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*Enable bluetooth on MD1 and try to use mobile orbiter on Nokia 5800 | *Enable bluetooth on MD1 and try to use mobile orbiter on Nokia 5800 | ||
| + | *Upload and organise existing media | ||
| + | ** Purchase and install dedicated hdd in core. Size? 500Gb? | ||
| + | ** May have to format...? | ||
| + | ** Use LINUX MCE directory structure= YES when prompted - this should craete the basic folders | ||
| + | ** Copy media into folders using network share from desktop computer ## Only copy media that is good to go, not intermediate rubbish, eg: | ||
| + | *** Music: id3 tag sorted out, no glitches in file, no duplicates- best of breed. | ||
| + | *** Photos: The keepers. Generally photos in the prints folder on gallery. Maybe we should have an additional "keep" folder or something | ||
| + | *** Videos: Dunno | ||
== Proposed Setup == | == Proposed Setup == | ||
Revision as of 12:14, 15 February 2012
Hey-ho, here I am at last. Have had LinuxMCE on my to-do list for a long time and I'm finally getting it off the ground.
Hope to use this page to show my setup with plenty of detail and comments in case anyone would want to duplicate/ learn from it.
Contents
Current Setup
Core/Hybrid
- Chassis: FOXCONN TSAA-426 300WATT ATX
- PSU: incl in Chassis: 300w
- Mobo: FOXCONN H61MX-V DDR3 LGA1155
- CPU: INTEL CORE I5 2400 3.1GHZ
- RAM: 8Gb (2x KINGSTON DDR3 4GB 1333)
- Cooling: CPU cooler, PSU cooler
- HDD: SEAGATE 32Gb SATA
- DVD: SONY +/- DVD WRITER 24+R,SATA
LMCE:
- 8.10 final
- UI1
Cost:
Issues:
- Presently, I seem to have a problem if I switch to the KDE desktop from the UI... desktop works fine but switching back to UI seems to hang up the MD or possibly the orbiter or both. I think the core is still working but haven't confirmed that.
Media Director 1: Lounge
- Chassis: HP6710b notebook
- PSU: integrated
- Mobo: ? Chipset: Mobile™ Intel® 965GM Express
- CPU: Intel Core™2 Duo Processor T7500 @ 2.2Ghz
- RAM: 2Gb
- Cooling: ?
- HDD: WD2500BEVT - SATA 232Gb
- DVD: MATSHITA DVD
- WLAN: 802.11b/g
- NIC1: Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet
- Bluetooth: Yes
Cost: ?
Issues: None as yet, just set up and haven't enabled bluetooth yet.
Media Director 2: Kitchen
- Chassis: IBM Thinkpad T30 notebook
- PSU: integrated
- Mobo: ? Chipset: ?
- CPU: ?
- RAM: ?
- Cooling: ?
- HDD: ?
- DVD: ?
- WLAN: none
- NIC1: ?
- Bluetooth: No
Cost: ?
Issues: Failed to Setup X on first boot (see Troubleshooting tips below)
Media Director 3: Study
- Chassis: Dell Optiplex ???
- PSU: ???
- Mobo: ? Chipset: ?
- CPU: Intel Core™2 Duo Processor ????
- RAM: 2Gb
- Cooling: ?
- HDD: SATA 2Tb
- DVD: ?
- WLAN: none
- NIC1: ?
- NIC2: ?
- Bluetooth: No
Cost: ?
Issues: None as yet.
A/V equipment
- Amplifier: Onkyo TX-7440
ADSL router / modem
Network Hub
x Port generic 10/100 hub
Next step(s)
- Enable bluetooth on MD1 and try to use mobile orbiter on Nokia 5800
- Upload and organise existing media
- Purchase and install dedicated hdd in core. Size? 500Gb?
- May have to format...?
- Use LINUX MCE directory structure= YES when prompted - this should craete the basic folders
- Copy media into folders using network share from desktop computer ## Only copy media that is good to go, not intermediate rubbish, eg:
- Music: id3 tag sorted out, no glitches in file, no duplicates- best of breed.
- Photos: The keepers. Generally photos in the prints folder on gallery. Maybe we should have an additional "keep" folder or something
- Videos: Dunno
Proposed Setup
still under construction....
Troubleshooting and tips
Troubleshooting
- Failed to setup X: IBM Thinkpad T30 MD CReation
- MDs hanging / freezing
Tips
- Nvidia card needs to be 6200 or better
last edit: 15/12/2012
