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Questions tagged [xbian]

a Linux distribution based on Raspbian shipped with a pre-configured XBMC.

XBian is a small, fast, and lightweight distribution for the Raspberry Pi and similar systems.

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What is the best OS for XBMC on Raspberry Pi?

I want to install XBMC on my Raspberry Pi, but I do not know what OS to choose. There are three: OpenELEC Raspbmc XBian What is the most efficient of the three? Which allows you to continue to use the Raspberry Pi as a classic Linux system?
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Xbian does not allow harddisk to stand-by for long

I have an external 2TB WD Elemens harddisk recently purchased plugged into the USB of my Raspberry Pi with Xbian 1.0 beta 2 installed. This disk has internal power management so it enters stand-by mode after approx 30 minutes of not being read or…
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How to configure the smarthost on Raspbian/xbian?

I'm setting up watchdog to monitor my RPi temperature. I would like to have e-mail messages sent out using alias forwarding. But how do I configure the smarthost on Raspbian/xbian?
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Raspberry Pi 4 working as Apple TV

Is there any way to stream video & audio from my iOS/macOS device to my Smart TV (Samsung) using a RaspberryPi 4? I have been reading about OSMC, OpenElec, and XBian. It seems that OSMC is the most interesting option, but I have not been able to…
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Xbian with BerryBoot

I'm testing out different distros for the RPi and I want to look at XBian. I only have 1 SD card, so I'm using BerryBoot. I tried to convert the Xbian img to SquashFS format, but there's an issue. You can see some of it here…
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Using Pi 2 as a media center AND git server

I would like to use my Raspberry Pi 2 mainly as a media center but also as a private git server for small projects like LaTeX documents. My goal is to be able to set this server as a remote repo to push to and pull from over the web with various…
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No audio on Xbian connected to an AV receiver via HDMI

I've got a Raspberry Pi with Xbian and XBMC installed that works perfect through HDMI when I connect it to the TV set. Video and audio are nice, but I've tried to set up it with my AV receiver without success. The Raspberry Pi (Xbian and XBMC…
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How to install LXDE on raspbmc?

Background: I want to use my Raspberry Pi as a HTPC mostly, hence I want it to be optimized for a HTPC. However, I also want to be able to add other uses, for eg: as a NAS, torrent client, backup server etc. For this I've OpenElec, XBian and RaspBMC…
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Realtek 8192eu driver on Raspberry Pi (Xbian)

I had the misfortune to buy two of these devices off ebay on the basis they were "compatible with linux, raspberry pi, and access point mode". I'm running Xbian on my Raspberry Pi using a wired ethernet link. But since there's no wifi in my room, I…
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NTFS with high CPU usage

I'm using a RPi B+ with XBian and transmission, and an external USB 2TB disk, which has an external power supply. That disk is NTFS, and I've noticed that the CPU usage of the mount-ntfs process is really high.. What can I do to improve this…
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Xbian unable to mount external hard disk

I have a RPI running Xbian. My external hard disk is connected to the powered hub. Xbian used to mount the hard disk and was able to access the files earlier, but recently it stopped mounting the hard disk. It was unable to mount the hard disk but I…
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Where is the audio/video sources information stored in xbian?

Where is the information for the audio/video sources stored? I know in the xbmc GUI you can add sources, but they use the IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.2). This works out great until the address changes. Then I have to remove and re-add it back with…
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Using Cron to email a folder size

I'm struggling to create a scheduled job in cron to send the directory size to an email address. This is what I've got so far crontab -e * * * * * du -s /path/to/dir | mail -s "test" email@domain.com as I understand it, this should send an email…
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wifi connection problems with multiple XBMC distributions

Tried RaspBMC, xBian. Having trouble with wifi connecting using xBian. And having wifi troubles at home with RaspBMC. It's making me mad wasting lots of hours trying to fix it without a clue what's going wrong.. Yes, there are no special characters…
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XBian increase buffert

I've got a Raspberry Pi with Wi-Pi and XBian installed. All works great until I try to look at high def 720p over wireless network. Is there a way to tweak the original settings to increase the network buffer? I have not yet tried to change gpu_mem.
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