First I tried this - but it didn't seem to help.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-is-the-System-Update-Readiness-Tool
This however did -
http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/cannot-run-windows-update-on-a-windows-7-pc/
The updater then updated itself, and found 32 updates.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Ubuntu for my HTPC
As XBMC wasn't as well maintained for Fedora as for Ubuntu, I finally took the plunge and re-installed my HTPC with Ubuntu. The process was quite smooth, and I was able to quickly move to the latest XBMC.
However, I have had a few strange issues with audio.
The first issue seemed to relate to the wrong audio device being selected by default. However, as I tried workarounds, the problem disappeared - and rolling back the workarounds left the sound working.. so that is an unexplained mystery.
The next problem related to VLC. I downloaded VLC remote for my Samsung Galaxy S2, and tested controlling VLC on the HTPC remotely. It worked nicely. I then configured VLC to auto-start at login, with an HTTP interface (headless), such that whenever the HTPC is on, I can easily start playing media remotely from the phone.
With VLC auto-starting - I now had distorted audio. The solution I'm using for now is #23 in the post below -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/751265
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