Archive:HOW-TO:Install XBMC for Linux on Fedora using a Shuttle XS35GTv2
This page is a work in progress - Bare with me, it'll improve over the next few days!
Hardware used
Shuttle XS35GTv2 - This guide should suit for any atom / ION2 based PC, though the HDMI audio may differ.
VGA monitor (for initial setup - It'll be easier due to some GUI issues like font size)
HDMI capable TV / receiver (receiver is optional, necessary for passthrough options and nothing else)
Keyboard and Mouse (USB or bluetooth, bluetooth recommended if you need it for the long term (if you dont have a remote device (android, etc) or an IR receiver and compatible remote)
Software used
Fedora 15 DVD x64 - Download from Fedora Project website
Installing hardware
RAM: HDD:
Installing Fedora
Setting up KDE / KDM / AutoLogin
Setting up RPMFusion
Installing NVIDIA drivers (the easy / good way)
Fixing various issues with NVIDIA drivers and HDMI out
Boot screen fix: Font DPI (KDE GUI): Font DPI (KDM / Xorg setting):
Installing XBMC (the easy / lazy way)
Getting HDMI sound working
Option 1 - With passthrough bitstreaming but no OS / Menu sounds
Direct to HDMI audio source from xbmc
1. Unmute the HDMI channels using alsamixer (on the command line). You will see 4 channels under HDMI, press M to unmute them all
2. inside XBMC, set the audio device and passthrough device to custom, and enter plughw:1,7
3. Sound should now work within all media. No menu sounds or OS sound will be available (as this seems to inherit from the OS sound method, rather than the selected options)
Option 2 - With OS / Menu sounds, but no passthrough bitstreaming
Via the OS sound system (PulseAudio)
Option 3 - Remove PulseAudio for the OS and move back to ALSA
Not recommended or tested, but if you have done this, document it here!
I recommend not trying this unless you have already done it, pulseaudio recently completed a bug report to patch this passthrough problem, and assuming packages make their way downstream soon enough, passthrough for bitstream should not be a problem any longer.
Activating 1080/24hz
Coming soon - This should need to be done in xorg.conf.
Using an external IR receiver
Coming soon - Still waiting for my HP IR receiver from Ebay!