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Re: Looking for a media center application



>> As the subject says, I'm looking for a media center application.
>> I've tried Elisa (aka Moovida) but couldn't believe how sluggish it is
>> (without hardware 3D is absolutely unusable, and even with hardware 3D
>> on a Macbook Pro, it feels sluggish).
>> So, I'm looking for something much more down to earth.  Elisa as such
>> seemed OK featurewise, so Elisa with a dumbed-down UI would work just
>> as well for me.

> Are you looking for something that runs in a window on your computer that
> you access with a keyboard and mouse?  Or do you want something that runs
> fullscreen that you can use a remote control with from your couch?

I'd like to be able to control it with a remote control.

> If it's the latter, check out XBMC.

I'll take a look, thanks.
Seems like hell to install, tho :-(


        Stefan


PS: That ones also seems to require 3D support, right?  It doesn't mean
it'll be necessarily as sluggish as Moovida, of course, but
still... requiring so much compute power just for some minor eye-candy
boggles my mind.


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