[ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu Media Server?

[John Meuser]

I just got my Boxee Box yesterday, it's a pretty slick device.
Unfortunately, they removed Hulu support from the latest version of the
software. They are apparently in talks with Hulu to possibly have it
officially supported.

                        John

On 11/11/2010 5:46 PM, Rob Ludwick wrote:
> +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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