Random Parts
Below is the pieces of the puzzle I'm working with.
- Olevia 32" HD LCD TV
-
Mac Mini 1.83ghz
- 2 gigs of ram
- 80 gig internal drive
- Drobo 1.8TB Raid
- HDHomerun
- Software
- Mac OS X 10.5 - Front Row 2.0
- Sapphire Browser (Front Row/Back Row pretty displayer)
- Miro (replaced Juice for managing podcasts)
- Handbrake
- VLC (currently using for problematic codecs)
- Perian (Quicktime codec package)
- Transmission (Bittorrent Client)
- Shell Scripting
- PHP
- Schedule Direct TV Guide Service
Goal
The simple goal is just to be able to play the unlicensed anime I download on
my TV along with video podcasts, digital prerecord video, and ripped DVDs I own.
However, the deeper goal is to allow this to all be done in such a way where I don't have to lift very many fingers to support it. The main thing is to bridge the digital gap in such a way where anyone can come into my home and use it without too much education.
Notes
Rough set of notes I've published at this moment. None of this really
explains what I've done, but gives a feel for what direction in which I'm
moving towards.