24 December, 2010
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Because the ASUS EEE Box 1012P is shipped with Windows 7, I first installed XBMC 10.0 (released 19-dec-1010). on Windows 7.
Installation
– Download XBMC 10.0 from http://xbmc.org/download/
– Next Next Finish installation.
Network Share
– Create a network share, so all sources in the XBMC database will be pointed to the network share. This ensures you are able to use a shared MySQL database on all XBMC installations in you’re house.
– Created the following folders on the network share
- Internet Radio (pls files)
- Movie (Cinema movies)
- Music (Constains a folder per album with the name Artist – Albumname)
- Pictures (Contains all pictures)
- Videos (contains home video’s)
XBMC > Settings
Setting | Value |
Add-Ons > Album information | AllMusic |
Add-Ons > Album information | Last.FM |
Add-Ons > Artist information | AllMusic |
Add-Ons > Artist information | Last.FM |
Add-Ons > Movie information | IMDb |
Add-Ons > Movie information | Moviemeter |
Add-Ons > Program Add-Ons | XBMC Library Auto Update |
Add-Ons > Skins | Transparency! |
Add-Ons > Subtitles | XBMC Subtitles |
Add-Ons > TV information | The TVDB |
Appearance > Skin | Transparency! |
Appearance > International > Region | Central Europe |
Appearance > File lists | Allow file renaming and deletion |
Appearance > Screensaver | Use visualization if playing audio [Disable] |
Music > Library | Download additional information during updates |
Music > Library | Update library on startup |
Music > Playback > Visualization | None |
Music > Audio CDS | Play adio CDs automatically |
Music > Audio CDS > Bitrate | 320 kbs |
Network > Services | Share video and music libraries through UPnP |
Network > Services | Allow control of XBMC via UPnP |
Network > Services | Allow control of XBMC via HTTP |
Network > Services | Allow programs on other systems to control XBMC |
Pictures > File Lists | Show video files in listings |
Pictures > Slideshow | Disable "Use pan and zoom effects" |
Skin Settings > General | Enable auto scrolling for plot & review |
Skin Settings > General | Movies – Use extra fanart |
Skin Settings > General | Movies – Use extra thumbs |
Skin Settings > General | TV shows – Use posters |
Skin Settings > General | TV shows – Use extra fanart |
Skin Settings > General | Music – Use extra fanart |
Skin Settings > General | Show fanart slideshow instead of visualization – Disable pan and zoom effects |
Skin Settings > General | Enable touchscreen modus |
Skin Settings > Scripts | Show subtitle script button in OSD Select script: XBMC Subtitles |
Skin Settings > Menu | Favorites |
System > Audio Ouput > Audio output | Optical/Coax |
System > Audio Ouput > Speaker Configuration | 5.1 |
System > Audio Ouput > Audio output device | default |
System > Input devices | Remote control sends keyboard presses |
System > Video output | Fullscreen |
System > Power Saving | Shutdown function: Suspend |
Video > DVDs | Play DVDs automatically |
Video > DVDs | Attempt to skip introduction before DVD menu |
Weather | Breda Bergen op Zoom De Bilt |
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Tags: XBMC
I tried using XBMC with my 1012P, and for the most part it worked fine, but mkv files tended to stutter and have audio syncing issues, so I switched to MediaPortal, and the problems went away.