Media Centre: Which One to choose?
Steve Reilly
sfreilly at roadrunner.com
Thu Nov 12 01:25:46 UTC 2009
Brian McKee wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Aryan Ameri <info at ameri.me> wrote:
>> 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.
> The kicker might be the 'music' part. None of them are that great for
> large collections in my opinion.
>
> I like XBMC best of those choices, but it won't record. It handles
> DVD's and movie files over the network very well, and looks good too.
>
> Freevo was a real pain to configure last time I used it, but worked
> well if you got it working the way you wanted.
>
> Install all of them and see what works for you.
>
> Brian
>
using mythbuntu and boxee here. if you want to record tv you dont have
much choice in *not* using mythtv. speaking strictly free software here.
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