True, the XBMC forums are vast and intimidating at times! Yes, this is a TV display for Squeezebox clients - it can either be it's own client, and do display and playback, or it can just be a larger display for an existing Squeezebox - I am using it as one of each at my home...I don't have a Squeezebox in my main media room, so there I use this as display & player, but in another room I do have a Squeezebox so I just use this as a larger display (as the hardware based synchronisation is always better than software synchronisation and when I am in this room I typically have other rooms playing as well).
I suspect most people will use it directly as a player, though. XBMC runs on a bewildering array of hardware, and yes on most occasions is connected by HDMI to your receiver or TV. I personally have: - Shuttle XS35GT using HDMI for video and audio to a Denon 2309 amp - An ASRock ION 330 connected via HDMI to a TV and analogue audio to a digital amp - An old Mac Mini with video via DVI->HDMI and audio via SPDIF to an amp. So basically, hardware wise, there are LOTS of options. The XBMC hardware forum has some good example/recommended setups from a user named eskro. In terms of output, it uses Squeezeslave, so can output to whatever Squeezeslave can. Most of the time it seems to work automatically, not sure how, and sends sound to the primary output. But if you want, you can manually run 'squeezeslave -L' and it will list the available audio outputs - you can then run 'squeezeslave -o12' or similar, to get it to use a specific output (which may or may not be different to your main/tv output, depending on what you wish to achieve). The add on lets you specify extra squeezesalve arguments if you need them....although eventually I might build a window that lets you do this inside the plugin with a GUI, it won't be for a while at least - but the manual way is easy. As to what it can play, the depends entirely on what Squeezeslave can play. I have yet to find something it can't, but I have pretty much all MP3s and FLACs, with a few m4a etc, but I don't think I have any 5.1 stuff for audio. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeSlave - should tell you what you need to know, or the Squeezeslave support thread. XBMC is of course an amazing thing in many other ways than this, if you have any interest in video and slick GUIs, it's well worth trying in and of itself - this is jut a wee little bonus on the side! -- bossanova808 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93544 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
