On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 06:35:02PM +1100, Ben Donohue wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking to setup a pc with an output to a tv (big flatscreen) to > play video files. Sort of like home theatre. > > or video files over a lan connection from a server. > > recording tv is not necessary but may be good. > > Is there a Linux distro that does this or do people go for a hardware > appliance?
I have a mac mini with plex on it. PLex is a fork of Xboc Media Center - originally for the xbox, it has bee ported to linux, great for filing tv shows and movies and pictures and music, doesn't do TV recording :(. If you don't care about the later I would recommend having a look at XBMC Alex > > Thanks > Ben > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." - George W. Bush 10/18/2000 LaCrosse, WI
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