I need htpc linux software

[jjj807]

I just built an htpc with ubuntu 8.04 and windows xp sp2 dual boot. Reccomend some good linux software to get started, media players, browsers, etc, cool programs all you guys use 🙂 Thanks

 

[QuixoticOne]

Mythbuntu is a ubuntu based distribution that automatically implements a HTPC that handles TV capture cards and peripherals and so on, and does other kinds of media server / player functions.

However if you want a general purpose unix box that is a media library / file server / player for stored media files and internet stuff, check out:
http://www.videolan.org VLC
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html
gstreamer (with all the codecs installed/supported, not a cut down version)
xmms (...)
xine (...)
tvtime for a TV viewer (not DVR)

and mythTV added on for HTPC TV DVR type stuff.

ffmpeg / x264 for encoding / transcoding.

Flash 10 for internet flash video support.

 

[Fox5]

XBMC is really nice software. I find it looks more polished than Myth.

 

[ethebubbeth]

While on the topic of Linux HTPC... does anybody know of any sort of equivalent to ffdshow filters in windows? I would love to be able to use lanczos resizing on standard definition media, as well as some form of noise reduction.

 

[Cogman]

Originally posted by: ethebubbeth
While on the topic of Linux HTPC... does anybody know of any sort of equivalent to ffdshow filters in windows? I would love to be able to use lanczos resizing on standard definition media, as well as some form of noise reduction.

sadly, no there isn't anything that really compares. gstreamer is your best bet, but it is a LONG way from what you want to do. mplayer has some built in filters but they aren't all that great IMO.

When working with videos (transcoding) I use avisynth through avs2yuv and wine. There just isn't much good linux video software available due to standardization issues.