Looking for Guru to help me with setting up a Linux MCE network. Trying desperately to avoid Windows MC but my fortran programming from NCSU is VERY rusty.

9/23/2008 7:41:47 AM

yeah, im pretty sure that most of it would be written in C, not fortran

but i could be wrong

9/23/2008 8:08:33 AM

I'm pretty sure you don't have to know how to program to set it up either.

http://www.linuxmce.org/

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"It is stable, easy to use, and requires no knowledge of Linux and only basic computer skills."

9/23/2008 8:15:59 AM

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"requires no knowledge of Linux and only basic computer skills"

that is the biggest bullshit i've ever seen.


i've been using linux for over 10 years and had issues with Linux MCE


ONLY USE MCE IF YOU ARE USING IT WITH LIGHTING AND CRAZY ASS SHIT. 1080p x264 MEDIA FILES WILL NOT PLAY WELL WITH LINUX. If it's just a media center, use windows vista or windows xp mce and MEDIAPORTAL or MEEDIO.

[Edited on September 23, 2008 at 10:38 AM. Reason : ]

9/23/2008 10:38:07 AM

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"1080p x264 MEDIA FILES WILL NOT PLAY WELL WITH LINUX"

That's not true in my experience.

9/23/2008 4:55:11 PM

I use Windows Vista Home Prem.

9/23/2008 5:17:48 PM

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"That's not true in my experience."

setup? codecs? etc?

9/24/2008 4:08:59 PM

http://code.google.com/p/coreavc-for-linux/ if you've got a multi-core CPU

However, VLC played 1080p just fine on my old Pentium D.

9/24/2008 7:39:58 PM

I just installed the TV Pack 2008 for my Vista MCE install and couldn't be happier. Finally able to get QAM channels.

If you want to use linux I'd recommend mythbuntu.

9/24/2008 7:58:25 PM

Until Microsoft fixes the network issues with VMC i'm sticking with mediaportal. VMC is almost unusable over a network.

Mythbuntu is cool though.

9/24/2008 9:15:20 PM

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"http://code.google.com/p/coreavc-for-linux/ if you've got a multi-core CPU"

tried it on a new ubuntu 8.04.1 install and couldn't get it to work ... coreavc wouldn't accept my key or whatever and couldn't find help anywhere.

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"Until Microsoft fixes the network issues with VMC i'm sticking with mediaportal. VMC is almost unusable over a network. "

the problem is read-only access. if you give it write access, it will save the thumbs to the network and not have to re-do them every time you access the folder.

[Edited on September 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM. Reason : ]

9/25/2008 9:42:00 AM

^the shared folders are all access read/write. Is there another option I have to change in vmc? I'm pretty sure that wasn't the problem.

9/25/2008 2:30:13 PM

i have absolutely no problems with VMC over my network.

9/25/2008 3:59:28 PM