Re: [Nolug] Media box

Which part of this talks to netflix?

On Mar 9, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Dennis J Harrison Jr <dennisharrison@gmail.com
> wrote:

> My current setups for doing this on the cheap usually have a media
> server running fuppes (grab latest from svn, has my changes to
> properly display to xbox360 and ps3) Fuppes does transcoding with
> ffmepg or mencoder (some people have it working with handbrake on
> their mac)
>
> And each station to have an xbox360 (so it can handle hd). This also
> gives you the option of using netflix at whim.
>
> I use some pluto code gpl'ed from the linux mce project to send live
> tv from the tuners and control time shifting / playback.
> Setup requires some know-how, so ymmv.
>
> If you are interested in more specifics, let me know.
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Dane Reugger <dane@downtownpc.com>
> wrote:
>> I have an Xbox w/ wbmc (no mod chip though) - my problem with it
>> is that it
>> was too loud and not 1080i. I'm curious about the PS3 but don't
>> really trust
>> Sony to be flexible with media formats.
>> -Dane
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah well the xbox is half the price and it has decent games too. ;)
>>>
>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Bart Pittari
>>> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:26:21 -0500
>>> To: <nolug@nolug.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Nolug] Media box
>>>
>>> Wouldn't a PS3 do close to what you're looking to accomplish?
>>> It's got
>>> Blu-Ray, an on-board hard drive, wireless, can have Linux
>>> installed and USB
>>> ports and also has capability (from what a friend told me) to be a
>>> music and
>>> media server.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> 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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