Anime
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This page is a collection of tips, tricks, advice, and links relating to anime and XBMC.
Scanning anime into the library
- http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=142835 the best way to scan in Anime into the XBMC library.
Add-ons
- http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=129709 - Crunchyroll add-on for XBMC
Hi10P
Some notes about Hi10P, an h.264 profile that is popular for many anime release groups. This will eventually have some more hardware recommendations as well. While it's totally possible to avoid Hi10P files, even for current shows, if you're putting together your HPTC for the first time then you might as well prepare for it.
Hi10P (also called "10-bit") is a profile of the h.264 video codec. It has recently become popular in the anime scene for video encodes. XBMC supports Hi10P playback as of v12 "Frodo".
- Hardware requirements
Hi10P won't work on ARM or even Intel ATOM processors (maybe one day, but none of the current ones in 2013 can do it). Hi10P can't be hardware decoded (which is to say, no one makes hardware decoders for them and no company plans to add Hi10P hardware decoding in the foreseeable future), which is what Raspberry-Pi, Android, ATOM processors, and some AMD APU systems require for smooth playback of demanding video (Hi10P is very demanding). Thus, Hi10P requires CPU/software decoding.
A safe bet would be at least a Core 2 Duo/Celeron G530 processor (or equivalent AMD) or higher.
RSS ticker
Use the RSS ticker to see the latest releases. (thanks magao!)
NyaaTorrents (Translated Anime) with remakes filtered out:
http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=rss&cats=1_37&filter=1
My reworked feed that combines both the above NyaaTorrents feed and AnimeSuki, tries to correctly set season numbers and consistently format resolutions, 8/10 bit etc in titles to make it easier to parse in torrent clients:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/anime-rss-atom-feeds?format=xml
In most cases I can work out the season but it sometimes gets it wrong and I need to put in an override e.g. "Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S" is season 2. I try to find all of these each season but I'm likely to miss some (e.g. just realised I haven't done "The World God Only Knows - Goddesses Arc" -> season 3 since I don't watch the show - I'll have to fix that).
Examples comparing the NyaaTorrents feed and my feed:
Nyaa: [UTW-Mazui]_Toaru_Kagaku_no_Railgun_S_-_17_[720p][60B4FC61].mkv
Mine: [UTW-Mazui] Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S - 2x17 [720p][60B4FC61].mkv
Nyaa: [Tsuki]_Hunter_X_Hunter_-_91_[8bit][1280x720][026F31B3].mkv
Mine: [Tsuki] Hunter X Hunter - 1x91 [8bit][720p][026F31B3].mkv
Nyaa: [EveTaku] Shingeki no Kyojin - 17 (1280x720 x264-Hi10P AAC)[FB5BC2E9].mkv
Mine: [EveTaku] Shingeki no Kyojin - 1x17 (720p x264-10bit AAC)[FB5BC2E9].mkv
Random notes
Because this page is just starting out, feel free to just dump things here: