geexbox

[markp1989]

just picked up an old computer for nothing, and thinking of setting it up as a media player, it has a 1ghz cpu, 256mb of ram and a 40gb hard drive, my tv has a pc in port, so im going to use it on this tv.

i tested the geexbox cd and i love it, i just purchased a 1gb cf card and a cf to ide adapter from ebay, under £10 for both.

i was going to put geexbox on the cf card, and use the 40gb hard disk for xubuntu ( i will use xubuntu to help me organize my files, and edit any files i need to change to set up geexbox) and to store the media files, i know that 40gb is not much in terms of media files, im, just going to test it out to see how i like it, and if i do i will get a larger hard drive for media files.


i just wanted to hear what other people think of geexbox? and if there are any tips people can give me to make my geexbox life easier

[K.Mandla]

Actually it's interesting to hear that you liked it so much. I tried it a month or two ago but it wouldn't start up for me on two different machines, so I kind of dismissed it out of hand. I hear it's fairly enjoyable for a "media center" ... what's your experience?

[markp1989]

i have only ever tried it from the live cd , i used it to play dvds, and to watch some of my divx movies. i never ran in to any trouble with it, i have an ati remote wonder which works flawlessly with geexbox aswell

[Ripfox]

I think Geexbox freakin' rocks. As a matter of fact, it plays video better than Ubuntu. It automatically etected and installed my ATI 9200 PRO tv out capability, at a decent resolution, as to where Ubuntu seems to only be ablr to use Vesa for tv out on this card AND I had to add stuff to xorg to make it work...which sucks because I need a good resolution on my tv with Ubuntu too. :(

[markp1989]

glad to hear you like it, im waiting for my cf card, nd cf to ide adapter to come through the post, then i will install it properly:D

[init1]

GeeXboX is great. Another distro to consider is WOMP!
http://womp.sourceforge.net/

[markp1989]

GeeXboX is great. Another distro to consider is WOMP!
http://womp.sourceforge.net/

im looking on there site, it looks good,its still in beta has anyone tried it? i want to know what you think of it

[markp1989]

i wonder if any one can help me, on the computer i have set aside for geexbox, it has a CD/cdrw/dvd combo drive in it, but when i put in any DVD,, be it a movie dvd, or a boot able DVD it will freze the system, even if i am at the bios screen, as soon as i take the dvd out it will unlock, any one have any ideas, or is the drive broken?

[init1]

im looking on there site, it looks good,its still in beta has anyone tried it? i want to know what you think of it
I've used it. It didn't look as refined as geeXboX but it still worked and was easy to set up. On my newer laptop, DVD play back was choppy and there was no sound. On my older laptop, however, the play back and the sound were great. In addition, WOMP! has a version with a web browser. All versions include mouse support. Overall, it's worth checking out.

[init1]

i wonder if any one can help me, on the computer i have set aside for geexbox, it has a CD/cdrw/dvd combo drive in it, but when i put in any DVD,, be it a movie dvd, or a boot able DVD it will freze the system, even if i am at the bios screen, as soon as i take the dvd out it will unlock, any one have any ideas, or is the drive broken?
I've had a simular problem before. I believe it's an issue with the drive.

[markp1989]

I've used it. It didn't look as refined as geeXboX but it still worked and was easy to set up. On my newer laptop, DVD play back was choppy and there was no sound. On my older laptop, however, the play back and the sound were great. In addition, WOMP! has a version with a web browser. All versions include mouse support. Overall, it's worth checking out.

i tried womp, my remote doesnt work, (ati remote wonder) do you know if there is a way to get it workin under womp?

[markp1989]

I've had a simular problem before. I believe it's an issue with the drive.

i thought it would be, ill see if any of my friends has a spare DVD drive i can steal lol

[markp1989]

its been 3 days since i ordered the CF card and the CF to ide adapter, the CF card is coming from birmingham, and the adapter is coming from Hong Kong, i really should of checked where it came from before i ordered it lol, and as im in london, i know its going to take a long time to get here and i am already getting impatient

[init1]

i tried womp, my remote doesnt work, (ati remote wonder) do you know if there is a way to get it workin under womp?
There probably isn't.

[markp1989]

There probably isn't.

ok thanks, il stick with geexbox as my choice for now, if i hear about anything before the cf card gets here, il test it

[jacob01]

i tried it but i didnt quit get how to play the files, i could not access my hard drive from the live cd and i was wondering weather yoiu could but some files on the live cd but i couldn't re compile the iso so it would start up when i booted to it.

how do you play the files and were do you put them?


this is probably a realy dumb question right.

[markp1989]

i tried it but i didnt quit get how to play the files, i could not access my hard drive from the live cd and i was wondering weather yoiu could but some files on the live cd but i couldn't re compile the iso so it would start up when i booted to it.

how do you play the files and were do you put them?


this is probably a realy dumb question right.
from my live cd, i can access my hard drive to read video files
i heard that there is a way to put a video on the live cd, i think it involves replacing the background.avi file on the cd, but i have
never tested doing that my self

[markp1989]

my cf card got here to day, now i just need the cf to ide adapter

[markp1989]

it was the drive, i stole a DVD drive out of my m8s old computer that he left at my house, and it works now.