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I've been running XBMC as my media centre for years now, first on a hacked XBox (original) and then on a hacked Apple TV (first gen). It's a great piece of sof
by AndrewDucker 16y ago
I've been running XBMC as my media centre for years now, first on a hacked XBox (original) and then on a hacked Apple TV (first gen).
It's a great piece of software, happily streaming from my NAS box, playing music, etc. Not found anything it doesn't play yet.
And there are remote control apps for iPhone and Android too!
- fierarul 16y agoI've heard of XBMC but I never saw the need for it as it seems to require all this ecosystem around it (storage for movies, computers for downloads, etc) so I might just as well use a laptop directly. Has it reached a point where I can just install it on some hardware (which?) and leave it at my parents', connected to their TV? General usecases I see: normal TV(maybe PiP, timeshift, record), youtube, local/remote photos, CD/DVD movie playback, ideally semi-automatic torrent download.
- AndrewDucker 16y agoIt's just a media (photos/music/TV) player. It's better than a laptop because it just sits under the TV, and you can get it on a box for about $100. Personally, my TV is hooked up to an amp, sits in front of the sofa, and is a much better experience than watching things on a laptop. If you want timeshifting and recording then you want something like a Tivo (or MythTV if you want to do that yourself).