benanzo Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 I am itching desperately to build a system to sit under my tv and house my xvid/divx collection for playback via analog tv-out. I have a couple questions as to the viabilty of using mdv 2006 as the OS. I have googled around quite a bit but it's painful going from one obscure 3 year old forum post to another... has anyone attempted this, (i'm sure you have) basically all i want this system to do is house the files for playback at reasonable quality and be controlled either via RF kb/m or remotely via tightvnc from windows. does anyone have any advise as to a media manager osd like freevo? i would like to use my ati rw2 if that's possible. the basic specs: celeron d 315 2.2ghz asus p4v8x-mx mobo (audio, lan, sata, raid, etc) sapphire radeon 9250 w/ tv-out 2x 200gb sata hd raid 0 no monitor...just tv out and remote manage via tightvnc i guess what i'm asking is if mdv 2006 would be suited for this kind of stuff...or does anyone know of a linux that purely designed for media center control via tv screen like windows mce and whatnot. i think freevo on top of mdv would be just fine but have little experience and need something suitable. i don't need the machine to do any encoding or 3d, just playback my xvids/mp3/dvds full screen with good picture/audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 If you just want to play your divx collection you don´t need a htpc solution: just a fileserver and lirc (linux infrared control) is enough. You can install a vnc server on the file server if you want to control it from widows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benanzo Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 I thought about this and decided that I wanted something that could have full function for basic pc tasks (web browsing, etc) although i know crt tv is awfully blury, i also thought it would be neat to eventually upgrade the gpu/cpu to do some 3d gaming and pvr work...just want to keep my options open- but for now I want to establish the base system and get comfortable enough with it's reliabilty to do what I most what it to (playback dvd/divx/mp3, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Basically there are 2 options then, Freevo and Mythtv. I´ve used both (now using Mythtv). I´ve written howtos (see the tips and tricks forum) how to install these. As with everything else: if you know what you are doing it is easy. Mandriva 2006.0 works perfectly with mythtv. I don´t know about freevo with 2006.0 but I doubt you will have problems. I think you should just install it and see how it goes. if you need specific advize for som eof the problems you will run into post them here. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 If you want the box running as quick easy as possible then maybe try knopmyth... should allow you to test it out and get comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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