Xbmc

EdmunTimberlane · #1 27th August 2008, 10:21 PM

I have built a rpm of XBMC for Fedora 9 x86_64 and I am need of hosting and testers. If you are interested let me know. Thanks.

www.xbmc.org

Awesome skin for xbmc http://www.aeonproject.com/

Seve · #2 27th August 2008, 10:47 PM

Hello:
You could just use something like
http://rapidshare.com/index.html
for your initial hosting requirements.

Seve

EdmunTimberlane · #3 27th August 2008, 11:01 PM

Here is a torrent:

http://www.demonoid.com/files/downlo...0047/11110855/

wintersm · #4 27th August 2008, 11:03 PM

i will have a look sometime in the next few days given some time - i already use xbmc on my xbox and have been interested in looking at the linux version - and maybe getting involved in the development.

EdmunTimberlane · #5 27th August 2008, 11:06 PM

Here is the direct download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/14063930...86_64.rpm.html

zman · #6 16th September 2008, 02:02 PM

Sounds awesome! I will install and test this weekend, away from home for a few days now unfortunately.

A few questions though, can you provide any background on how you got this compiled? The xbmc forums show a number of issues with compiling and I haven't tried myself for a while. Would be nice to get this running in fedora though I don't want to change to ubuntu just for ease of xbmc support. I will post back here when I get it going.

Has anyone else given this a go yet?

zman · #7 18th September 2008, 01:56 AM

I installed this last night.

XBMC runs nicely appart from 2 fairly significant problems.

My mysql is now broken. It will not accept any connections now. I will look into it tonight and see if i can get it working again. Edmune, did you have any problems with mysql?

2ndly I was unable to get sources added to xbmc. When i go to the add source dialogue it only allows me to add my home directory and another partition where i currently have no data stored. I cannot see my partition where I have most of my data stored this is mounted at /video/ and is a jfs mounted mdadm raid5. I don't see why xbmc would have a problem accessing this. Any ideas how I add this source? Is this a problem with this compile or an xbmc issue?

Cheers,
Chris

sardaukar_siet · #8 18th September 2008, 11:44 PM

I would sure like to get my hands on a x86 build...

(plz plz plz)

Kasper-pA- · #9 19th September 2008, 02:41 PM

any chance we can get the new beta 1 for f9 x86_64 ?

EdmunTimberlane · #10 19th September 2008, 03:11 PM

After working with the xbmc team I was able to get changes made to the source code that allowed it to compile without issue after making the changes listed here: http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php...ghlight=fedora

One of the requirements is that you make a symlink for sql.

EdmunTimberlane · #11 19th September 2008, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kasper-pA-

any chance we can get the new beta 1 for f9 x86_64 ?

I currently do not have a f9 system running so it is not going to happen.

EdmunTimberlane · #12 19th September 2008, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zman

I installed this last night.

XBMC runs nicely appart from 2 fairly significant problems.

My mysql is now broken. It will not accept any connections now. I will look into it tonight and see if i can get it working again. Edmune, did you have any problems with mysql?

2ndly I was unable to get sources added to xbmc. When i go to the add source dialogue it only allows me to add my home directory and another partition where i currently have no data stored. I cannot see my partition where I have most of my data stored this is mounted at /video/ and is a jfs mounted mdadm raid5. I don't see why xbmc would have a problem accessing this. Any ideas how I add this source? Is this a problem with this compile or an xbmc issue?

Cheers,
Chris

See here for the SQL issue http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php...ghlight=fedora

As far as adding sources the navigation is kind of weird but I promise you it can be done. Just select '..' in the navigation window until you get to the root.

EdmunTimberlane · #13 19th September 2008, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sardaukar_siet

I would sure like to get my hands on a x86 build...

(plz plz plz)

Sorry I do not have a f9 machine running currently, let alone a i386 system running.

If I had a repo to host the builds I would consider making a couple VMs to maintain the rpm builds.

MGOB · #14 20th September 2008, 12:03 PM

Edmun,

Can you pass your src rpm or SPEC file? I was about to write one when I came across this, I'll host anything you want if you like as well. This is a great app and I'd love to see more fedora users with it.

I can compile for F9 32&64 as well as F9 32

My current write up on building from source is @ http://fedorajunkies.com/index.php/XBMC

EdmunTimberlane · #15 20th September 2008, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MGOB

Edmun,

Can you pass your src rpm or SPEC file? I was about to write one when I came across this, I'll host anything you want if you like as well. This is a great app and I'd love to see more fedora users with it.

I can compile for F9 32&64 as well as F9 32

My current write up on building from source is @ http://fedorajunkies.com/index.php/XBMC

I am sorry but do not have the spec file anymore. There wasn't much to it and I can help you if you have trouble.