Media Centre: Which One to choose?

[Thomas Kaiser]

On 11/11/2009 03:59 PM, Aryan Ameri wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm doing some research in building a media centre, and I seriously
> don't know which one of the many options on Linux to go for. They all
> look good, have their weaknesses and strengths, so I thought I'd canvass
> the opinion here and see what people feel. 
> 
> My requirements are modest: the ability to record TV (that comes through
> a digital set-top box), play music and movies from a network share
> (running FreeNAS) and play the occasional DVD . I don't need heaps of
> config settings, simple UI would be preferable cause the non-geek
> members of the household should be able to use it too.
> 
> The current choices are:  
> 
> Boxee
> XBMC
> MythTV (Mythubuntu)
> Moovida
> 
> Let me know if I'm missing anything important!
> 
> Cheers
> 

There is freevo http://freevo.sourceforge.net, too.

Thomas