[ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu Media Server?

[Rob Ludwick]

+1 for Boxee.  The Boxee box was released recently.  

XBMC is nice because there is a Windows and a Linux version of it, so
it's cross platform already, meaning you can move from Windows to Linux
or vice versa. and the interface remains basically the same.

There's a lot of hope for this:
http://hd.engadget.com/2010/07/21/hdhomerun-prime-with-cablecard-might-work-with-mythtv-after-all/

Having said what I said about MythTV, I might reconsider it if this
comes out, The HD Home Run uses Ethernet, which makes it a breeze to set
this up inside of it.  No weird driver needed.

On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 10:16 -0500, John Meuser wrote:
> There is a Linux Version of XBMC:
> http://xbmc.org/
> https://launchpad.net/xbmc
> 
> I use that on one setup, on another I use boxee:
> http://www.boxee.tv/
> Which is a highly customized version of XBMC.
> 
> Both work very well and are easy to use.
> 
>                 John
> 
> On 11/10/2010 8:12 AM, DJ Gregory wrote:
> > I've looked into XBMC, but as I have no old Xbox, just the one I use 
> > from day-to-day playing I ruled that one out.  A DVR would be nice, but 
> > not necessary.
> >
> > I appreciate everyone's input into this, and I'll continue my search 
> > today and if I find any solutions, I'll pass them along here.
> >
> > Also, has anyone ever taken the CompTIA Linux+ Certification test?  Just 
> > curious if it's worth getting (I'm trying to urge my company to go to 
> > linux based servers)  I'm studying for my Servers+ right now and i 
> > figure if I get that and my Linux+, I'd have a good argument, I just was 
> > curious if anyone had taken that exam and wondered what the difficulty 
> > level was and value for the dollar.
> > Thanks,
> >
> > DJ
> >
> > On 11/9/2010 11:09 PM, Phil Buckler wrote:
> >> I was using mdadm for software raid, samba for file sharing, and xbmc
> >> on an old xbox for my media center.
> >>
> >> I found that mdadm worked well but it made me nervise any time I
> >> touched it (I'm not an expert).  So now I use a d-link DNS-321,
> >> network attched storage. It works great.  It has nfs, samba, and FTP.
> >> It is a custom linux os from d-link. I have found on the Internet
> >> where people have soft-modded them into full web servers among other
> >> things.
> >>
> >> Xbmc is great they make a windows, and Linux version as well as the
> >> xbox.
> >>
> >> I'm not much of a tv guy and I had streaming issues from my storage to
> >> my xbox on ether the nas or pc stroage so I think it may have
> >> something to do with my router.
> >>
> >> That my two cents spend it wisely
> >>
> >>
> >> Phil Buckler
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from my moble device, please excuse any typographical errors.
> >>
> >> On Nov 9, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Michael Schultheiss<schultmc at cinlug.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> DJ Gregory wrote:
> >>>> Everyone,
> >>>>
> >>>> I've been using Ubuntu for awhile, but really got into it around
> >>>> Hoary
> >>>> Hedgehog.  I enjoy any Linux distro on a whole, but I want a media
> >>>> server, preferably based on Ubuntu Server.  Can anyone recommend some
> >>>> programs and/or methods to set up something like this?  I have
> >>>> ideas and
> >>>> I've seen solutions, but I want to get some of our members opinions
> >>>> here
> >>>> as to what is good to actually use.  Forums are fine to search around
> >>>> in, but not personal enough.  I'd like to get some real life input in
> >>>> how things work.  Any good ideas?
> >>> What are you looking to do with your Media Server?
> >>>
> >>> I would take a look at Mythbuntu [0] - it utilizes MythTV [1] and
> >>> does a
> >>> lot of media related things.
> >>>
> >>> [0] http://www.mythbuntu.org
> >>> [1] http://www.mythtv.org
> >>>
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