Gee Xbo X Media Centre Jonathan Davis www

Gee. Xbo. X Media Centre Jonathan Davis www. geexbox. org www. jonathandavis. me. uk

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre - Background - Features - Hardware - Operating System - Demo - Remote's - GUI Builder - Customization

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre A bit of background: - Nothing to do with Microsoft XBox! - Development started in November 2002 - First Release (0. 90 -1) in May 2003 - Originally designed to play Div. X video

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre Features: - AVI Video (DIVX / XVID / H. 264) - DVD / VCD / CD - MPEG 1/2/4 - RM / WMV / MOV - MP 3 / WAV / OGG - Images through FBI (Console) - TV Tuners (Analogue and DVB)

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre Hardware: - Will run on a P 2 -400 / 64 MB RAM - Basic Wi-Fi Support at the moment - Supports Analogue and DVB TV Cards - Mounts remote NFS, Samba or UPn. P Shares - Only needs a Small EXT 2/3 Partition (No Swap) - Will read FAT and NTFS partitions

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre Operating System: - 6 MB ISO - Command Line MPlayer (No X) - Customized Boot. Splash / MPlayer Theme - Runs from Live. CD / HDD or USB Install - Busybox Shell - Optional Telnet/FTP/HTTP Server - Uses GRUB Boot Loader

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre So what does it look like?

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre Remote Support: - ATI Remote Wonder - Supported by default in GB - Supports any LIRC Remote

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre GUI ISO Builder for Windows and Linux: - Enable or Disable HTTP/FTP/Telnet Services - Configure Themes and Remote Info - Setup screen resolution and colours - Network Settings (Ethernet / Wi-Fi) - Include Additional Packages/Codecs - Edit configuration files before ISO creation - Configure LCD panel displays

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre Customization - Grub splash screen - Backgrounds are Div. X AVI files - Bootsplash loading screen - Audio can be included

Dragoon Theme

Penguin Diffusion Theme

Water Theme

Movies Theme

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre Version 1. 0 Released in July 2006 Latest Developments: - Network Stream Support (Shoutcast) - MEncoder – Save Analogue/DVB TV - DVD Menu Support (Using DVDNav) - Display of ID 3 Tags for MP 3/OGG

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre My Gee. Xbo. X: - 256 MB SDRAM (W/Heatsinks) - 1. 2 Ghz AMD Athlon - ATI Rage 32 MB – TV-Out - 80 GB HDD - ATI Remote Wonder 1 - Samba to 200 GB Ubuntu Share - Fancy Neon Case!

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre In the Pipeline: - Brand new interface! - Developing the web interface (CGI) - Better Network Stream Support (MMS) - MEncoder – Save Analogue/DVB TV - Better wireless and DVB support - Auto-playing of removable drives - Vobcopy to backup DVD

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre Getting Gee. Xbo. X: - ISO's/GUI Builder available from www. geexbox. org - CD's available from www. linuxmedia. co. uk www. linuxdisks. co. uk www. thelinuxshop. co. uk

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre Questions?

Gee. Xbo. X - Open Source Media Centre Thank you for listening! Presentation available at: www. jonathandavis. me. uk/geexbox