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Every year, around this time, my wife and I are normally invited to a few parties. This year we decided we wanted to stay home - and host a few parties. We wanted an all-in-one entertainment solution that we could quickly switch between music, movies for the children (or children in us), and pictures. A number of pre-packaged multimedia solutions exist out there, but we wanted the flexibility of open-source. We decided to create our own XBMC - XBMC Media Center (formerly known as XBox Media Center) system. | Every year, around this time, my wife and I are normally invited to a few parties. This year we decided we wanted to stay home - and host a few parties. We wanted an all-in-one entertainment solution that we could quickly switch between music, movies for the children (or children in us), and pictures. A number of pre-packaged multimedia solutions exist out there, but we wanted the flexibility of open-source. We decided to create our own XBMC - XBMC Media Center (formerly known as XBox Media Center) system. | ||
XBMC will run on most hardware that runs Ubuntu 10.04 or later. If you want to decode high definition video, a dual-core processor is strongly recommended. Since we're decoding video, a good video card is also recommended. Those things said, my wife and I opted for the portability and elegance of a Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 netbook over a high-powered but clunky looking PC sitting beside our television. I'd mentioned the project to a friend whose company just bought a bunch of HP computers that came complete with HP media center infrared remote controls and USB infrared receivers. In the past, we've connected a wireless keyboard to our media systems, but a remote control is much friendlier and takes up a lot less space. | XBMC will run on most hardware that runs Ubuntu 10.04 or later. If you want to decode high definition video, a dual-core processor is strongly recommended. Since we're decoding video, a good video card is also recommended. Those things said, my wife and I opted for the portability and elegance of a Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 netbook over a high-powered but clunky looking PC sitting beside our television. I'd mentioned the project to a friend whose company just bought a bunch of HP computers that came complete with HP media center infrared remote controls and USB infrared receivers. In the past, we've connected a wireless keyboard to our media systems, but a remote control is much friendlier and takes up a lot less space. | ||
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+ | Chaque année, à la même époque, ma femme et moi sommes normalement invités à quelques soirées. Cette année nous avons voulu rester à la maison et d' | ||
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+ | XBMC tournera sur la plupart du matériel à base d' | ||
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We ran XBMC for some time on Ubuntu 11.04, but arrived at a point where it was crashing daily. This may have been due to the Intel video chip inside our Mini, which has been causing grief for a lot of people lately. One solution is to use VESA drivers, but it's not really a solution for a media center, so we backed up and installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and haven' | We ran XBMC for some time on Ubuntu 11.04, but arrived at a point where it was crashing daily. This may have been due to the Intel video chip inside our Mini, which has been causing grief for a lot of people lately. One solution is to use VESA drivers, but it's not really a solution for a media center, so we backed up and installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and haven' | ||
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sudo apt-get update | sudo apt-get update | ||
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+ | Nous avons fait tourner XBMC pendant pas mal de temps sur Ubuntu 11.04, mais sommes arrivés à un point où il plantait tous les jours. C' | ||
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+ | Installer XBMC est relativement simple sur Ubuntu 10.04 ou supérieur. Dans un terminal, tapez les 5 commandes suivantes : | ||
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+ | sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config | ||
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+ | sudo add-apt-repository ppa: | ||
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+ | sudo apt-get update | ||
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+ | sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-standalone | ||
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+ | sudo apt-get update | ||
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The second command adds the PPA (repository) for XBMC on most versions of Ubuntu. Unfortunately, | The second command adds the PPA (repository) for XBMC on most versions of Ubuntu. Unfortunately, | ||
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sudo apt-get install libvdpau1 nvidia-185-libvdpau | sudo apt-get install libvdpau1 nvidia-185-libvdpau | ||
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+ | La deuxième commande ajoute le dépôt PPA pour XBMC pour la plupart des versions d' | ||
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+ | sudo apt-add-repository ppa: | ||
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+ | Encore une fois, nous trouvons que XBMC est instable sur la 11.10, mais cela ne veut pas dire que vous aurez la même expérience si vous utilisez une carte vidéo NVidia ou ATI. Les possesseurs de carte vidéo NVidia devraient ajouter l’accélération matérielle VDPAU: | ||
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+ | sudo apt-get install libvdpau1 nvidia-185-libvdpau | ||
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The last step is adding support for remote controls. While XBMC worked out of box with our HP remote control, I found some of the buttons were not working correctly, so I installed lirc support: | The last step is adding support for remote controls. While XBMC worked out of box with our HP remote control, I found some of the buttons were not working correctly, so I installed lirc support: | ||
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Now, it's time to run XBMC for the first time, and add your media. The XBMC main menu is divided into 6 menu options: weather, pictures, music, videos, programs, and system. Adding media to XBMC is just a matter of adding the media to the right area. For each of pictures, music, and videos, navigate to the appropriate menu option and press ok/select on your remote. Without any media added you'll see a couple of options - Add-ons and Add source. Select Add source, then browse to the area where your media is stored, give it a name, and click OK to accept the choice. You can have multiple sources for the same media. To differentiate sources, simply give the source a different name. For example, you might have pictures from last Christmas and an office party (a good mix with the right music). | Now, it's time to run XBMC for the first time, and add your media. The XBMC main menu is divided into 6 menu options: weather, pictures, music, videos, programs, and system. Adding media to XBMC is just a matter of adding the media to the right area. For each of pictures, music, and videos, navigate to the appropriate menu option and press ok/select on your remote. Without any media added you'll see a couple of options - Add-ons and Add source. Select Add source, then browse to the area where your media is stored, give it a name, and click OK to accept the choice. You can have multiple sources for the same media. To differentiate sources, simply give the source a different name. For example, you might have pictures from last Christmas and an office party (a good mix with the right music). | ||
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+ | La dernière étape est d' | ||
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+ | sudo apt-get install lirc | ||
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+ | Sur l' | ||
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+ | Maintenant, il est temps de lancer XBMC pour la première fois et d' | ||
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Once you have all your media imported, the party can really begin. XBMC, like a lot of other great open-source software, supports a myriad of options, skins, and plug-ins. One of the options I like most is the ability to view content in a variety of ways. Pressing the left arrow button on the remote control brings up a side panel that lets you choose the view and sort method. The misc options lets you hide watched content, filter content, and hide fanart - among other things. But these views don't look so great without cover art. To add cover art to new content, select the content and hit the info button on the remote. XBMC can also automatically fetch cover art by System > Video > Library > Update library on startup. XBMC can also autofetch cover art for music much the same way by selecting System > Music > Library and Update library on startup. | Once you have all your media imported, the party can really begin. XBMC, like a lot of other great open-source software, supports a myriad of options, skins, and plug-ins. One of the options I like most is the ability to view content in a variety of ways. Pressing the left arrow button on the remote control brings up a side panel that lets you choose the view and sort method. The misc options lets you hide watched content, filter content, and hide fanart - among other things. But these views don't look so great without cover art. To add cover art to new content, select the content and hit the info button on the remote. XBMC can also automatically fetch cover art by System > Video > Library > Update library on startup. XBMC can also autofetch cover art for music much the same way by selecting System > Music > Library and Update library on startup. | ||
One of the more confounding problems we ran into was getting the weather correct. We set our location to Waterloo, Ontario (Canada), but kept getting Fahrenheit. To make the switch to Celsius, we needed to set the Region under System > Appearance > International to Canada. We also ran into a problem where the weather.com default seemed to stop working. We managed to fix this by changing the weather source in the System > Weather menu to Weather Plus (which we found by clicking the Get More button at the bottom of the source screen). Not exactly party material, but useful to know for those having problems getting weather working. | One of the more confounding problems we ran into was getting the weather correct. We set our location to Waterloo, Ontario (Canada), but kept getting Fahrenheit. To make the switch to Celsius, we needed to set the Region under System > Appearance > International to Canada. We also ran into a problem where the weather.com default seemed to stop working. We managed to fix this by changing the weather source in the System > Weather menu to Weather Plus (which we found by clicking the Get More button at the bottom of the source screen). Not exactly party material, but useful to know for those having problems getting weather working. | ||
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- | What is cool for a party is the ability to play music and run a slide show of photos from all those crazy office parties – and it's easy to do. First, cue up music by selecting the music folder you want to play. Incidentally, | + | Une fois que vous aurez importé tous vos médias, la fête peut commencer. XBMC, comme plein d' |
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+ | L'une des questions les plus troublantes que l'on ait rencontrées était comment avoir la météo correctement. Nous avons réglé notre emplacement à Waterloo, Ontario (Canada), mais nous avions toujours les degrés Farenheit. Pour passer en Celsius, nous avons dû paramétrer la Région dans System > Appearance > International à Canada. Nous avons eu aussi un problème lorsque le site par défaut, weather.com, | ||
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+ | What is cool for a party is the ability to play music and run a slide show of photos from all those crazy office parties – and it's easy to do. First, cue up music by selecting the music folder you want to play. Incidentally, | ||
The same technique works if you want to check the weather or check out your video collection. XBMC is smart enough not to play music and movies at the same time. It's either music or movies, you can't play both the same way you can play music and pictures at the same time. | The same technique works if you want to check the weather or check out your video collection. XBMC is smart enough not to play music and movies at the same time. It's either music or movies, you can't play both the same way you can play music and pictures at the same time. | ||
XBMC is great at recognizing movies, but XBMC also recognizes television programs. When naming television series include the season and episode. For example: The IT Crowd s02e03 (The IT Crowd Season 2, Episode 3, way better than The Office if you ask me). If XBMC doesn' | XBMC is great at recognizing movies, but XBMC also recognizes television programs. When naming television series include the season and episode. For example: The IT Crowd s02e03 (The IT Crowd Season 2, Episode 3, way better than The Office if you ask me). If XBMC doesn' | ||
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+ | Ce qui est sympa lors d'une fête, c'est de pouvoir jouer de la musique et mettre un diaporama de toutes ces fêtes de bureau déjantées et c'est facile à faire. D' | ||
+ | La même technique fonctionne si vous voulez vérifier la météo ou parcourir votre collection de vidéos. XBMC est assez intelligent pour ne pas jouer de la musique et des films en même temps. C'est soit l'une soit l' | ||
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+ | XBMC sait vraiment bien reconnaître des films, mais il reconnaît aussi des émissions de télévision.Quand vous nommerez les séries de télévision, | ||
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We've covered only a tiny set of XBMC's capabilities. Video add-ons let you stream television and movies from different sources like Youtube, Yahoo video, the Cartoon Network, CNet, Jupiter Broadcasting, | We've covered only a tiny set of XBMC's capabilities. Video add-ons let you stream television and movies from different sources like Youtube, Yahoo video, the Cartoon Network, CNet, Jupiter Broadcasting, | ||
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+ | Tout ce qu'il vous reste à faire, c'est de sortir la nourriture, monter le volume à fond et faire la fête. | ||
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