linux media

Extreme Tech: "Choosing Linux offers a number of advantages. In this article, we're going to show you how to build a Linux-based media center that acts as a music, video, and photo server for your entire house.

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Putting together a Linux-based media center PC still makes sense in 2010, even post–Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6.

Here's why—and how to get started.

Phoronix: "AMD has been shipping an XvBA library with their ATI Catalyst Linux driver since last year, but they have yet to release any documentation on the XvBA API or any patches to implement the support within any Linux media players.

Heck, AMD has not even officially confirmed XvBA with Phoronix being the lone source of information for the past year."

Ubuntu Manual: "Remuco is a duplex remote control system for Linux media players and mobile devices equipped with Bluetooth or WiFi."

TuxRadar: "In this tutorial we're going to show you how to set up two types of media server: an on-demand server for all media types, and a streaming server for audio files."

BerkeleyLUG: "The three media centers I list are my favorites. All of them integrate easily with MythTV by adding a simple menu item, and each work greats with remotes and looks good on your TV."