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On 12 February 2012 00:11, Alecks Gates <fuzzylunkinz@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Feb 11, 2012 6:54 PM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> So I've got Inara in position to be my HTPC box. Tried installing |
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>> MythTV, but I can't make heads or tails of how to have it do the |
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>> things I'd like it to do: |
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>> * Play DVDs inserted into the DVD drive |
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>> * Hit streaming websites like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Youtube, etc. |
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>> * Play video and audio files I already have. |
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>> * Launch games like StepMania and/or Frets on Fire. |
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> XBMC should do everything you're looking for, with a few plugins (launcher, |
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> youtube, bluecop?). I don't know the state of Hulu or Netflix (last I |
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> checked Netflix doesn't work due to Mono (Moonlight) DRM issues), but the |
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> xbmc forums should have that info. |
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> It's a very lovely program, and is just about to come out with a new release |
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> too. |
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+1 |
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Although you'll need to hack around to get calling to external |
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applications working (Stepmania), and at least historically, XBMC has |
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pretty high CPU usage when in the background. |
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For video capture, you're stuck using Myth, but there's xbmc->myth |
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connectivity in the new release. (I think that it's a new feature, at |
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least) |
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