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Hi,<br>
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On 11/02/11 15:47, Shanon Loughton wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTimXRXfsC=Yv+jYANKNPDSkxdPkADQ=2p7DLcmp6@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">My ubuntu media server is not connected to my tv - i
use mediatomb to serve and ps3 to play it all. If I replace
mediatomb with xmbc on the ubuntu server can you control the
record settings through the ps3 client?<br>
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Mediatomb and XBMC are two very different things.<br>
<br>
XBMC can serve its files to your network, but I am not sure if that
is compatible with the PS3 (have never tried that)<br>
XBMC is only a playback frontend, cannot do any recording, for tat
you need MythTV (as one example), which can also serve the files to
your network (I forget the term right now). <br>
again not sure if the PS3 can be used for picking up that served
content from MythTv.<br>
<br>
The PS3 client is just a playback service, so no, you cannot set any
schedules with it to mythtv. (that I am aware of)<br>
<br>
I stopped using my PS3 as a frontend client a long time ago as the
interface is very cumbersome/lacking.<br>
<br>
-Lucas<br>
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Shanon<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Lucas
van Staden <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">On 11/02/11 13:43, Tim Bowden wrote:<br>
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Thanks for all the advice. WAF is a big factor here, so
I'd like to<br>
get it right before I roll it out.<br>
<br>
It looks like I'll go with a Micro ATX motherboard for the
PCI slots.<br>
I'd like to run a separate back end system, but at the
moment that's<br>
not practical. I've got nowhere out of the way to run a
24/7 noisy<br>
backend system as I had to give up my study a while back
for a kids<br>
bedroom, and won't get one back till we move. I have an
old AMD-64<br>
dual core system lying around with a dead motherboard that
would make<br>
an excellent back end if I could find a new motherboard
for it. If I<br>
could find a Micro ATX motherboard that would still take
it, I'd<br>
consider it as as a front end, but I suspect it would be a
bit noisy<br>
with the cooling it would need.<br>
<br>
Interesting with the xbmc option Lucas. What are the
advantages of<br>
that over using the MythTV front end with MythVideo/Music
plugins?<br>
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Mostly mine is WAF related. (look and feel/ease of use)<br>
<br>
Last time I used mythtv frontend was a bout 4 years ago, and
wife did not like the interface at all.<br>
Tried skin after skin after skin....<br>
<br>
xbmc just LOOKS way better than any of the mythtv
skins/screen layouts that I have seen and tried.<br>
I started using it a long time ago when I did not have mythtv
running, as I had no need to record stuff (had a pvr box that
did that job back in the UK)<br>
and just wanted a frontend to view d/loaded content. and stuck
with it.<br>
<br>
I am very happy with it, and I myself think it is way better
looking than mythtv's frontend, and simpler to use.<br>
<br>
Now that xbmc is gearing towards integrating their frontend
with as many PVR backends as they can (mythtv seeming to be a
main one), it keeps the frontend the same no matter what
backend I am using, which again comes back to WAF.<br>
<br>
Other than that, not much else, off the top of my head.<br>
<br>
The xbmc plugins are great (and there are MANY), easy to
install using just the menus, no technical requirements, so
wife can install her own plugins as she sees fit.<br>
<br>
Can't comment on the music side, as I do not use that at all.
(xbmc or mythtv - I find those interfaces really cumbersome,
but not as bad as the PS3 interface to music - try and browse
a couple of thousand songs there! using just a remote)<br>
<br>
Our music is run on the same mini-itx box (as it is next to
the amp), but the interface we use is MiniRok, which I run
over the network via xorg's network transparency stuff (and
dxpc), and it allows the wife to play music using her own
actual pc, which sits in the dining room area. (easy
navigation/searching etc using actual kb and mouse - but the
music blasts out over the amp)<br>
<br>
see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.dedmeet.com/software-projects-mainmenu-12/remote-music-player.html"
target="_blank">http://www.dedmeet.com/software-projects-mainmenu-12/remote-music-player.html</a>
(little bit dated. Changed teh way i used dxpc to allow
swapping teh display about and I had wired the whole house
with cat6e since then. Also, we have moved on to MiniRok,
which my wife likes the most of all music players tried.- it
is simple, fast, and uses file navigation, not mp3 tags.)<br>
<br>
Minirok is run using dxpc, which is a compression layer and
speeds things up, not much use on the homes gigabit network
now, but it has one huge advantage:<br>
Minirok is always running on the mini-itx box, inside a dxpc
session, so I can just connect to that session via a call from
any pc in the home (all linux of course)<br>
<br>
So, I can 'seamlessly' swap the display from one pc to
another, and the music is not interrupted.<br>
Great for parties!<br>
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-Lucas</font>
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(Consumer Electronics Retail Shop)<br>
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(Linux)<br>
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Regards
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