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howtos:multimedia:htpc [2012/10/29 00:33 (UTC)] – Fixed the tags, formatting, missing links etc. This should also fix that "start" page alienbob | howtos:multimedia:htpc [2013/01/23 17:50 (UTC)] – [Some Other Things to Configure] hazel | ||
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- | ====== Build A Slackware Mediacenter (HTPC) With XBMC ====== | + | <-- Reviewed 2013-01-23 by hazel --> |
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====== My Situation ====== | ====== My Situation ====== | ||
- | I wanted a **stand alone** media center and everything pointed to XBMC. I tried the various LiveCD versions of XBMC but each had problems that either | + | I wanted a **stand alone** media center and everything pointed to XBMC. I tried the various LiveCD versions of XBMC but each had problems that either |
====== Here's What I Did ====== | ====== Here's What I Did ====== | ||
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- Create user xbmc and login as user xbmc. | - Create user xbmc and login as user xbmc. | ||
- Copy ''/ | - Copy ''/ | ||
- | - Edit '' | + | - Edit '' |
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- Install FFMPEG, XBMC and their dependencies via [[http:// | - Install FFMPEG, XBMC and their dependencies via [[http:// | ||
- Edit / | - Edit / | ||
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====== Some Other Things to Configure ===== | ====== Some Other Things to Configure ===== | ||
- | If you keep your media files on other machines and they are accessible via Samba or NFS, make sure you: | + | If you keep your media files on other machines and they are accessible via Samba or NFS, make sure you enable file sharing: |
* To enable Samba file sharing: < | * To enable Samba file sharing: < |