Media Center

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A silent compact PC with an embedded OS and multimedia capability.

Specifications

  • 8 USB ports
  • 4 Firewire ports
  • Wireless networking 802.11
  • Fast ethernet
  • Boots from flash card or USB device
  • Video: Composite RGB (NTSC/PAL), VGA
  • Integrated multi-format flash-card reader (CF, xD, Memory Stick) NZ$35
  • Infra-red interface for remote control
  • Web-based interface
  • Audio in/out
  • Microphone input

Hardware

Software

  • Boot from USB memory stick or compact flash card
  • Video player (MPlayer, VLC(**), Xine)
  • Audio player plays all audio formats including
    • mp3
    • aiff, wave
    • ogg
  • Picture viewing and organising software (via ImageMagick)
  • File transfering and sharing software
  • Can handle multiple audio and video interfaces. To play different music to two different rooms for example.

Interface

see User interface for design aspects or nodeInterface and PERL-SDL-SWF for development