Re: FreeBSD Media Center

2008-11-18 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue 2008-11-18 17:06:44 UTC-0500, michael ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> 550 MHz will be a bit slow for playing DivX/XviD movies, especially if >> they're high definition (beyond 640x480 approx). Presumably Windows >> is installed on it at the moment, so you can give the Windows version >> of V

Re: FreeBSD Media Center

2008-11-18 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:21:02 -0500, "Gary Hartl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all; > > I have an old laptop (Dell Inspiron 7500), P3 550mhz, 256mb ram 20 gig hdd. > > I am wondering what the validity of putting FBSD on it running VLC or > something like that feeding to my tv. > > Anyone with

Re: FreeBSD Media Center

2008-11-18 Thread michael
andrew clarke wrote: On Tue 2008-11-18 11:21:02 UTC-0500, Gary Hartl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have an old laptop (Dell Inspiron 7500), P3 550mhz, 256mb ram 20 gig hdd. I am wondering what the validity of putting FBSD on it running VLC or something like that feeding to my tv. 55

Re: FreeBSD Media Center

2008-11-18 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue 2008-11-18 11:21:02 UTC-0500, Gary Hartl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have an old laptop (Dell Inspiron 7500), P3 550mhz, 256mb ram 20 gig hdd. > > I am wondering what the validity of putting FBSD on it running VLC or > something like that feeding to my tv. 550 MHz will be a bit slow fo

RE: FreeBSD Media Center

2008-11-18 Thread Gary Hartl
-Original Message- From: michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November-18-08 11:30 AM To: Gary Hartl Subject: Re: FreeBSD Media Center Gary Hartl wrote: > Hi all; > > > > I have an old laptop (Dell Inspiron 7500), P3 550mhz, 256mb ram 20 gig hdd. > > &g

Re: FreeBSD Media Center

2008-11-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Gary Hartl wrote: > Hi all; > > > > I have an old laptop (Dell Inspiron 7500), P3 550mhz, 256mb ram 20 gig hdd. > > > > I am wondering what the validity of putting FBSD on it running VLC or > something like that feeding to my tv. > > > > Anyone with any feedback on this. > I believe it w