Setting up Raspbmc to be used with an old TV

Raspbmc-for-composite-TV.md

Setting up Raspbmc to be used with an old composite TV

Installation

• http://www.raspbmc.com/wiki/user/os-x-linux-installation/

Raspberry Pi configuration

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

• sdtv_mode=2
• sdtv_aspect=1

Raspbmc configuration

• Disable screensaver
• Enable bigger font
• Configure video settings
• Install Finnish TV plugins
  • Install yle-dl (I don't know if this is necessary or not...)
  • Download repository to home folder from here
  • ...and install it as a zip file
  • Enable Katsomo, Ruutu.fi and YLE Areena from the video add-ons list
• Add this to Home.xml to have IP address displayed on the home screen:

<control type="label">
  <description>IP address label</description>
  <right>200</right>
  <top>35</top>
  <width>400</width>
  <height>15</height>
  <align>right</align>
  <aligny>center</aligny>
  <font>font45caps_title</font>
  <textcolor>white</textcolor>
  <shadowcolor>black</shadowcolor>
  <label>$INFO[Network.IPAddress]</label>
  <include>Window_OpenClose_Animation</include>
  <animation effect="slide" start="0,0" end="-40,0" time="100" condition="Window.IsVisible(Mutebug)">conditional</animation>
</control>

Tips

• To find any configuration file from the raspberry file system, run eg. for Home.xml:

sudo find / -name 'Home.xml'