Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Enabling CEC
CEC
(
Consumer Electronics Control
) is a standardized protocol used in new
televisions, media players, and sound equipment. You need to have everything
connected using HDMI cables, but because it's not a general standard, not all
remote controllers or systems allow these functions.
If you have a smart TV, you should be able to at least control the volume on the Pi
and navigate XBMC using the arrow buttons. More support is added every day, but
sometimes there are hardware limitations that prevent certain buttons or functions
from working.
The Raspberry Pi GPU supports all the CEC functions, so if something is not
working, it is most likely your master device. Some home entertainment equipment
can be upgraded with newer firmware that might resolve some of these issues.
To do so, navigate to
System
|
Settings
|
System
|
Input Devices
|
Peripherals
|
CEC adapter
.
Performance optimization
You might find that performance gets a bit sluggish at times, and you can tweak
XBMC at the cost of visual effects to improve the speed.
Change the skin
You can download a skin called Quartz Skin from
https://github.com/pecinko/quartz/archive/master.zip
onto a USB drive.
Now, go to
Add-ons
|
Settings
|
Add from ZIP
. This prompts you to change the
skin by navigating to
Settings
|
Appearance
|
Settings
|
Quartz Skin
. This is a
very lightweight skin to improve interface performance, but it still looks good.
Overclocking
It is not a good idea to overclock. If you are running RaspBMC off an SD card and
using WiFi, you might experience unstable behavior or corruption.
Programs
|
Raspbmc Settings
|
System Configuration
Change the
System Performance Profile
to
fast
and reboot the system.
