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======Home Theatre PC======

<note>This hardware is now a low powered Linux server and I've opted for the [[:istar:istar]] instead.</note>

Well its actually built and I decided that I should get around to documenting what I did.  In the meantime here are some pictures of what it looks like.

I was downloading various things onto it so it was convenient to put in next to the hub.  I have now wireless enabled the box so it can be happy anywhere. :-)

For the software:
  * Windows XP
  * [[http://www.meedio.com/|Meedio]] for the HTPC interface
  * [[http://sites.mobile.yahoo.com/go/tv/index]] - YAHOO now owns meedio
  * [[http://www.streamzap.com|streamzap]] remote to control everything
  * [[sourceforge>guliverkli|Media Player Classic]] (included in XP codec pack)
  * [[http://www.cyberlink.com|Cyberlink]] Power DVD as it supports the VIA mpeg hardware accelerator.
  * [[http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm|Quicktime Alternative]] Codec
  * [[http://www.xpcodecpack.com/|XP Codec Pack]] to play all major audio and video formats
  * [[http://www.winamp.com|Winamp]]

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