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alternative to xbmc

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  • 29-10-2011 2:38pm
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    M cebee
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    is there any alternative to xbmc for a lower specced machine

    i have it on a core 2 duo pc and it's great but i have 2 other slower machines that i want something similar on


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    PogMoThoin
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    http://www.openelec.tv/


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    M cebee
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    sounds good but i want something to run on xp


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    PogMoThoin
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    M cebee wrote: »
    sounds good but i want something to run on xp

    Optimise Xp by uninstalling stuff you don't need, stop stuff starting at startup and get more ram (Xp needs 1GB these days with service pack 3).


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    chin_grin
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    ps3 media server (no really!). Works for streaming media to xbox.


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    M cebee
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    im looking for a media organizer for my windows xp computers

    xbmc wont run on the slower machines


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    Voodu Child
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    What part of XBMC is too slow? The skins or the actual movie playback?


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    M cebee
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    Voodu Child wrote: »
    What part of XBMC is too slow? The skins or the actual movie playback?

    cant recall but it didnt work properly

    some of the machines would have 32MB graphics and i play divx files on them no problem

    2.5ghz amd barton
    756MB ram
    32MB graphics would be the spec on one machine


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    PogMoThoin
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    Like I said, You need more ram. To run anything on top of XP these days you need 1GB. The minimum requirements for Xp has gone up with each service pack.

    Do you need XP? Why not try a light linux distro like Xubuntu


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    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    ive got them on a wired network so i want to keep it simple for myself and stick with xp

    what i might do is upgrade the ram and graphics

    which is more important for xbmc -the ram or the graphics?

    i've tried the geebox and linux on slow machines before and i do apppreciate their worth


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    PogMoThoin
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    M cebee wrote: »
    ive got them on a wired network so i want to keep it simple for myself and stick with xp

    what i might do is upgrade the ram and graphics

    which is more important for xbmc -the ram or the graphics?

    i've tried the geebox and linux on slow machines before and i do apppreciate their worth

    Ram, with only 756MB it would be paging continuously.

    Linux would be far more usable on a pc like than with no need to upgrade. Legacy ram is expensive. Leave your shares as windows shares, linux will see windows shares (samba) without needing to install anything.


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    unkel
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    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Ram, with only 756MB it would be paging continuously.

    I don't think RAM is going to be the problem. On a fresh, fully patched XP SP3 install, only just over 200MB RAM is used, so 768MB (I presume 756 is a typo?) should be plenty if that's all the PC is used for.

    I suspect the graphics card and probably also the CPU are the bottlenecks here...
    M cebee wrote: »
    is there any alternative to xbmc for a lower specced machine

    i have it on a core 2 duo pc and it's great but i have 2 other slower machines that i want something similar on

    Did you try it on the barton machine?


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    PogMoThoin
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    unkel wrote: »
    I don't think RAM is going to be the problem. On a fresh, fully patched XP SP3 install, only just over 200MB RAM is used, so 768MB (I presume 756 is a typo?) should be plenty if that's all the PC is used for.

    But chances are the Xp isn't a fresh install, most likely barely ticking over on that 756MB


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    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    unkel wrote: »
    I don't think RAM is going to be the problem. On a fresh, fully patched XP SP3 install, only just over 200MB RAM is used, so 768MB (I presume 756 is a typo?) should be plenty if that's all the PC is used for.

    I suspect the graphics card and probably also the CPU are the bottlenecks here...



    Did you try it on the barton machine?

    yes
    if i recall it didnt work properly

    machine has an old dual matrox g550 32mb card


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