2009/12/25 Gerald Dachs <v...@dachsweb.de> > > Am Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:43:06 +0100 > schrieb Carsten Koch <carstenkochelsd...@web.de>: > > > On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 17:55 +0000, Tony Houghton wrote: > > ... > > > > + I originally set up the system as a diskless (nfsroot) > > > > system, but KDE 4 (I am using OpenSuSE 11.2) performs > > > > unbearably slow, so I was forced to install a hard disk. > > > > > > Couldn't you use a much lighter desktop if this is a PC especially > > > for VDR? > > > > Running VDR is important, but not the only purpose. > > Surfing the internet, watching DVDs and BlueRays, etc. > > is a lot of fun on an HD beamer. :-) > > The desktop doesn't play DVDs or BlueRays. This is done by > xineliboutput, xine and xbmc ... To start xbmc a lircrc > skript for irexec would be enough. No need for a desktop. > Indeed, the only two applications running on desktop side would be X and the application which is your frontend, either xine or xineliboutput.
xineliboutput does have the advantage that it has a media menu built-in for alternative media. It can do things like watch dvd/iso/pictures/music/blu-ray/avi/wmv. The latest snapshot supports cropping when xineliboutput was set to use video vdpau. And you already have a nvidia machine. > > Gerald > > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
