Oct 6 2012

XBian 0.8 released

XBian 0.8

We know you all waited for this! XBian 0.8 is out now!

It contains a LOT of improvements head over to the changelog to see the new features
Click here to select a download mirror near you.

Want to follow us on twitter? Follow @XBianOnPi or me (@Koenkk).

Please report your bugs and feedback on the forum!

NOTE: Turbo mode is disabled by default, you can enable it in raspi-config:
ssh -> raspi-config -> overclock
Please be aware, this MIGHT cause sd card corruption!

Changelogs

XBian 0.8 – 01/10/2012

New raspberry pi firmware
Improved analogue audio
Included R-win’s 3.2.7 kernel V3, see: http://xbian.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1354 (Great work R-win!)
Added colors to the console
Fixed ‘Unable to resolve host’ when executing the sudo command
Added FIQ patch
Added raspi-config (Thanks to CurlyMo!)
Added turbo mode (Very experimental! Can cause sd card corruption! Be warned! )
Added a parition resizer addon (All credits to R-win for creating this!)
New Memcpy/Memset this should make XBMC more fluent in some cases
Added usb automount support for exFat formatted devices
Fixed some typos in the XBian setting add-on (thanks to Fma965).
Added a script which allows you to set MPEG-2/VC-1 license key’s, available in the XBian settings addon.
Replaced the XBMC splash screen
Added libcec 1.9
Improved XBMC menu smoothness

From : http://xbian.org/2012/10/01/xbian-0-8/

Oct 5 2012

라즈베리파이 무선랜 설정

라즈베리파이 USB 무선랜 설정을 위한 유틸리티 설치

pi@raspbmc:~$ sudo apt-get install wireless-tools usbutils

pi@raspbmc:~$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan | grep ESSID

$ iwconfig –help
Usage: iwconfig [interface]
interface essid {NNN|any|on|off}
interface mode {managed|ad-hoc|master|…}
interface freq N.NNN[k|M|G]
interface channel N
interface bit {N[k|M|G]|auto|fixed}
interface rate {N[k|M|G]|auto|fixed}
interface enc {NNNN-NNNN|off}
interface key {NNNN-NNNN|off}
interface power {period N|timeout N|saving N|off}
interface nickname NNN
interface nwid {NN|on|off}
interface ap {N|off|auto}
interface txpower {NmW|NdBm|off|auto}
interface sens N
interface retry {limit N|lifetime N}
interface rts {N|auto|fixed|off}
interface frag {N|auto|fixed|off}
interface modulation {11g|11a|CCK|OFDMg|…}
interface commit
Check man pages for more details.

vi /etc/network/interfaces

# Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or
# /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information.

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

# The wireless interface
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa.conf

vi /etc/wpa.conf

network={
ssid="NETWORK-SSID"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="YOUR-WLAN-PASSWORD"
}

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up; sudo iwlist wlan0 scan ;sudo ifconfig wlan0 down

Cell 03 – Address: 00:02:A8:9F:17:F1
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=70/70 Signal level=-29 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:”myLGNet_ks”
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000001a30cd72792
Extra: Last beacon: 490ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000A6D794C474E65745F6B73
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: 07064B5220010D10

$ python
>>> import binascii
>>> binascii.hexlify(“yourpassphrase”)
‘hexkeyhere’
>>> quit()

Sep 27 2012

XBMC Korea addons

외국 배포 XBMC의 경우 xbmc-korea-addons 이 빠져 있는 경우가 있다.

아래 링크에서 다운 받아 xmbc addon 풀더 아래에 넣어 주면 추가 된다.

https://code.google.com/p/xbmc-korea-addons/

안드로이드 xbmc의 경우 addon 풀더의 위치는

/sdcard/android/data/org.xmbc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/addons

Sep 15 2012

Raspbmc

Raspbmc 는 XBian과 유사한 라즈베리용 XBMC 배포 이미지 이다.

설치가 XBian에 비해 쉽게 되어 있다.

Raspbmc Download페이지에서 리눅스용이나 윈도우 UI Installer를 다운 받아

PC에 SD카드를 넣고 실행 하면 SD카드에 설치 프로그램이 자동으로 다운로드 된다.

저장된 SD 카드를 라즈베리 파이에 넣고 랜선을 연결하고 전원을 놓으면

자동으로 Raspbmc가 다운로드 되면서 설치가 된다.

Sep 14 2012

XBian 설치

XBian 은 라즈베리파이에서 실행되는 XBMC 배포 이미지다.

XBian Downloads 페이지에서 0.6.3 버전를 받아 설치 했다.

다운로드 받아 압축을 풀고 Readme.txt 참조 하여 SD카드에 설치 한다.

How to install
1. Open Win32DiskImager.exe (win32diskimager -> Win32DiskImager.exe)
2. Press the blue folder icon and select XBian 0.6.3.img
3. Select your SD card in the device section
4. Press Write -> Yes
5. When done plug the SD card into your raspberry pi.
6. Have fun!
P.S. The root password is raspberry