[NCLUG] DVD player/media library

[Andrew Gilmore]

John,

I've been experimenting with PLEX media server/home theater. There are up
to date RPMs available at least for the home theater portion, and the media
server looks pretty mature.

Cons:
I'm not crazy about it's emphasis on transcoding and CPU hogging :(
the log files are present, but fairly opaque.
The media matching picked some shows that were a bit off...
You Tube channel doesn't seem to work yet
not open source, as far as I can tell
Android app is for pay, unless you subscribe
No Wii channel (hey, I can dream, right?)

Pros:
On screen interface seemed solid once I got used to it.
Handbrake writes files and subtitles that work well.
Music/Movie/TV Show/Home Movie split of media works pretty well.
Watches media directories

Anyway, this is one of those projects that comes and goes in priority.

Andrew :)


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:00 PM, <nclug-request at lists.nclug.org> wrote:

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> From: John Gilmore <j.arthur.gilmore at gmail.com>
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> I'm looking for an application to use as a media center. MythTV
> doesn't really fit, as I have (and want) no broadcast video source.
> VLC and such don't have a library interface for picking which movie to
> watch. Moovida sounds OK, but seems focused more on streaming
> media/youtube, and their site is so flashy I distrust it on principle,
> and can't seem to find and real documentation or feature lists.
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> My main objectives are:
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> Play movies from a remote file server.
>    - Needs a graphical interface, so the three year old can start her
> own movies without touching a DVD.
>    - Any transfer/streaming method is fine, but I'd prefer NFS, SMB,
> or HTTP as I already have those set up on the server.
>    - LIRC required, three year old should be able to play with the remote.
>    - Since a three year old will be playing with the remove,
> configurations options MUST be lockable/disabled/keyboard only
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> Play DVD's
>    - Should automatically add them to the library, so my wife doesn't
> risk the three year old damaging DVDs she buys because she can't
> figure out how to add them.
>
> Play Music
>    - Lower priority, but it'd be nice. MUST have a good search
> function, favorites, recently used, or SOMETHING to make finding the
> CD's I want out of a few hundred is managable.
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> Limited or No internet
>    - Toddlers shouldn't be able to browse youtube, hulu, or anything else.
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> I have multi-monitor setup and working with xrandr, and have a couple
> nice scripts to change mirror/side-by-side settings. I want to bind
> these to a button on the remote, so the 12yr old can play video games
> on the computer screen while the three year old watches a movie on the
> big screen, OR we can watch a movie on both screens for a larger
> audience when we have friends over (18 children and 8 adults don't fit
> in the room with the big screen)
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