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Once you have created this file, reboot OpenELEC. Do keep in mind that this setting may cause unexpected
side effects and has been known not to work on all builds. If you're having issues, just remove the section from the
advancedsettings.xml file and reboot. There are also other small tweaks you could do if you felt that you were seeing
issues. You may want to turn off RSS feeds on the main screen; remember, each character is a redraw. To turn off the
RSS feeds, go to Settings Appearance Skin, and untick the RSS feed option. Also don't use the weather applet if
you don't need it: it's a surprisingly hungry part of XBMC.
Next up, you need to do something with your new media center. With XBMC the possibilities are endless: XBMC
is capable of so much more than I have room for in this chapter. I know many people who have used XBMC for many
different things.
When I lived in Australia I had a bigger house and a nice audio system. I had it connected to
XBMC. I configured XBMC to play back my network share, filled with FLAC music files. XBMC
was ideal for this in two ways:
I could walk around the house and change songs with the remote control, or
I could sit at my PC and use the web interface.
Now that I live in Hong Kong, closed captions (subtitles) have become a large part of my movie viewing
experience. A lot of commercial DVD players are horrible at displaying subtitles or sometimes the movie is just
missing them. With XBMC connected to my TV, I now can easily fix the subtitles or add them in if they are missing.
A friend of mine is big into watching TV series but is normally not home at the right times to watch them. He has
a few TV tuner cards installed into his XBMC that allows him to record the TV shows to the hard drive and when he's
ready to watch it's just a simple matter of turning on XBMC.
The Raspberry Pi is capable of all of the above-mentioned tasks and more. I will list some resources to get you up
and running:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Video_library
Adding videos to XBMC:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Preparing_your_Music
Adding music to XBMC:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=PVR
Recording live TV:
The best place to start after you have installed XBMC is the XBMC wiki, which details steps for how to configure
your media. It's also frequently updated; as with new versions of XBMC, some steps change slightly. Check it out at
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
You can also extend XBMC with many add-on applications. Add-on applications can be developed by end users
or by the XBMC team. They add functions that are not part of the main build of XBMC. Take a look at the add-on page
for more information:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Add-ons
I hope I have covered most of the setup of XBMC in this chapter for you; you may also want to take a quick look at
the Raspberry Pi XBMC page:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Raspberry_Pi/FAQ
Browser Access
XBMC supports access via HTTP. This allows you to access a few options to control XBMC. You can use your standard
web browser of choice to connect to XBMC or you can turn your Android mobile phone into a fancy remote control.
To be able to do any of the above cool features, you first need to enable the web server on XBMC. The quickest way
 
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