[..] > > If it's the latter, check out XBMC. > > I'll take a look, thanks. > Seems like hell to install, tho :-(
I appear to have deleted the original message. I installed "freevo" from the lenny repository about two months ago. Takes about an hour to configure - just copy the sample config file to your ~/.freevo/ directory and play with the well-commented config options until everything works the way you want it. You can run it from your id in your regular X session, or have it run under the freevo id on its own vt - vt9 by default - if you'd rather keep things separate. I don't have a TV card or a remote, so I can't vouch for how well supported they are but everything else from playing CD's, mp3's, radio streams, to TV streaming, DVD's, etc. worked out of the box. But then, I'm not a media center person by a long shot, I was looking for a text-mode (ncurses) front-end to mplayer and freevo by accident. I like the fact that it does not have a GUI interface stricto sensu: no scrollbars, pull-down menus, etc.. You have everything at your fingertips via keyboard shortcuts - which may be irrelevant if you plan to use a remote. > PS: That ones also seems to require 3D support, right? It doesn't > mean it'll be necessarily as sluggish as Moovida, of course, but > still... requiring so much compute power just for some minor eye-candy > boggles my mind. freevo is written in python but it's usually fairly quick for the functionalities that I used despite my antiquated hardware - 650MHz Pentium III & 384Meg of RAM. There are times when it mysteriously slows down to a crawl when navigating the on-screen menu - haven't had time to investigate. On the other hand I've never had it crash or lock up on me. Development is pretty active on the new 2.0 version - a rewrite, I believe, and the folks on the mailing list are very helpful. May be worth a try. CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
