Comments on: Media Centre experiments http://www.steve-c.co.uk/2008/06/17/media-centre-experiments/ Stephen Courtney's Blog Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:15:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://www.steve-c.co.uk/2008/06/17/media-centre-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Steve Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:15:33 +0000 http://www.steve-c.co.uk/?p=37#comment-690 As much as I want to support the Mythbuntu/MythTV projects, it looks like I'll be sticking with Vista - it's all working perfectly. Using the MyMovies plugin with AnyDVD from Slysoft means that whatever DVD I put in the machine gets copied automatically to the hard drive, and all the relevant meta-data is downloaded. Mythbuntu offers a similar feature, but there doesn't appear to be an easy way to get around the myriad different copy-protection routines the studios use these days. I haven't abandoned Ubuntu though - I'm currently installing a VMWare-based virtual machine for it (using Ubuntu Server 8.04 LTS). The VM will do what Linux does best - server-type things. I've left space on the hard drive for installing Mythbuntu again later, so I've not burnt all my bridges yet! As much as I want to support the Mythbuntu/MythTV projects, it looks like I’ll be sticking with Vista – it’s all working perfectly. Using the MyMovies plugin with AnyDVD from Slysoft means that whatever DVD I put in the machine gets copied automatically to the hard drive, and all the relevant meta-data is downloaded. Mythbuntu offers a similar feature, but there doesn’t appear to be an easy way to get around the myriad different copy-protection routines the studios use these days.
I haven’t abandoned Ubuntu though – I’m currently installing a VMWare-based virtual machine for it (using Ubuntu Server 8.04 LTS). The VM will do what Linux does best – server-type things.
I’ve left space on the hard drive for installing Mythbuntu again later, so I’ve not burnt all my bridges yet!

]]> By: John http://www.steve-c.co.uk/2008/06/17/media-centre-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-689 John Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:36:11 +0000 http://www.steve-c.co.uk/?p=37#comment-689 Don't do it Steve! Don't go over to the dark side for your MC, stick with your AMD based setup and a non MS base O/S, report back on a regular basis! When you have worked it out give me the instructions. GL John Don’t do it Steve!
Don’t go over to the dark side for your MC, stick with your AMD based setup and a non MS base O/S, report back on a regular basis!
When you have worked it out give me the instructions.
GL

John

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