Media Center che "ciucci" poche risorse

[elcachondosupersonico]

Salve a tutti,
uno di questi giorni ho deciso di utilizzare un mio vecchio pentium III per come media center in salotto.
Unico problema è che quando provo a far girare media portal(un programma di media center che ho trovato sul web) mi dice che la mia scheda video (matrox g550 millenium) è troppo poco potente e così mi si blocca.
Stavo cercando un programma alternativo a media portal molto semplice , in quanto l'unica cosa che mi interessa principalmente è avere una schermata grafica semplice semplice dove possa ascoltare musica e vedere immagini ,film e dvd senza i vari programmi di registrazione tv o visione tv di cui non sono interessato.

Qualcuno sa aiutarmi?

Grazie

[elcachondosupersonico]

Ho provato xlobby e myhtpc...ma non mi soddisfano più di tanto...qualche consiglio?!

[the_joe]

Ho provato xlobby e myhtpc...ma non mi soddisfano più di tanto...qualche consiglio?!

GeexBox non serve nemmeno l'installazione.

[elcachondosupersonico]

ok ma se volessi vedere un dvd non posso perchè avrei bisogno di 2 lettori dvd che non ho, e seconda cosa le configurazioni come le salvo?

[the_joe]

ok ma se volessi vedere un dvd non posso perchè avrei bisogno di 2 lettori dvd che non ho, e seconda cosa le configurazioni come le salvo?

Non ti servono affatto 2 lettori perchè appena caricato, puoi estrarre il cd dal lettore, poi è possibile installarla sull'HD o persino su una penna USB come una qualsiasi altra distro.

Per tutte le info = http://geexbox.org

Using the installer ...
GeeXboX maybe is a LiveCD but it can also be installed on disk (only on i386 for now). Then, you're able to quickly and easily install the system on any IDE hard disk, Compact Flash or USB keys (check that your motherboard's BIOS support boot from USB-HDD). You can install GeeXboX on a new disk (standalone partition) or on an empty partition from your current disk. All you need is a partition with at least 8 MB of disk storage (16 MB would be nice, so that you can add more codecs and backgrounds).

Installation is not at all difficult. You can either do it from an existing GNU/Linux system or directly when booting the GeeXboX CDROM (recommended). At the IsoLinux prompt "boot:" (just before loading GeeXboX), just hit a key and type install. The GeeXboX will now load on a menu for disk install.

Just follow the instructions and choose the hard disk on which you want GeeXboX to be installed. Disks are named with Linux systems notation (hda, hdb, hdc, hdd for IDE disks or sda, sdb ... for Serial ATA, SCSI or USB disks). The 'a' letter stands for the master IDE 0 device, 'b' for the slave IDE 0 device ('c' and 'd' are the same but for IDE 1 channel). The same goes for non-IDE controllers. When you're done, you'll get a cfdisk screen which will let you partition your disk. Use the arrows to go to any partition representing Free Space and hit the New button. Then, you go choose the type of partition you want. Many filesystems are currently supported : FAT 16/32 and EXT2/3. Please choose Type 0B for FAT32 (recommended if you want to see and edit your disk from Windows) of Type 82 for EXT (Linux) filesystem. Finish with Write and then Finish. Please note that it does not matter anymore if the partition where you want GeeXboX to be installed is a primary or logical one, nor if it has the bootable flag turned on or off.

Confirm the partition where you want the system to be installed and format it if you like to (recommanded). The GeeXboX installer will autodetect the kind of filesystem you've choosed before and format it accordingly. If you've decided to use EXT filesystem, it is recommended to format it in EXT3.

The next steps or optional. The GeeXboX installer propose you to configure the system the way you can have done it using the ISO generator. You'll then be prompted a network configuration wizard. Following the different screens, you'll be able to specify whether you want to use an ethernet or WiFi NIC, if you want to use DCHP IP addressing or define it manually, but also determines the Samba login and password to use to mount remote shares.

After that, the installer will check your computer for the presence of an analog TV card. If you do have a supported one, you'll be able to start for frequencies scanning in order to automatically detect available channels and configure MPlayer for such a future use.

Then, the installer asks you whether you want a bootloader to be installed or not . A bootloader is software that lets you boot from a partition. You can choose between GRUB or SysLinux as bootloaders. It is highly recommended to choose GRUB, which has much more features. Only choose SysLinux if you're trying to boot from USB disk and has a pretty old BIOS that doesn't support booting from USB-HDD (so use SysLinux for compatiblity problems only).

If you already have a bootloader on your disk, there's no need to install a new one, but you'll have to add boot arguments to it by hand to boot GeeXboX from it. Otherwise, if you have no other operating system on this disk or if you have a computer with a Microsoft Windows system, that doesn't allow multiboot, it is recommended to accept installing the bootloader. The GeeXboX installer will scan your disk for existing operating systems and create a multiboot that let you choose whether you want to be your former OS or boot GeeXboX. When done, you should be able to boot GeeXboX from hard disk just like any other system.

If you really like GeeXboX and use it frequently, it would be a really good idea to install it on a hard disk. Indeed, the system can be seen as a new drive on Windows (if you'd choose to install on a FAT partition) or Linux and hence, it can be easily modified to fit your needs (changing MPlayer's configuration file, supported remote, network configuration ...) without having to regenerate the ISO and burn a CD.

Personalmente non l'ho mai installato, ma a quanto pare è semplicissimo