| Grabowy, Chris on 14 Feb 2011 16:06:30 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] EXTERNAL: Speakers needed for all chapters! |
> I'd thought XBMC was a replacement for MythTV (which I also use and also > have some mixed feelings about). But per > http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=MythTV it seems more like it's an alternate > front-end? I have not used MythTV, but my understanding is that it provides DVR like capability. And there are some plugins to play your music, DVDs, etc. XBMC has no DVR/tuner capability built in. So, yes, they have added some code to XBMC to act as a frontend to MythTV. XBMC is like a media center. It will play any video format you have, any music format, etc. You can change the "skin" of XBMC. XBMC sort of assumes you already have the media and it plays it for you. Although it does have plugins to Youtube, etc. Plugins for the closed sites, like Netflix are not available, but generally you see some hacks posted on the forums. There are some really sweet videos of XBMC on youtube. Check'em out. The Aeon skin is my favorite so search for XBMC Aeon on youtube. -----Original Message----- From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of JP Vossen Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 5:17 PM To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org Subject: Re: [PLUG] EXTERNAL: Speakers needed for all chapters! > Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:45:21 -0500 > From: "Grabowy, Chris"<chris.grabowy@lmco.com> > > But I have been playing with and using XBMC for the past year. I would be happy to do a demo if there is interest. > > http://xbmc.org/about/ +1 for this. I'd thought XBMC was a replacement for MythTV (which I also use and also have some mixed feelings about). But per http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=MythTV it seems more like it's an alternate front-end? +1 or a Boxee talk/demo/whatever too. And/or related streaming stuff. E.g., has anyone hacked up a way to stream from Netflix to Linux? Or related stuff... +1 for the Eucalyptus EC2/Cloud stuff as well, I missed that in my other list. Later, JP ----------------------------|:::======|------------------------------- JP Vossen, CISSP |:::======| http://bashcookbook.com/ My Account, My Opinions |=========| http://www.jpsdomain.org/ ----------------------------|=========|------------------------------- "Microsoft Tax" = the additional hardware & yearly fees for the add-on software required to protect Windows from its own poorly designed and implemented self, while the overhead incidentally flattens Moore's Law. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug