I do this at home. I started with my windows box, then built a linux file server running samba. Now, I've got 2.3tb in my mac pro and probably another tb in a vista box, and I share all hdd's at the root level. I then have an original xbox with a mod chip, running xbmc. With it, I can browse into any smb share. I'll have a directory like DVDs, open it up, and it's full of iso's. Xbmc will open the iso and mount it virtually over then lan, as if I had put the dvd in the drive. What's even more amazing, is if you have an iso that is rar'd up, xbmc will open the rar and the iso within it, and stream that as well. You can also do the same thing with mp3s, pictures, etc... It works perfect and the xbox has component video and optical audio out.
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From: "Mischa D. Krilov" <rossum@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:48:34
To: <nolug@nolug.org>
Subject: [Nolug] Media box
Hi, gang.
In the best of all possible worlds, I want to archive all of my
existing DVDs to a box with a fat hard drive and watch any of them on
a TV at whim - including DVD menus and extra content - using only a
remote control. At this point in time, I'm less interested in
capturing a TV signal, but I suspect I'll tie into Hulu or Netflix
somehow.
Anyone have any experience with MythTV, Freevo, Geexbox, or know of
any alternatives that I should consider? I'm not adverse to buying
hardware, or reimaging an old Xbox or choosing wildly different
software than what I've mentioned.
Mischa
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