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
>
>
>
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