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Scam said:
Slight on-topic with the post above, is there a quick guide anywhere for changing your main media drive in XBMC? I'm swapping out a ropey old GRAID for a new WD 2TB. I didn't want to name them the same, sorry :p

Would like to keep all my library/sources/watched etc if it's fairly straightforward?
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If you replaced the GRAID with the 2TB and gave the 2TB the same drive letter and it had the exact same file structure then I see no reason for XBMC to even have a clue that anything had changed.
 
Scam said:
Would like to keep all my library/sources/watched etc if it's fairly straightforward?
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As long as your paths to your media remain the same you'll be fine, is your library in MySQL or simply local in userdata ?

I did a rebuild of my server a few months back but only just had the time the other day to get XBMC back. It was relatively easy...

- Restore MySQL database

- Set up samba and ensure that the share paths remained the same

- Samba usernames and passwords can be different as long as you update passwords.xml
 
ubern00b said:
If you replaced the GRAID with the 2TB and gave the 2TB the same drive letter and it had the exact same file structure then I see no reason for XBMC to even have a clue that anything had changed.
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I was going to do this but the OCD in me took over. I couldn't name a WD drive as 'GRAID' :p Although, just a thought.. I wonder if you can rename whole drives within XBMC? I could name it 'GRAID' to start with, then possibly rename within XBMC so it 'knows' it's the same drive. Hmn will have a look at that now.

Just to clarify, I'm using a Pi with OpenElec..
 
Scam said:
I was going to do this but the OCD in me took over. I couldn't name a WD drive as 'GRAID' :p Although, just a thought.. I wonder if you can rename whole drives within XBMC? I could name it 'GRAID' to start with, then possibly rename within XBMC so it 'knows' it's the same drive. Hmn will have a look at that now.

Just to clarify, I'm using a Pi with OpenElec..
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Volume label has absolutely no impact on XBMC sources. It is the drive letter that is important.
 
ubern00b said:
I didn't see any stipulation of a Pi or *nix file system. GRAID doesn't automatically say to me "*nix*. Sorry about that.
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I said it above but it's fine. XBMC to me means a Pi. I keep forgetting that a lot of people use it on a heck of a lot of other systems :p Time to bother the Linux crowd, methinks!
 
Well I have to say that was surprisingly easy. I just..

- Created an advancedsettings.xml in .xbmc/userdata/ and put the following in it to carry across the 'watched' ticks:
Code: 
<advancedsettings>
     <videolibrary>
          <importwatchedstate>true</importwatchedstate>
     </videolibrary>
</advancedsettings>
- Exported my library from within XBMC
- Unplugged the GRAID drive
- Modified the filepaths in the videodb.xml from /var/media/GRAID to /var/media/WDMPU (new drive)
- Plugged the WDMPU drive in
- Imported the Library backup from within XBMC
- Updated the Library to get my missing homescreen icons back
- Done

I don't know what all the fuss was about. If you read online there's talk of people editing SQL databases and all sorts of nonsense :confused: :p
 
Really scratching my head, I am stumped and perplexed. I got a new telly the other day and set it up. Connected it to my Microserver which has an nVidia GT610 in it and acts as my media centre.

On playing media I noticed the picture quality was quite bad. Jaggies everywhere, aliasing quite badly. Updated to the latest nVidia drivers but no change. Played around with decoding settings in XBMC, set DXVA on and off (so switched between software and hardware decoding) and still no change.

At this point I exit XBMC and fire up MPC-HC. Picture is perfect. Not a jagged edge in sight. MPC-HC is using LAV decoder and DXVA. So before I thought it was a driver issue, but now it's looking like an XBMC issue.

So, I create an OpenELEC 4.0.7 live USB stick and boot from that. Do the same tests with the same movies and everything is perfect, no jaggies in sight at all.

So this is where I am stumped. Seems to be an XBMC issue but only when running in Windows. I don't even know where to start troubleshooting this one! Bar a good old format and re-install and see if that fixes anything. Not a fan of that brute-force approach though.

Any ideas/things to try?
 
Do you have a spare hard drive?

I'd quickly try a fresh install, latest nvidia drivers, latest (stable) xbmc. Just to make sure it's not a driver/xbmc issue.



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Switch to Confluence skin, then go to System, (set it to expert), Settings, Video, Acceleration and , try different options..
 
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bledd. said:
Do you have a spare hard drive?

I'd quickly try a fresh install, latest nvidia drivers, latest (stable) xbmc. Just to make sure it's not a driver/xbmc issue.
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I have an SSD I have been meaning to install to the Microserver. Perfect time I guess!

bledd. said:
Switch to Confluence skin, then go to System, (set it to expert), Settings, Video, Acceleration and , try different options..
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This is what I did to test hardware/software decoding but didn't make a difference no matter what I tried. I guess the re-install is looking like the best bet at this stage.
 
Did you try playing a movie with an other app (Windows Media Player/VLC etc) to see if the video looks fine there? That might help show driver or XMBC issue.
 
picnic said:
Did you try playing a movie with an other app (Windows Media Player/VLC etc) to see if the video looks fine there? That might help show driver or XMBC issue.
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ubern00b said:
At this point I exit XBMC and fire up MPC-HC. Picture is perfect. Not a jagged edge in sight. MPC-HC is using LAV decoder and DXVA. So before I thought it was a driver issue, but now it's looking like an XBMC issue.
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I'm having some stability issues with OpenElec running on my Intel NUC - occasionally it will just freeze a few seconds after booting up!?!?

I believe I'm on the "Frodo" build but it is set to automatically update so I would imagine it's as up to date as it can be!?!?

Anyone got any idea what the issue could be? (or if there is a manual update I need to do somehow??)

Thanks....
 
I've finally found the update option within OpenElec and it doesn't appear to be doing much!

According to the "About" tab I'm on version 3.2.4 (whereas the OpenElec website says the latest stable release should be 4.0.7!?!?)

Also I tried clicking the "Check for updates now" and all it does is flicks back to the setup menu with no indication it's done any kind of a check!?!?!

Anyone have any idea how I can get this thing to update??

Thanks....
 
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