Tips And Tricks

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Revision as of 18:01, 9 November 2006 by >Lexicon (fixed some typos in introduction)
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HOW-TOs are step-by-step user-guides that descibe 'HOW TO' perform a specific task or do something specific to achieve a goal / desired function.

Feel free to add your HOW-TO guide here so that others will gain from your experience (anyone can also create the articles that are red-linked here).

General:

HOW-TO: Download and compile your own builds of XBMC

HOW-TO: use USB Mass Storage with XBMC


My Programs:

HOW-TO: Create shortcuts to .xbe files


My Music:

HOW-TO: Using "Tag&Rename" (the MP3 tag-editor and organizer) to manage your music tags

HOW-TO: Play Internet Streams, to play internet video (TV), audio (Radio) streams in XBMC

HOW-TO: Play game audio direct from source (DVD/HDD)


My Videos:

HOW-TO: Play Internet Streams, to play internet video (TV), audio (Radio) stream in XBMC

HOW-TO: Stream video using VLC (VideoLAN-Client), to stream unsupported video codecs from a PC to XBMC

HOW-TO: Play free live peer-to-peer (P2P) internet-TV (IPTV) from via TVUPlayer and TVAnts via your PC

HOW-TO: Create video-preview thumbnails on a PC for XBMC


My Pictures:

Feel free to add your HOW-TO guides here


Editing XML files:

Feel free to add your HOW-TO guides here


Networking:

HOW-TO: FTP into your Xbox

HOW-TO: Connect your computer to the network via cross-over cable

HOW-TO: Connect to the network via router & hub

HOW-TO: Access the XBOX harddisk-drive from a windows-computers My Computer

HOW-TO: Access the XBOX harddisk-drive from a windows computer's My Network Places

HOW-TO: Use junctions to create 'symbolic links' under NTFS filesystem


User Interface:

HOW-TO: Create custom icons for folders and files

HOW-TO: Change RSS feeds and more info on RSS feeds

HOW-TO: Reorder the main menu

HOW-TO: Add a button/launch a script with a button

HOW-TO: Skin XBMC or edit existing skins


Hardware:

HOW-TO: Program 'All for One JP1' remote-controls for a conflict-less powerful XBMC control

HOW-TO: Setup your Harmony Remote for use with XBMC

HOW-TO: Setup your Harmony Remote to turn your XBox ON and OFF


Other:

HOW-TO: Use your computer to edit XBMC's (SQL) database-files