XBMC 9.11

Well, it was another boring day in the old homestead so I did what I usually do when I'm bored out of my mind and browsed over to lifehacker.com

Now lifehacker has been a particularly favorite pit-stop of mine since my days as an intern at BDO. There's always at least one decent post to read and expand from.

So when I saw the post about the XBMC update, I didn't hestiate to head on over and download it for my home media Center

(which I am proud to say now includes a 37" Full-HD Samsung LCD TV connected via HDMI to my PS3 for all that 1080p HD glory!!)

Ahem...too many acronyms in that sentence...

anyway, so yeah...I downloaded the thing and IT WAS BEAUTIFUL...


since they apparently switched directX it is faster, sweeter and all around better than anything I expected to get out of that old computer of mine, but...and thats a big BUT


...It didn't play video...I KNOWWWWWWWW!!!

I mean that's the point of the whole exercise, isn't it?? What good is a media center that doesn't play video...

So I check the forums and apparently this bug has been around since November! and there is no fix!

So I try my best, update drivers, play around with directX..nothing works

So I give in and try to reinstall the old version, but wait...there's a catch

The new install effed up my library, It can't display movies and shows properly with thumbs and synopses and fanart...

By this time I'm sacred out of my mind...I remember how long it took me to compile that stupid library in the first place...but no matter what I do it doesnt work...and I have to uninstall my previous profile, install the old version of xbmc (AGAIN) and compile the library from scratch...which is what I have been doing for the last 5-6 hours

So the moral of the story boys and girls...is always backup your crap!

had I exported my library before I made the update I would not have been in this position...


C'est la vie

MM