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kri kri posted:This is like the 20th reason why they need to have a server back-end like plex does so stuff like this works better. Mysql is nice but its not that robust. Part of why plexbmc is tempting for me, but if it doesn't work with all skins (or nox, i guess). Although it does appear that plex has PlexAeon. Since I have to reinstall windows (ssd crashed/got RMA'd) on my htpc, plex might be tempting for my also soon to be rebuilt NAS box.
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I tried Plexmc. Honestly it is just too much hassle to use since you have to use special plexbmc skins, which are out of date, etc. Might as well just use the plex client.
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kri kri posted:I tried Plexmc. Honestly it is just too much hassle to use since you have to use special plexbmc skins, which are out of date, etc. Might as well just use the plex client. I agree. It was just a giant pain in the rear end and, honestly, didn't offer too much more over XBMC/MySQL. I also hate the new web based Plex media manager. IMO, it's messy and convoluted. I much preferred the old interface.
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Here is something I whipped up to cover some of the hardware options for the new op. Feel free to use any part or all of it as you see fit. PC/Net-top Systems $200 - $300 A PC running XMBC gives you a lot of flexibility. You can choose to run Windows, install any number of Linux distros to a hard-disk or flash drive, or run it all from a Live CD. You also the ability to install other applications and even launch them from with in XBMC's user interface such as emulators. To build a cheap PC for XBMC that is capable of playing back 1080P, you need to make sure that you have a GPU that supports DXVA for Windows or XVBA on Linux. XBMC's wiki page list the follow GPUs as supported: ATI Radeon R420 (X800) or newer supported, ATI Radeon R700 (HD 4000) or newer recommended. Intel GMA 950 (945G) or newer supported, Intel GMA X4500HD (G45) or newer recommended. NVIDIA GeForce 6-Series and newer supported, GeForce 8-Series and newer recommended. If all you want to do is run XBMC to play videos and maybe run some PSone and lower emulators, you do not need a high end PC. Newegg has a very large selection of very small PCs that are perfect for this application. They are often very quite or silent. I have personally set up 2 of these Foxconn Net-top systems and they work great. Both times I bought that system, it was on sale for $160 and included a 60GB SSD so all I had to purchase was RAM. Pretty much everything on this page should work as well. Most of those system will require ram and harddrives to be purchased seperately. I would recommend getting 4GB or more of RAM since it is cheap. I personally recommend anything with an AMD E350 cpu as they are very low power and silent systems that have no problem playing back 1080P content. Your total cost for a system like this should run between $200 and $300 depending on how RAM, hard-drive, and what you purchase for remote control. Raspberry Pi $35 - $100 XBMC can be run on the Raspberry Pi system, which can be purchased for $35 for the B model. I would recommend that you only consider the B model for XBMC if you plan on streaming HD video because the $25 A model only has wireless network. Also, consider that the Raspberry Pi system does not include anything but the system board. You will need to provide an SD card for storage, a USB power supply, a remote control or some kind of input device, and probably some sort of casing. If you have to purchase most of these items, you could be spending nearly $100 after shipping for a device that is a single core arm chip running at 700MHz. It is a more attractive option if you have extra SD cards, old USB phone chargers, HDMI cables, and/or spare remotes around. Android Devices ? - $100 Please note that Android support in XBMC is pretty new and you will need to research abilities of any android device you purchase. I recommend checking theXBMC hardware forum or the Wiki Android Hardware Page to see how well your device is supported. I personally think that Android devices will be the device of choice for most people in the future. For $100, you can purchase a low power system that comes with everything you need to get up and running, with better specs than the Raspberry Pi. The Pivos XIOS DS is the official android target platform for XBMC. There are custom builds of XBMC available on Pivos's forums that have full HD acceleration. Currently, you should stay away from Android/HDMI stick computers like the MK802. Nearly all of them use an Allwinner chipset that not currently supported in XBMC for HD playback. I do expect there to be better Android/HDMI stick systems supported in the future. iOS and OSX (appleTV, Mac Mini, etc) ??? The first and second gen AppleTV boxes are able to run XBMC, but I would not recommend either of them over the alternatives due to the cost of hardware and their limited power. I would also recommend against purchasing a Mac Mini or other Apple computer for the purpose of running XBMC, once again because of the cost compared to other platforms. The 3rd generation AppleTV currently has no jailbreak method. Until it has one, there is no way of knowing how well XBMC would be supported. Assuming it was jailbroken and supported in XBMC for 1080P playback, it would be an attractive option at $100. But I fully expect there to be more android options available at and below this price point in the very near future, and they will not require any hacking or jail breaking to run XBMC on.
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I've been flying around a lot of pages wrapping my head around this stuff Got SickBeard and CouchPotato working, now I want them to take the files, rename them, then put in TV or Movies folder. Also, can I have it so when I manually download a torrent something will automatically rename/move? Bonus points for spelling it out like an idiot
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:I've been flying around a lot of pages wrapping my head around this stuff This is probably better in the SH/SC Usenet Thread...and you'll find much more detailed information there. But simply, you just need to set the post processing in SB and CP. Basically, you'll create tags (can't remember what they're really called--switches?) in SABNzbd that will put stuff in different folders (IE: \Downloads\Television) then set the post processing in SB and CP to look at those folders. SB/CP will then do the final move and rename to their destination folder (E:\Television). Just Google for setup guides. There are tons of them out there.
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Also nobody uses Sickbeard anymore, its NZB Drone now. (Scene names are supported)
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Does nzbdrone auto update itself or do you have to manually update it when a new version comes out?
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GateheaD posted:Also nobody uses Sickbeard anymore, its NZB Drone now. (Scene names are supported) Seeing as it's a .Net product I hardly think this is the case.
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GateheaD posted:Also nobody uses Sickbeard anymore, its NZB Drone now. (Scene names are supported) This isn't remotely true.
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GateheaD posted:Also nobody uses Sickbeard anymore, its NZB Drone now. (Scene names are supported) List of Android apps that support NZB Drone:
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Edit: Disregard
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GateheaD posted:Also nobody uses Sickbeard anymore, its NZB Drone now. (Scene names are supported) By 'nobody' did you actually mean 'everyone'? Edit: Also looks like its Windows only. Optimus_Rhyme fucked around with this message at Feb 1, 2013 around 03:51 |
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New version has hosed all my poo poo up, but the new version seems like it might be better. Still, ugh, rebuilding.
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have fun renaming your stuff manually with Sickbeard *puts on sunglasses, revs Harley*
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 06:28 |
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GateheaD posted:have fun renaming your stuff manually with Sickbeard *puts on sunglasses, revs Harley* Why would you do that, rather than pressing the "bulk rename" button and choosing any particular files you feel like excluding?
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GateheaD posted:have fun renaming your stuff manually with Sickbeard *puts on sunglasses, revs Harley* You've clearly been doing something wrong as Sick Beard handles scene naming and renaming perfectly fine.
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Sendo posted:You've clearly been doing something wrong as Sick Beard handles scene naming and renaming perfectly fine. What do you know, you're probably posting from Chrome or Firefox or something. Nobody uses Chrome anymore, it's Netscape Navigator now (it supports hyperlinks).
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Still using sickbeard here and never had any issues  When I imported my library apparently some stuff couldn't be correctly scrapped, like a few episodes here and there, which puzzles me but anyway that's not the point. Is there any easier way than going tv information -> refresh to scrap the episodes that weren't correctly done? This methode also scrapes everything so it takes a long time.
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 08:19 |
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Yeah Sickbeard works great for me, occasional issues with names not matching up but it's easily fixed. Couchpotato on the other hand rarely works well. I've tons of stuff in my queue that I know for a fact are available under the correct retention yet it can never find them.
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berzerker posted:What do you know, you're probably posting from Chrome or Firefox or something. Nobody uses Chrome anymore, it's Netscape Navigator now (it supports hyperlinks). I think he's referring to when the TVDB and the Scene differ on numbering. NZBDrone uses TheXEM by default. I definitely prefer NZBDrone to SickBeard and will recommend it to anyone that asks, but I hardly think it has the userbase that SB does....yet.
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monkeybounce posted:I think he's referring to when the TVDB and the Scene differ on numbering. NZBDrone uses TheXEM by default. Isn't it Windows only?
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Legdiian posted:Isn't it Windows only? Yes. Mono support is being actively worked on. Can't get the dev to give a timeline, but I think it will be relatively soon. Hence the "yet". That said, there will probably still be people complaining about it being mono.
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Lowen SoDium posted:Here is something I whipped up to cover some of the hardware options for the new op. Feel free to use any part or all of it as you see fit. <snip!> HUGE thanks. I took some liberties with the formatting and language, but this was a huge, huge help. Thermopyle posted:It's on my github somewhere. On phone so I don't have a link. Something like... http://github.com/therms Thanks, that was indeed the link. Gonna get started tomorrow, I think. savesthedayrocks posted:If you do a section on remotes, and I'd like to throw in "unified remote", for Android. I downloaded on the recommendation from the android thread and it's awesome. Multiple remotes, touch pad and keyboard in one. kri kri posted:Just do a hardware section. Logitech k400, android remotes etc. List Yatse for android its loving awesome. Talking about remotes I want to mention IR receivers (anyone got a link for this? I bought a USB-UIRT years ago but apparently everyone just uses basic ones nowadays), MCE Remotes, Harmony remotes, iOS/Android, kb/mouse/trackball combos, and....what else?
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 16:34 |
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I would put a link to flirc. http://flirc.tv/
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EC posted:HUGE thanks. I took some liberties with the formatting and language, but this was a huge, huge help. EC posted:Talking about remotes I want to mention IR receivers (anyone got a link for this? I bought a USB-UIRT years ago but apparently everyone just uses basic ones nowadays), MCE Remotes, Harmony remotes, iOS/Android, kb/mouse/trackball combos, and....what else? Something that I would add to this section is the use of CEC on newer HDTV. You can do this with a PC running XBMC using an officially supported adapter. This way you control XBMC through your TV on the HDMI cable using the TV's remote. There is also the Motorola Nyxboard which is also an officially supported device. I have one that I use, but I probably wouldn't recommend it because of the cost. It also does not have several buttons that you might need to use it as a PC keyboard such as control, alt, or function keys and you have to switch modes to control your TV or PC.
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What are two or three recommendations for kb/mouse/trackball combinations? I have some cheap thing I bought that I don't even remember the brand of. Edit: I've got a good draft of the first post down, and am about to start working on a second post with links to excellent add-ons/skins. It won't be comprehensive, more like a highlight reel. EC fucked around with this message at Feb 1, 2013 around 17:25 |
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EC posted:What are two or three recommendations for kb/mouse/trackball combinations? I have some cheap thing I bought that I don't even remember the brand of. Rii mini keyboard Logitech k400 Lenovo trackball keyboard thingy
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Don Lapre posted:Rii mini keyboard I have the lenovo and the k400. The lenovo is bad because the arrow keys are so small and it is not back lit. I think xbmc mouse support is awful anyway so I disable it on all my installs. Right now I just use my harmony for the activities and volume control, and yatse on my phone. Its much quicker to navigate my media. I break my k400 out only if I am going to be using windows/chrome.
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NEW THREAD Y'ALL
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