Display (2)
Why am I seeing only a black screen after install?
Your Raspberri Pi is not configured for your screen.Try using XBian-config to enable Force HDMI. If that doesn’t help, have a look at the settings in in /boot/config.txt.
During playback I experience video blackouts. I’m connected via HDMI. Any advice?
- Make sure your cable is well connected. It often ain’t and pushing it a bit more might resolve the problem (temporary)
- Try to edit /boot/config.txt and include
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
config_hdmi_boost=6
This will increase the strength of the signal transmitted across the HDMI cable, which is particularly useful when using poor quality cables or covering long distances.
General (5)
Why am I seeing only a black screen after install?
Your Raspberri Pi is not configured for your screen.Try using XBian-config to enable Force HDMI. If that doesn’t help, have a look at the settings in in /boot/config.txt.
What is the SSH username and password?
User: xbian
Password: raspberry
Why can’t I login into SSH with root?
We disabled the root login by default for security reasons however you can enable root login again in the xbian-config
Does XBian use the full capacity of my SD card?
Yes. On the first boot, XBian will expand the partition so it will use the full amount of space available on the device.
How can I access xbian-config?
To access xbian-config simply SSH into your Pi, xbian-config will automatically pop up
Network (3)
What is the SSH username and password?
User: xbian
Password: raspberry
How can I connect using SSH?
You can find the answer here
Do I need an internet connection for XBian?
No you don’t, the installer will do just fine without. However, XBMC won’t be able to fetch information without it.
Performance (2)
I’ve set overclock using xbian-config but my Pi still runs at 700Mhz
You are looking at the wrong data. Try using the following command: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq
Why is my USB disk/stick slow?
The transferrate is limited by the (lack of) CPU power. The more CPU a filesystem on your disk uses, the slower it will be. Try using a filesystem that uses the CPU as less as possible.
- NTFS (default Windows filesystem) is very CPU-intensive
- Ext4 is fast -and- save. However, you can’t use the disk with Windows if you use Ext4
- Ext3 is fast-ish and save. You can install Windows drivers tu use the disk with WIndows too
- Although JFS is very fast and low-CPU. It tends to get corrupted when used in combination with the Raspberry Pi
Remotes (2)
I have an Android device and I want to use it as a remote for XBMC, what app should I use?
The official Android remote is currently broken, use YATSE XBMC Remote instead
My Logitech K400 isn’t working?
Make sure you have to evdev module loaded:
sudo modprobe evdev
and this, to make the loading of evdev permanent
echo "evdev" >> /etc/modules
XBMC (3)
Where is XBMC user data stored?
XBMC userdata is stored in /home/xbian/.xbmc/
Why is XBMC sometimes slow after booting?
This can happen due to one of those reasons:
- There are many new files to index. The indexer will use nearly 100% of the CPU so XBMC responds slowly.
- Addons are updating, which will require some amount of CPU and memory
- Your video or music database is corrupt. You can try to fix that by exporting the library, removing the source and importing the library again.
It’s very likely that XBMC will be do better after it has done one of the jobs listed. Get a coffee, eat some and give XBMC some time to finish. If the slow response remains, please ask for help at our forum.
How do I add my movies/music/series to XBMC?
Please have a look over here