>> > For those that don't know Media Center Extenders are network devices
>> > that plug into your TV and extend Windows Media Center Edition over a
>> > network. The idea is that you have your Media Center PC in one room
>> > and you have an extender in all the other rooms in your house that
>> > have a TV.
>>
>> I thought this is what uPnP is for. OK, uPnP sucks, but last time I
>> checked Microsoft was supporting it.
>>
> But is would be great to know that my Xbox 360 or SPS 3 were able to
> stream the media off of a freevo box.
I'm sure both support uPnP
> I don't think this should be shouldered by freevo, as these devices
> should come with media players and are build from the 2 most
> successful GUI designers int he world right?
??? 2 most successful GUI designers int he world ???
In terms of revenue ;-)
And this has nothing to do with GUI. There are some simple uPnP calls
and Freevo can announce the content of the hd to other devices. But if
you only want that and use the GUI of the external box, a simple uPnP
server for Linux is what you want. The problem with uPnP is not in
Freevo yet is that it is bloatware: http over udp (*shiver*), xml,
soap and other stuff to make it very complicated.
OK Cool. THis is all I want if I and when PS3 comes out.
> Does anyone know if there are ways to do this though? Plsy my avi's
> or dvb streams on these next gen devices?
If you only want to play files, check freshmeat for upnp server. But
why do you want a XBOX in you living room? They aren't very silent.
Well, it's a HT room actually. Going to have a big kick-ass projector
so I won't be sitting to close to whichever console it is. But my PC
which I have right now is not very silent. So I'd rather have and
always on noisy freevo box recording TV and serving music in the
garage say and then have a frontend interface which is silent or can
be turned off. Haven't really looked in depth at the options, but if
I'm going to own an xbox or ps3, then one want i have is to be able to
watch and listen to my media though it without having to buy DRM'd
content.
If I record TV, I want to watch it. If I rip my CD's to mp3 or
whatever, I want to listen to it.
My inital plan was to wire my noisy freevo box's video out from the
garage to my HT. But I'm not sure that this is a goer. I'd then
have:
a freevo box for wathing and recording and linstening.
a HD or blue ray DVD player
an XBox or PS3.
My amp only has 2 component inputs ;-). Oh and no HDMI. Damb this
A/v stuff is a PITA ;-).
Mick
> Are there any good web pages showing the archtecture plans or anything
> along those lines?
http://www.upnp.org/
Dischi
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