Home Messages Index
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index

[News] Using Linux/MMS to Turn TV into Media Center

My Media System ...is MMS

,----[ Quote ]
| So I began to integrate all the media applications like xmms,
| gwenview, mplayer, xine and so forth. The integration was
| restricted to teaching in all application to my remote control
| driven by lirc. One day I've managed to enable my wife to start
| a slide-show without me being at home. I was so proud and so happy.
| I believed myself to have reached the media-centric heaven. The
| truth was, it was actually unusable. I myself didn't remember all
| the keys on the remote anymore after we've been on vacation for
| two weeks. So I began to realize, that another solution must be found 
| and I began to google around for media center applications, with
| MS-Windows also in my scope. For Windows there have been and are
| nice looking applications, but they all had one point in common, they all 
| haven't been capable to handle DVB satellite cards, and this was a
| criterion since I would have had to abandon my VDR if I settle over
| to Windows. So at this point in time windows has got a 'no go' from
| me. The next months I concentrated myself on Linux, this was my
| personal medial Storm and Stress time. I've downloaded,
| compiled, patched and desperated a lot these days.
`----

http://as68.homeip.net/mms/index.html


Related:

MythTV - Record and playback all your favourite TV soaps in GNU/Linux

,----[ Quote ]
| KnoppMyth : This is an attempt at making the Linux and MythTV installation
| as trivial as possible...
| 
| MythTV for XBox - This is a project which aids in setting up MythTV on
| ones XBox gaming station with ease...
| 
| MiniMyth - This is a small Linux distribution which turns a diskless
| computer into a MythTV front-end.
| 
| Fedora Myth(TV)ology - This is a project started by Jarod Wilson...
`----

http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/09/mythtv-record-and-playback-all-your.html


re-build MythTV Linux PVR eats Windows MCE for breakfast

,----[ Quote ]
| Basically this is an unpack-and-plug-in solution to your media
| streaming/live TV pausing/scheduled recording needs.  Yes, you
| could build your own Linux box and install MythTV, but this saves
| you all the effort, is cheaper than a Windows Media Centre and
| gives you access to a vast range of fan-programmed add-ons.
`----

http://www.slashgear.com/pre-build-mythtv-linux-pvr-eats-windows-mce-for-breakfast-152985.php


Linux as a Media Centre

,----[ Quote ]
| As far as comparing Mythtv to Windows Media Centre, there is really
| no comparison, Mythtv is in a class of its own and puts WMC to shame
| in almost every department possible. This is the sort of application
| that could introduce Linux to many new users and households. Well done
| Isaac and the rest of the team, keep up the good work.
`----

http://www.linuxforums.org/multimedia/linux_as_a_media_centre.html?


Monolith Media Center brings MythTV to the technophobe

,----[ Quote ]
| If MythTV's promise of a free Windows Media Center alternative sounds
| exciting, but you can't quite bring yourself to navigate the trials of
| a Linux install on your own, then you might be interested in
| Monolith's pre-built Media Center PCs, which come with MythTV
| pre-installed on top of Ubuntu Linux.
`----

http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/monolith-media-center-brings-mythtv-to-the-technophobe


MythTV vs Windows Media Centre: is Linux still in with a chance?

,----[ Quote ]
| In terms of functionality, the machines were identical.
| 
| MCE is beautiful to look at and use -- but if had the choice between a 
| swankier interface and saving a few hundred dollars on the cost of the 
| unit, I'd go for saving the money anyday.
`----

http://www.apcstart.com/site/amills/2006/09/1458/mythtv-vs-windows-media-centre-is-linux-still-in-with-a-chance

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index