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XBMC Live is the XBMC media center software bundled with a embedded operating-system, for that set-top-box felling. XBMC Live also lets you easily boot to the XBMC Live CD in order to demo XBMC for your friends and family on practically any relatively modern computer, (as long as it was manufactured in the last 5-years or so it should meet the XBMC's minimum requirements).

What is XBMC Live?

XBMC Live is a boot-CD with XBMC working out-of-the-box without touching the users harddrive for demo purposes. Once booted, XBMC Live will also let the user install XBMC complete with embedded operating-system onto a 2GB (or larger) USB-flash-memory-stick for a permanent and dedicated set-top-box style installation of XBMC, currently with Microsoft's Windows Media Center Remote with USB reciever as the default supported controller.

XBMC Live minimum requirements

• x86 (Intel/AMD-based) computer capable of booting to CD-ROM.
  • For clarification; XBMC Live does not work on the Xbox game-console.
• ATI, Intel, or NVIDIA graphic controller which supports OpenGL 1.4 or later.
• Optional is to install to a 2GB (or larger) USB-flash-drive.
  • If you like to install XBMC Live to USB then note that it can not be a U3.
  • Larger than 2GB is if you have a lot of media as covers are cached on it.

HOW-TO use XBMC Live

It is as simple as 1, 2, 3, and if you only plan on using is as a Live CD (not installing to USB) then you can skip step 2.

1. Download the ISO image, burn it just like any ISO image to a CD-R/RW.
2. If you going to install to USB then first disconnect all USB storage devices that you do not want to install to.
3. Boot your computer on the CD-R/RW and follow the instructions on the screen.

Username and password to the underlying OS environment

Username and password to the underlying OS environment is not need by average users of XBMC Live but here they are just in case you want to digg into the (very) advanced possibilities that are avilable:

Username: xbmc
Password: xbmc

XBMC Live Development

Great, so you think that you would like to help with the development or XBMC Live?

Concept

The idea is to package XBMC for Linux with a stripped version of an existing Linux distribution as a bootable LiveDistro (a.k.a. Live CD), (the alternative would be our very own custom Linux distribution which is not exactly realistic). By doing this XBMC should be able to be installed onto any USB flash drive or harddisk drive using this LiveDistro (a.k.a. Live CD) on the target device. Note that even though a custom version of the Linux distribution, (meaning stripped for XBMC use only), the currently plan is still to try to use a vanilla kernel, (as long as that is possible).

Operating-System

XBMC Live 'Atlantis' is currently based on Ubuntu Mobile (MID Edition), that is, it is Linux based. The operating-system has completely been hidden away on purpose, the point is to create set-top-box feeling with as close to instant-on boot as possible, (similar to that of a stand-alone DVD-player or video game-console). The end-user should not need to know which operating-system it is running on, or even that it is running on an operating-system at for that matter.

XBMC

XBMC Live contains XBMC for Linux compiled with the 'standalone' mode, this enabled certain functions that are not available in normal XBMC for Linux, (or XBMC for Mac, or for Windows), these functions include Power Management, and Network Management.