Re: Looking for a media center application
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> > If it's the latter, check out XBMC.
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> I'll take a look, thanks.
> Seems like hell to install, tho :-(
I appear to have deleted the original message.
I installed "freevo" from the lenny repository about two months ago.
Takes about an hour to configure - just copy the sample config file to
your ~/.freevo/ directory and play with the well-commented config
options until everything works the way you want it.
You can run it from your id in your regular X session, or have it run
under the freevo id on its own vt - vt9 by default - if you'd rather
keep things separate.
I don't have a TV card or a remote, so I can't vouch for how well
supported they are but everything else from playing CD's, mp3's, radio
streams, to TV streaming, DVD's, etc. worked out of the box.
But then, I'm not a media center person by a long shot, I was looking
for a text-mode (ncurses) front-end to mplayer and freevo by accident.
I like the fact that it does not have a GUI interface stricto sensu: no
scrollbars, pull-down menus, etc.. You have everything at your
fingertips via keyboard shortcuts - which may be irrelevant if you plan
to use a remote.
> 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.
freevo is written in python but it's usually fairly quick for the
functionalities that I used despite my antiquated hardware - 650MHz
Pentium III & 384Meg of RAM.
There are times when it mysteriously slows down to a crawl when
navigating the on-screen menu - haven't had time to investigate.
On the other hand I've never had it crash or lock up on me.
Development is pretty active on the new 2.0 version - a rewrite, I
believe, and the folks on the mailing list are very helpful.
May be worth a try.
CJ
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