XBMC & Music Player Daemon (MPD) on Zotac MAGHD-ND01

The Zotac MAGHD-ND001 plays 720p and 1080p mkv files without lagg. Fine! That's what a Media Center PC should be like. See the Zotac trailer for a similar device (ZOTAC ZBOX HD-ID11). The installation process should be the same

apt-get install python-software-properties
apt-add-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
apt-add-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa
apt-get update

Install kernel, XBMC and X

apt-get install linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic
reboot

After the Reboot install XBMC and it's dependencies

apt-get install xbmc xbmc-standalone
XBMC has a lot dependencies. Don't worry!

Autologin / Autostart XBMC without Gnome/KDE

Install rungetty

apt-get install rungetty

To autologin the user xbmc replace in /etc/init/tty1

#exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
exec /sbin/rungetty --autologin xbmc tty1

After the autologin x11 and XBMC should be started. Add a line to your .bashrc

echo "xinit xbmc-standalone" >> /home/xbmc/.bashrc

Sound via HDMI and FrontAudio

add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/unstable
apt-get update
apt-get install pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio pavumeter pavucontrol paprefs alsa-base alsa-utils

create/edit /etc/asound.conf

pcm.!default {
 type hw
 card 0
 device 3
}

Windows-Share / Samba

I want to fill my MAG Shares without entering a Username or Password. Backup /etc/samba/smb.conf and overwrite:

cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.ori
echo "[global]
        # Browsing / Identification
        netbios name = mag
        server string = smb.MAG
        workgroup = workgroup

        # Auth
        security = user
        encrypt passwords = true
        map to guest = bad user
        guest account = nobody

        passdb backend = tdbsam
        obey pam restrictions = yes
        invalid users = root

        dos charset = 1255
        unix charset = UTF-8
        display charset = UTF-8
        unix extensions = yes

        # Symlink Patch
        follow symlinks = yes
        wide symlinks = yes
        unix extensions = no

[Audio]
        comment = "MAG Audio files"
        path = /media/Audio
        writeable = yes
        read only = no
        guest ok = yes
        create mask = 0777
        directory mask = 0777
        group = entertainment

[Video]
        comment = "MAG Video files"
        path = /media/Video
        writeable = yes
        read only = no
        guest ok = yes
        create mask = 0777
        directory mask = 0777
        group = entertainment
" >> /etc/samba/smb.conf

Setup folders and permissions

mkdir /media/Audio
mkdir /media/Video
chown xbmc:entertainment /media/Audio
chown xbmc:entertainment /media/Video
chmod 777 /media/Audio
chmod 777 /media/Video

Music Player Daemon MPD

While XBMC uses the HDMI Audio Output, MPD should use Front-Audio to play movies (with sound on a TV) and music at the same time.

Open /etc/mpd.conf with an Editor of your choice and find the commented lines and replace them as shown here. should be

#zeroconf_enabled "yes"
zeroconf_enabled "yes"

#zeroconf_name "Music Player"
zeroconf_name "MAG Music Player"

#default_permissions             "read,add,control,admin"
default_permissions             "read,add,control,admin"

Know that MPD is configures without a password. This is a security risk!

Setup your audio device. You must Change "mixer_control" to "Front", because "PCM" (which is default) doesn't influence the Volume. Comment out all

audio_output {
        type            "alsa"
        name            "My ALSA Device"
        device          "hw:0,0"        # optional
        format          "44100:16:2"    # optional
        mixer_control   "Front"         # optional
}

Set permissions for mpd to use alsa and pulse

usermod -a -G pulse-access mpd
usermod -a -G audio mpd

Stop all instaces of mpd and create a Database. You should put music to /var/lib/mpd/music before you do that.

mpd --kill
mpd --create-db