I think I have found the media center software I am going to try first when I get the mini. It is called Xhub. You can find it at www.snarb.tk. The other two I was looking at are CenterStage (www.centerstageproject.com) and MediaCentral (www.equinux.com).
CenterStage looks like it is going to be absolutely sweet but it will probably never get finished. It is an open source project that the developers work on when they have time. I downloaded a zip of screenshots and the graphics are incredible. I'll try it when it is completed.
MediaCentral's list of features is impressive. The few screenshots they have on their site have not thrilled me though. The thing MediaCentral has going for it is Skype integration.
Xhub looks like the real deal. The graphics aren't as good as what CenterStage will look like but after reading through the forums, the feature set looks sweet.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Sunday, September 9, 2007
El Gato!http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
Check out the Elgato HD home run box. This is an HD streamer from the guys that make some very popular HD (ATSC&QAM) tuners!
Also, they make a pretty sweet looking H.264 encoder offloader!
Also, they make a pretty sweet looking H.264 encoder offloader!
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Mac firewire HDTV viewing
On the enormous thread on avsforum about Mac firewire recording, I read about how to watch live TV through firewire on the mac. The thread is so big, I didn't want to lose it.
Post:
Try the following modified version of AVCBrowser in conjunction with VLC.
Get a copy of VLC and copy it to your Applications folder.
Run AVCBrowser.
Find the source device in the AVCBrowser window, and open the device control panel.
"Open" the device using the upper-right button in the device control window.
Select the "Panel" tab on the device control window.
Push the "Start Viewer" button.
Watch TV.
You can use the other Panel control buttons to change the channel on the source device, etc.
What AVCBrowser does is:
Launch VLC and have it listen on a particlar UDP port.
Makes a connection to the source device's firewire output, and starts receiving a stream.
Opens an IP socket on the local-node/port.
Streams the data over to VLC.
Post:
Try the following modified version of AVCBrowser in conjunction with VLC.
Get a copy of VLC and copy it to your Applications folder.
Run AVCBrowser.
Find the source device in the AVCBrowser window, and open the device control panel.
"Open" the device using the upper-right button in the device control window.
Select the "Panel" tab on the device control window.
Push the "Start Viewer" button.
Watch TV.
You can use the other Panel control buttons to change the channel on the source device, etc.
What AVCBrowser does is:
Launch VLC and have it listen on a particlar UDP port.
Makes a connection to the source device's firewire output, and starts receiving a stream.
Opens an IP socket on the local-node/port.
Streams the data over to VLC.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Gyro Media Center Keyboard / Mouse
This mouse has a gyro in it so you can wave it around like a Wiimote.
You can also get it with a keyboard so that you can fully operate your HTPC. OSX Vista and (I believe) Linux compatible.
I saw this thing in CompUSA yesterday. It looks pretty cool.
100' range!
LINK
You can also get it with a keyboard so that you can fully operate your HTPC. OSX Vista and (I believe) Linux compatible.
I saw this thing in CompUSA yesterday. It looks pretty cool.
100' range!
LINK
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