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Linux as a HTPC Justin Garrison What is a HTPC? Music Video Pictures DVR What isn't a HTPC Computer HTPC Mouse Remote Keyboard Alternate controls Multi-tasking Single task at a time Content creation Full Screen Mobile Content consumption Why use Linux? What's Missing? Stability DRM Hardware requirements Commercial support Hardware support Hardware support Cost What is a Media Streamer? Streams existing content No tuner support Doesn't mean no live TV NHL, MLB, ESPN, YouTube Streaming Software XBMC/Boxee/Plex Showtime Elisa/Moovida GeeXboX MythTV VLC/VideoLAN Streamers Based on Linux Popbox Popcorn Hour Roku Dreambox GoogleTV Asus O!Play Boxee Patriot Box Office WD TV Xtreamer Micca MPLAY-HD XBMC Boxee Local content Web content DIY software Appliance and Software Multi-platform No skinning Skinning No tuner support Basic tuner support Commercial backing (Windows, OS X, embedded) DVR: Why bother? Save Money Flexibility Freedom of using content Transcoding Copying Archiving Commercial skipping Advanced features Tuner cards ATSC (OTA) QAM CableCard Tuner card connections PCI/PCI-E USB Video Connections Firewire PCMCIA Coaxial Ethernet Component HDMI CableCard Ethernet (IPTV) MythTV Unique architecture Easy expansion 100% free Limitless possibilities "Easy" to set up distros Mythdora Mythbuntu MiniMyth LinHES MythTV Controls IR/RF/BT Remote KB/M Apps MythWeb MythTV External Controls IR blasters Firewire RS-232 TCP/IP USB HDMI CEC Other DVR Options Freevo LinuxMCE TVheadend SageTV TiVo Moxi The Downsides Time investment Money investment No CableCard Support Depending on your provider No commercial 3rd party software support No Satellite TV support without expensive hardware Future of Linux HTPCs Embedded platforms XBMC Boxee OpenELEC OpenBricks Other commercial boxes IPTV AllVid RVU DRM: UltraViolet, Keychest, and Google One Pass References and Contact http://j.mp/LinuxHTPC - Full presentation http://j.mp/rothgar - My How-to Geek articles http://1n73r.net - Personal Blog http://twitter.com/rothgar [email protected] http://mythtv.org http://j.mp/mythtv-users http://mythtv.org/support http://xbmc.org http://boxee.tv.

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