign up and then enter user name and API details into both CouchPotato and SickBeard...and that's it? Simple as that?

(should I sign up to a VIP account for nzbsrus or not?)

Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #298 on: December 14, 2012, 11:06:59 AM


http://www.nzbsrus.com

Thanks for that. So do I just sign up and then enter user name and API details into both CouchPotato and SickBeard...and that's it? Simple as that?

(should I sign up to a VIP account for nzbsrus or not?)

yes signup for vip as otherwise your limited to x amount of downloads per day.
nzbrus has been a bit flakey server wise for the last few weeks.

Re: [GUIDE] Automated Media Server & XBMC Setup
Reply #299 on: December 14, 2012, 11:26:01 AM
nzbrus has been a bit flakey server wise for the last few weeks.

Can you suggest a better service?

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