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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:39:10 +0000 Rob Beard wrote: > Michael Mortimore wrote: > > On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:56:24 -0000, Grant Sewell > > <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Looks interesting. I wonder if the UI is Free, and if it is how > >> easy it'd be to get it running on a higher spec machine. > > > > If you're only interested in the UI, have you looked at mythtv? > > pretty spiffy pvr solution which probably can do more than the > > hisense can. It supports recording tv based on schedules, playing > > videos and music from any mounted drive (as long as you tell it to > > look there), dvds, remotes via lirc and you can choose which > > players it uses (or use the internal one). > > > I'd agree with that, looking at the review of the device, MythTV > looks nicer. Or even dare I say it, Windows Media Center. I had Mythbuntu on my media centre for a while. To be honest, MythTV can do a heck of a lot, but its UI is not that great and is/can be very confusing for people more used to "main-stream" standalone applications - ie Amarok, iTunes, etc, etc. > > for the lazy option, install ubuntu then the mythbuntu-desktop > > package. whether you chose ubuntu, kubuntu, xubuntu or whatever, > > make sure to use gdm if you want the autologin feature to work from > > mythbuntu control centre (if you use kdm then you have to set it in > > the system settings). if you're having the box as a dedicated media > > centre, xubuntu is probably the best option since mythbuntu-desktop > > makes use of xfce too. > > When I get a dedicated machine this is what I'll probably do. I've > been playing around with Windows Media Center this evening on Windows > 7. I hate to admit it, but Windows 7 and MCE is nice, very nice. It > still did give me more grief than Ubuntu though (there is an annoying > feature in Windows 7 where by default you can't output the same audio > via digital output and analogue outputs at the same time). Because you *might* be copying the AV through the analogue output! God forbid you might not have bought the latest £1000s worth of AV kit and merely want to play your AV on the kit you *do* have... oh, no... if you have analogue kit then you're clearly intent on copying media! *and relax* Grant. :D -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html