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08-08-2004, 10:30 AM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu
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Multimedia OS
Hi all,
This was hard to search for, so hence started a new thread
Whats a recommended OS for a system that will be used to just play movies (DVD,XviD etc) out a TV out video card ??
Some files will be sent through the network ,so thats needed too.
in sumation it needs: - Movie file playback (DVD, XviD etc)
Network capable
TV out capable for an ATI VGA, most likely a 9200.
Run on old hardware well (doesnt all Linux)
Links would be much appreciated 
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08-08-2004, 05:59 PM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Sweden
Distribution: Debian
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Try checking out MythTV, this is excactly what it is. Sort of like a TiVo on steroids.
Håkan
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08-08-2004, 06:28 PM
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cheers for that
i'll check it out when i get back from class
thanx
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08-08-2004, 06:39 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Location: NJ, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Debian
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I would second the recommendation for MythTV, it is pretty much the best software you can get for a media computer.
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08-08-2004, 11:11 PM
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looks awesome!!
But seems geared towards TV viewing. I assume it works well for DVD and A/V file playback too ??
Thanx alot guys, i will give it a tet drive 
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08-09-2004, 02:20 AM
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Yes, couple it up with MPlayer and you're all set.
Håkan
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01-19-2005, 07:23 AM
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Finally got back some hardware i had out on loan and ready to give this a whirl.
Any particular flavour of Linux it runs on best ??
I see my distro (Mandrake) has RPM's for it.
Also, any light to be shed on the Video Out of it all ??
I got an Nvidia card to make life that little bit easier.
any tips??
thanx guys.
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01-25-2005, 09:11 PM
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Registered: Mar 2003
Distribution: GenMyth
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Mythtv Is a Great Opensource program with a helpfull community
There are other choices like freevo but don't offer as much.
For distros I use Gentoo and I'm liking it, For linux newbies check out Knoppmyth
Also lots of people have it working on Mandrake, Fedora, Suse, Debian
Heres a list of distros and how to get them working with myth tv
http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/LinuxDistros
Last edited by digitalb0y; 01-25-2005 at 09:16 PM.
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01-26-2005, 07:47 AM
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Location: Sydney, Australia.
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This feels like deja vu
Thanx for that additional link. Found a Mandrake guide there cheers.
I did try Knoppmyth but it seemed to have trouble installing smoothly on my hardware and having never used Debian before i felt at sea trying to check out the setup. So i am installing Mandrake 101 OE as we speak and see if i have any more luck.
With Knoppmyth, TV-out seemed to just work right out of the box. TV Picture stayed on right through boot up and OS start to where i could play a DVD (manually on command line [mplayer]) on the TV.
This is a top project that i look forward getting more involved with anyway i can.
PS: i would rather use Knoppmyth as i dont want waste services/programs installed/runing that are not needed for such a specific duty type system.
Last edited by DaveQB; 01-26-2005 at 08:05 AM.
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