On 01/11/2013 12:14 PM, lelandj wrote:
I downloaded xbmc from Fedora 17 add/remove menu this morning. It
installed without issue. I've been playing around with it for
awhile. Cool!.
Regards,
LelandJ
I decided to connect xbmc, (eg xbox Media Center - I think), to my PS3
using UPnP. I scanned my Western Digitial 2TB media into a xbmc
library. The connection was made and I could play most of my movies on
my PS3, but not high definition movie, (eg .mkv) It seem xbmc does not
transcode HD movies for PS3 use. I have PS3 Media Server installed in
my Desktop computer right now, and it will stream everything I've thrown
at PS3 , including HD movies like .mkv.
This would not be a problem, if I had a PC connected to my HDTV. Then I
could use Fedora and xbmc media server to output to my HDTV, and it
would work with HD videio like .mkv files. I might consider a Fedora PC
running xbmc as my next media server with output to a large screen HDTV
for the monitor, at some point in the future.
Regards,
LelandJ
On 01/11/2013 09:35 AM, AndyHC wrote:
get (or re-use an old) powered USB hub, this powers the R Pi and
accepts a USB TV Tuner , the R Pi also has ethernet for online TV and
HDMI output to your HD TV. Add an SD card with Linux + XMBC and
you're cooking on gas! If you want a case use a cigar box <g>.
AndyD
On 11/01/2013 20:29, lelandj wrote:
On 01/11/2013 12:49 AM, AndyHC wrote:
On 11/01/2013 01:59, lelandj wrote:
Why not buy a cheap PC with hdmi video built into the motherboard,
and use your HDTV as its monitor? You could connect the PC to your
router for internet access. <snip>
We're back to Raspberry Pi then!
The Raspberry Pi come up short of what I consider a media server.
It's more like a toy to help kids lean about computers and
programming, which is fine, but it's not exactly HDCP compliant, and
it doesn't even come in a case with power supply and disk drive. lol
Advances in technology make it possible to hook a PC to a high end
HDTV, using a PC's hdmi out to pass both audio and video to the HDTV
through the computer's PCIe(X16) slot. Unix, Linux, Window, or your
favorite OS can be run on the PC to act as a media server, just as
if the hdtv was the PC's monitor. The manufacturer of the HDCP video
card would need to provide the drivers for whatever OS you use to
server media
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gt_430_1024mb_review.html
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130695&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814130695&gclid=CJf7hbLC4LQCFeuPPAod7HcAQQ
http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
Regards,
LelandJ
AndyD 8-)#
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