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By popularity online, this Service is:

#18 in Media Center apps

7 reviews of this app found across the web:

DMPSTRFR · /r/raspberry_pi
5 points
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4th Dec 2017

None of my Pi 3s have a (visible) component on C211. They all look exactly like this picture: http://www.xbian.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Raspberry-Pi-3.png

Your Pi 3 is slow for other reasons.

CAPDCV · /r/torrents
2 points
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8th Apr 2014

This. Buy a Raspberry Pi, install Xbian. And voila you have a nice interface, couchpotato, Sick Beard and a torrent client running 24/7. And the best part is that it consumes nearly nothing.

Albuyeh · /r/AskReddit
2 points
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9th Jan 2014

This is probably one of the coolest things I have. I installed XBian on it which is just a modified version of XBMC where I can stream video from local/network storage. It plays 1080p video wonderfully and you can even get apps to play Youtube or Rooster Teeth videos.

Captain_Spicard · /r/kodi
1 point
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29th Oct 2016

Sorry, this isn't directly related to both of your questions, but regarding question #1, are those the only ones you have considered? Xbian I found to be the most feature rich and lightweight: http://www.xbian.org/

Vilkku · /r/techsupport
1 point
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2nd Jun 2015

How have you installed Kodi (XBMC)? Easiest way would be to install a distribution with media center in mind - XBian and OpenElec both have versions especially for Raspberry Pi, so out of box I imagine those would be easier to set up to avoid any kind of potential compatibility issues.

f1vefour · /r/raspberry_pi
1 point
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21st Dec 2014

Instead of raspbian you could give xbian a look. It is debian apt based and XBMC (kodi) works quite well, very lag free experience.

I'm a moderator on the Xbian forums and we are always happy to help a new user get the most out of their raspberry pi.

http://www.xbian.org/what-is-xbian/

soundjack · /r/xbmc
1 point
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14th Apr 2014

I haven't done a tutorial myself, lack of time and a spare Pi to test stuff. But you'll find plenty on the interwebs. I recommend you start by installing XBian (http://www.xbian.org) and then install the additional applications like Transmission through the provided xbian-config (http://wiki.xbian.org/Applications).

I would skip the Sickbeard version provided there and install bricky's fork from his github repo (instructions https://github.com/bricky/Sick-Beard/wiki/Installation-on-Unix). To do this you should be comfortable on the command line of course.