[olug] Very general question....

[SndChaser]

I've not tried to install Myth...  So far XBMC seems to be doing quite 
nicely...I was quite impressed when I was able to scan my 1TB music 
collection into it's database, even running from the Live image in 2Gig 
of memory (with the option to download artist / album / track reviews, 
info, etc. turned on).  I read a couple of good guides today on setting 
it up on a minimal Debian install, and configuring Sick Beard and Couch 
Potato with XBMC.

I am *seriously* giving consideration to trying to write some scripts 
for it...  I'm heavily into Creative Commons music, and see several 
opportunities to write plugins to support good CC sources: Libre.fm, 
Jamendo, FMA and Sonic Squirrel...for a start.  I'll have to dust off my 
python scripting skills and see if I can do anything.

So - does anyone else have any startlingly good reason(s) I should look 
at Myth over XBMC?  (Really trying to get a good comparison before I 
settle too much.)

George

On 16.12.2011 11:34, DYNATRON tech wrote:
> boxee is a fork of xbmc. i have heard good things, but i use plain 
> old xbmc
> on several platforms and enjoy it a lot. works great with SMB shares.
>
> both support python scripting, which can be quite fun if you want to 
> get
> your hands dirty. i have heard that boxee python isn't as good as 
> plain
> xbmc.
>
> a lot of people on this list use myth. i hear good things.
> On Dec 15, 2011 10:21 AM, "SndChaser" <sndchaser at cerebralrift.org> 
> wrote:
>
>> So, last weekend I was in Sol's and found an Acer Aspire X1200 (
>> http://bit.ly/s6Oq2O) sitting on a shelf without a price tag on it.  
>> The
>> thing I noticed about it is that it has an eSATA port in addition to 
>> it's
>> HDMI port.  So, I pulled it off the shelf and put it on the counter 
>> and
>> asked one of the guys "how much?"  They came back with a price of 
>> $200 for
>> everything (computer, keyboard, mouse, and monitor).  I managed to 
>> talk 'em
>> down a bit more and went ahead and bought it.  After cleaning it up
>> (cleaning the heat sink, blowing out the dust, and washing the case
>> thoroughly), I set it up in my living room and started playing with 
>> it:
>> upgraded the firmware, and grabbed a live XBMC disk...  Everything 
>> is
>> running like a top on it: video is working well, audio is perfect, 
>> etc.
>>
>> So, here's the situation / question: I am planning on making this a
>> permanent Media Center.  I'm going to get a 60G SSD for it, get my 
>> RAID set
>> up (eventually) and install something.  That's the question: what 
>> should I
>> install?  So far it seems like XBMC, MythTV, and Boxee are the three
>> primary choices.  But does anyone have any specific recommendations?
>>
>> I'm currently leaning towards XBMC on top of Arch, but I am 
>> definitely
>> wide-open to suggestions.
>>
>> George
>>
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