> take a look at yavdr, openelec, geexbox, ubuntu studio and the > packages they provide > > Readhttp://thelinuxcauldron.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/the-list-the-top-5-media-center-programs-for-linux/ > and see the one you have. Ahh, so your definition of "serious multimedia" is "media centers". Thanks for clarifying. I agree, that's an area Debian has too few poeple devoted to currently. Please do consider to help out yourself!
Thanks for not copying me. Afraid I was going to answer? Ubuntu studio is not media center BTW. And you also need sources to browse and its mainly IPTV or DVB-T/C/S, DVD or blue-ray. With actual policy (that I respect and understand), you are not going to provide stuff to circumvent protection means meaning I cannot watch even a dvd.
I help debugging XBMC and ffmpeg using debian packaging tool. Feel free to incorporate other people work.
--eric