How to install XBMC on ubuntu 11.04 using PPA
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Install XBMC on ubuntu 11.04
Open the terminal and run the following commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install xbmc
Crashes on Kubuntu 64bit every time I start a video. Boxee works fine as well as vlc so it’s an issue with xbmc.
You can also get the stable version by adding the stable PPA and changing it to “Maverick” in Software Sources > Third Party Software. There’s no stable version for Jaunty and I’ve found the unstable branch to be just that… unstable. This method works fairly well though.
This is unuseable! video choppy if higher resolution-HD causes freeze/crash. Ubuntu 11.04_amd64. I might try stable version later.
very cool. XMBC is da shyt.
I found a bug report (xbmc forum #11825) which is very similar to my problem. This is after installing stable version from maverick repo. Exact same problem as outlined earlier. Looks like no stable version for natty. I also tried to compile from source-encountered dependency hell!
I am using 64 bit Ubuntu 11.04.
Tried both the ways mentioned above.
Unstable is ………unstable. Crashing.
Stable (maverick) runs, but every time I shut down down it, it leaves me with a dark idle screen. I have to force restart my computer.
XBMC-PVR edition seems the best version for 11.04 at the moment.
http://forum.pinguyos.com/Thread-xbmc-pvr–1504
Well, I’ve tried every suggestion I could find, including the ones here with no luck. I’m using xbmc-pvr right now; every version does the same thing: music video will play audio component fine for between 30-60 seconds. Jerky video throughout then audio starts to skip also. I updated mplayer, set vdpau as default. I used to use xbmc last year in Maverick w/o any real problems. I hope somebody can come up with the solution. Thank You
Well I finally solved my problem. I’ve been running an ‘expermental nvidia driver (nouveau). I removed all nvidia components in synaptic, reinstalled nvidia-current (270.41.06), rebooted and xbmc now works great!
I just updated to the latest from Nvidia (280.13) for those who have GeForce 6-9* graphics cards- works much better than anything I’ve found so far for Natty x86_64. Just install this into synaptic,(http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppas/27), sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get install nvidia-current, sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings AFTER first removing anything to do with nvidia from synaptic. Xbmc rocks!
No need to -y in between apt-get and install for me.