Media software ala DLink DSM520 ... but for FreeBSD ... ?

[Marc G. Fournier]

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- --On Friday, October 20, 2006 16:12:01 -0400 Anish Mistry 
<amistry at am-productions.biz> wrote:

> On Friday 20 October 2006 12:44, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> I tried the DSM320, wasn't satisfied with it, since a bunch of my
>> videos didn't work, and I really hated the interface (would like to
>> be able to delete after watching) ... so I returned it.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do with a plain FreeBSD box to accomplish
>> *at least* what the DLink provided?
>>
>> I have a box now that I can plug into my TV (S-Video with Sound
>> Jacks), which is what I was using before ... but, the X display on
>> the TV is terrible, and the interface leaves alot to be desired for
>> my wife, so *she* won't use it ...
>>
>> So ... is there any 'media software' that I can run on FreeBSD that
>> would give her a nice interface to work with (web based, maybe,
>> with her using her laptop for controls from the couch?) ...
>>
>> Basically, I can't be the first one trying to do this ... anyone
>> have any good recommendations to make it as 'user friendly for
>> non-unix users' as possible?
> multimedia/freevo?

Sweet, am working on installing it as I type this ... will this also handle the 
'bad screen / graininess' that I find running X on a TV?  Or is there a 
recommendation for a better video card that I shoudl be using for this?  ie. 
something with TV-Out maybe?  I'm using S-Video right now ...

Thanks ...

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