On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:11:46 -0700, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Pepebuho wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I installed a FC3 system to work as my Home Music Server. It is replacing an > > old 100 CD Mega Changer that is quite full by now. > > > > The system uses the TV as monitor and I added a wireless keyboard and a > > wireless mouse to control it from afar. > > > > After some initial problems and Google lookups I had everything up and > > running reasonably well. > > > > My question is, What software is best to work as a multimedia center. I am > > not doing DVR stuff yet although I might in the future, but it is not a > > priority yet. > > > > I want to digitize my 100+ CDs into the hard disk, play them back, and make > > it very easy to search the hard disk for music. I want it to be very easy > > to compile new playlists and save them. > > > > If it were up to me, Sound Juicer and Xine would fit the bill, but I am not > > the only user of the system. There are other, older, people at home who are > > not as computer-savy as me and I would like this to be their introduction to > > computing, maybe they will get more interested once they master one activity > > (creating playlists, playing their favorite music) with the computer to do > > more. :) > > > > Thanks for you recommendations. > > > > Javier Perez > > ________________________________________________ > > Message sent using > > Inter.net 2.7.2 > > > http://www.videolan.org/ > Free Software and Open Source video streaming solution for every OS! > > -- > Robin Laing > Sorry, I want to play (not serve ) Audio. VideoLan seems to be for streaming video only. Javier -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| pepebuho.jp@xxxxxxxxx ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.
