StateOfTheArtSpecs

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This page sums up the state of the art on the Linux Media Center subject.

This will allow the Ubuntu Media Center Team to have a clear vision for the software choice.

		Supported features
Name	URL	TV	Movies	Music	Pictures	Games	Effects	Additional plugins
Elisa	http://www.fluendo.com/elisa/index.php		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Freevo	http://freevo.sourceforge.net/		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (p)	No	Yes
MythTV	http://www.mythtv.org/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (p)		Yes
My Media System	http://www.mymediasystem.com/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	yes
LinuxMCE	http://linuxmce.com/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes

Nb : (p) means the feature with an additional plugin.

Notes

GeexBox has not been considered since it's a distribution, not a software.
non [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS FLOSS] software have been discarded:
- SageTV
GeeXboX teams up with freevo for LiveCD/distro.
LinuxMCE is more than just a Media Center. It can manage your whole house. So that's also a problem cause the installer comes with all its stuff (to manage the whole house) and, at the end, you're lost in all those functionalities ( and the software becomes unusable ).
My Media System (mms) also have a kind of plug in approach. It wrappes existing players and supports LIRC. However, it doesn't do a special job apart being an interface to existing players. I didn't find a way to select set up the player. It's easy installable and testable. I propose you do.

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- * LinuxMCE is more that just a Media Center. It can manage your whole house. So that's also a problem cause the installer comes with all its stuff (to manage the whole house) and at the end you're lost in all those functionalities ( and the software becomes unusable ).
 * My Media System (mms) also have a kind of plug in approach. It wrappes existing players and supports LIRC. However, it doesn't do a special job apart beeing an interface to existing players. I didn't find a way to select set up the player. It's easy installable and testable. I propose you do.
+ * LinuxMCE is more than just a Media Center. It can manage your whole house. So that's also a problem cause the installer comes with all its stuff (to manage the whole house) and, at the end, you're lost in all those functionalities ( and the software becomes unusable ).
 * My Media System (mms) also have a kind of plug in approach. It wrappes existing players and supports LIRC. However, it doesn't do a special job apart being an interface to existing players. I didn't find a way to select set up the player. It's easy installable and testable. I propose you do.