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| Author: | Tal3n [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | HTPC's (XBMC, Vista Media Centre? Linix MCE?) |
I recently built a PC solely for the purpose of using it as a HTPC, constantly hooked to TV, for playback of MKV's , XVID's and eventually Blu-ray Discs. Now I could put into Windows, and fire up VLC and play videos that way, but thats a little cumbersome, and not exactly user friendly ( read: girl friend friendly) . Xbox Media Center, recently was released for Windows, http://xbmc.org/ I figure, I'd bring back memories of the days of the Xbox, when I used to use XBMC for Divx files . I originally had Catalyst 8.8's and found playback stuttering. Got the 8.9's and everything works pretty good ( still early in dev.) Can play MKV's Xvid's everything I threw at it , so far, and its a user friendly menu. Any one use any Media Centre's or similar programs. Linux MCE looked interesting but Hardware compatibility kind of turned me off. |
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| Author: | Lost [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:47 pm ] |
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I started with GBPVR (free) and once Zap2It stopped giving the EPG listings (shows & times) for free I bought SageTV. Its worked pretty well for me thus far. Both of them are girlfriend friendly. At least my non-techie girlfriend has no problem. |
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| Author: | DC [ Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:07 am ] |
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I use Media Portal http://www.team-mediaportal.com/ open source, works like a charm....much like Media Centre for Windows. I use fddshow through media portal to play mkv and stream the 5.1 audio as well.[/url] Has a nice interface and is very wife friendly...she has all the shows and music organized 
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| Author: | Topsecret66 [ Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:15 pm ] |
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DC wrote: I use Media Portal http://www.team-mediaportal.com/ open source, works like a charm....much like Media Centre for Windows. I use fddshow through media portal to play mkv and stream the 5.1 audio as well.[/url]
Has a nice interface and is very wife friendly...she has all the shows and music organized Checking this out again. Been a little while. Thank you for the reminder! |
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| Author: | Topsecret66 [ Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:47 pm ] |
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Yeah Xbox Media Centre is freaking sweet. Up for this! |
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| Author: | Topsecret66 [ Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:23 pm ] |
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http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=P2OAOfXN89I This video was cool. Demonstrated XBMC. |
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