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Agent Buckshot Moose · 06-17-2010, 01:17 PM

I just have my media center computer hooked up directly to my TV. Originally I used MythTV on it, but then switched to Boxee. Then like 2 months ago the video blew up. I narrowed it down to an esoteric hardware problem. So I removed the TV capture card because I don't actually *watch* cable... It's stable for now. Hopefully it will continue to not explode.

DLNA/UPnP is probably the best way to share media over the network for watching it. There's XBMC and MediaTomb. There's also a really lightweight console based UPnP server, but I can't remember it. Make sure the client device can read whatever you're sending it. For example, the Xbox 360 will not play MKV files.

06-17-2010, 01:17 PM	#8
Agent Buckshot Moose Wiki Standards Team Wiki Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Geokill's closet Class/Position: Sniper/Demoman Gametype: CTF Affiliations: :e0: Co-leader Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	I just have my media center computer hooked up directly to my TV. Originally I used MythTV on it, but then switched to Boxee. Then like 2 months ago the video blew up. I narrowed it down to an esoteric hardware problem. So I removed the TV capture card because I don't actually watch cable... It's stable for now. Hopefully it will continue to not explode. DLNA/UPnP is probably the best way to share media over the network for watching it. There's XBMC and MediaTomb. There's also a really lightweight console based UPnP server, but I can't remember it. Make sure the client device can read whatever you're sending it. For example, the Xbox 360 will not play MKV files.