Interface of XBMC on Laptop

[Nikox9]

Hi,

I just got a Rpi B. installed Xbian latest version on my 32GB SD.
Inserted the the SD card and except at the very first power up (where there is a green light), there is not light on ACT.

I thought that the Rpi cannot read my SD, but when I log into Putty, I can see that Xbian is there.
So there is obviously a boot.

I would like to use XBMC (reading medias from my NAS connected to the network), however, I do not know how to get an interface on my laptop to try to play with it and configure it (I have no TV at the moment, and wanted to get familiar with it first, so that when I get my TV, everything is settled).

I read that VNC would be an option as GUI....but not under xbian.

Would somebody have an idea how to set this up ?

Thanks a lot

[belese]

Hi,

you can use vnc server for xbian, a package is preconfigured :

sudo apt-get install xbian-package-vnc-server

or via ssh xbian-config->package

and to start :
sudo start vnc-server

it's ok for configuration, but you can't watch video.

Belese

[Nikox9]

Hi belese,

Thank you very much for the reply.

I read that this is not possible with Windows.

I tried several things but all failed. I'll try your approach as soon as I get home.

Thanks,
Nikox9

[belese]

i don't see why it wouldn't work on window,
but never test it on windows.
it work quite well on ubuntu.

[Nikox9]

Alright, so I tried typing in SSH:
sudo apt-get install xbian-package-vnc-server
sudo start vnc-server

I get the info: vnc-server start/running, process 26564
but....nothing happens


In Config > Packages, I only have the choice between:

admin
base
devel
firmware
kernel
libdevel
libs
net
non-free/utils
repository
system
utils
video
web

One question, is it normal that there is no light on the ACT ? (obviously I can connect the my Rpi and see the Xbian OS running, otherwise I could not see the Config > Packages for example)

Thanks

[belese]

ok, vnc server is running,
now you have to have vncclient on windows to connect to your pi.
What do you expect with vnc-server?

i don't use windows, but it should have a lot of client on window.

>One question, is it normal that there is no light on the ACT ?
are you on wifi?

and for package, it's ok, it's the package category. but vnc is already installed, so it's ok.

[Nikox9]

I read that before: http://forum.xbian.org/post-3512.html
Saying that it is not possible to run a VNC viewer on Xbian

Actually, I realized that I had already TightVNC already installed (I tried yesterday to connect it to the Rpi), but it failed "Error in TightVNC Viewer: No connection could be made because the target machine refused it"

But it seems that you made it work, right ?

(16th Feb, 2014 05:55 AM)belese Wrote:  What do you expect with vnc-server?

Actually, I want to see the XBMC and try to play with it to see how to configure it to get my medias from my NAS connected to the network. Of course, I have no output to see it yet (like a TV)..but that will come very soon.

(16th Feb, 2014 05:55 AM)belese Wrote:  >One question, is it normal that there is no light on the ACT ?
are you on wifi?

No, ethernet connection to the Rpi (but laptopn on Wifi, yes)

[belese]

ok,
vnc work more or less like this :
vnc-server will catch the screen and send it over network. it need to be run on the pi,
with start vnc-server, but you will see anything there. you need to start after a client (TightVNC) on windows that will catch the network stream, so just enter the pi ip adress, and the rest should be good.
you should see the xbmc screen appear.

But it's slow, and it's not possible to see video.

and for the link, you don't want to install vnc-viewer on the pi but vnc-server

[Nikox9]

Perfect !! That's working, as you said

Thanks so much. I'll start having a look around and see how to set everything up.

Maybe one question (which could save me several hours): do you know how to add a NAS that is connected to the same network ? I briefly tried to see where I could have to browse the location to add it, but I could not find anything productive.

Videos > Files > Files > Add videos > "Enter the paths or browse for the media locations" > Browse >
I get the choice between:
HDHomerun Devices
Home Folder
Network File System
ReplayTV Devices
Root filesystem
SAP Streams
UPnP Devices
Videos playlists
Windows network (SMB)
Zeroconf Browser
Add network location...

When I select the latter, I have a lot of protocol choices (Windows network, UPnP, FTP, etc...)

Thanks

[belese]

(16th Feb, 2014 12:48 PM)Nikox9 Wrote:  Perfect !! That's working, as you said

Thanks so much. I'll start having a look around and see how to set everything up.

Maybe one question (which could save me several hours): do you know how to add a NAS that is connected to the same network ? I briefly tried to see where I could have to browse the location to add it, but I could not find anything productive.

Videos > Files > Files > Add videos > "Enter the paths or browse for the media locations" > Browse >
I get the choice between:
HDHomerun Devices
Home Folder
Network File System
ReplayTV Devices
Root filesystem
SAP Streams
UPnP Devices
Videos playlists
Windows network (SMB)
Zeroconf Browser
Add network location...

When I select the latter, I have a lot of protocol choices (Windows network, UPnP, FTP, etc...)

Thanks

Not really related to subject, but i imagine it should be Windows network (SMB),
or maybe Network File System(NFS)

[Nikox9]

Forget my previous questions, I managed to do connect my Pi to my NAS following a tuto explaining how to do (WebDAV enabling on the NAS and port definition / browse in the XBMC for my NAS under the WebDAV).

Thank you for your tremendous help