This is big news for us HTPC users that run Nvidia graphics cards under Linux. It sounds like you need a GeForce 8 card or newer to take advantage of it though. Phoronix Over the course of the past few months we have been saying that the NVIDIA 180 Linux driver to be released in the fourth quarter of 2008 […]
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Regardless of the economic situation, saving a few dollars always makes sense. Here are few tips that should help the HTPC novice in the planning stage, or even the seasoned HTPC pro save a few dollars on their digital lifestyle. Going through the list of suggestions in my head, I am pretty impressed by what is available in terms of […]
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More Open Source news today! XBMC Atlantis surfaces with releases for Linux, Mac, and Windows! This release focuses on bug squashing. Alot of problems, at least in the past, with open source media programs is they have not taken the time to freeze features and focus on squashing bugs. It certainly looks like alot of the open source teams have […]
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Boxee has certainly garnered alot of attention over the past few weeks. Enough so to get a bit of money from a couple of venture capitalist firms. In that same post, they state their lofty goal is to attract 1,000,000 users by the end of 2009. What do you guys think? Is the open source/free Media Center world getting a […]
Read moreHulu, the website that everyone loves but not enough to make HTPC plugins for, has its eyes set on overseas markets. Given its success and buzz, it is not surprising to see Hulu expand in alternative market. It makes me wonder how well it will do with libraries that are not owned by the parent companies. Reuters Peter Smith, President […]
Read moreMore good news in the software world, Plex, the mac XBMC fork, has released a new version . The post I link to doesn’t have much in the way of release notes, just digg back through a few of the recent blog posts to figure out what is new. Plex Media Server – Allows for a client/server interface iTunes Visualizations […]
Read moreI honestly didn’t think EVR support would be SageTV’s next development priority. Of course, if I was a mind reader I would have a happier wife ;). Along with EVR support major advancements include HDPVR support enhancements in Mac & Linux, and Placeshifting enhancements. Click the read more for release notes. Click here for the SageTV beta forums. It looks […]
Read moreATI Catalyst 8.11 released today . Biggest improvement seems to be for linux folks with: New Display Enhancements This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for display scaling to resize the display devices that support TV timings (480i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) through either digital (DVI or HDMI) or analog (component) interfaces. There are also a few bug fixes in […]
Read moreBefore you read this, I will note that forum regular evilpenguin did admit he is highlighting the good parts in his quickie review of the new MacOS native media front-end Boxee. So don’t get all lovey dovey until he comes back and finishes his thoughts… I am sure he won’t leave us all hanging? Right? MetaData scraping – They put some […]
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When it rains it pours! A coupl eof more cool Sage updates out today. SageTV Utility This add-on provides a rich web-based remote control for SageTV using Flash Player. This utility includes the ability to switch between multiple SageTV servers, SageTV clients, and multiple extenders all from a single user interface. SageTV Remote Control also accepts keyboard shortcut keys to […]
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