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	Type	TV	Movies	Music	Pictures	Games	Effects	Additional plugins
[http://www.fluendo.com/elisa/index.php Elisa]	Software		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
[http://freevo.sourceforge.net Freevo]	Software		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (p)	No	Yes
[http://www.mythtv.org MythTV]	Software	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (p)		Yes
[http://www.mymediasystem.com My Media System]		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	yes
[http://linuxmce.com LinuxMCE]	Distro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
[http://www.geexbox.org GeeXboX]	Distro	Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes

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

Detailed analysis

See http://plutohome.com/support/index.php?section=mainDownload&package=0 to have an overview of every package installed by LinuxMCEFootNote(From time to time, we'll use the name '''Pluto''' referring to the GPL part of Pluto which has be entirely copied by LinuxMCE project). The dependencies are hell ! To me the most interesting things is the Pluto Core Programs section. If Pluto is the software we choose, we should get in touch with their developers to get help developing a lighter version and to use the maximum of Ubuntu capabilities, not to have drivers packages installed by Pluto.

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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+ * See http://plutohome.com/support/index.php?section=mainDownload&package=0 to have an overview of every package installed by LinuxMCE[[FootNote(From time to time, we'll use the name '''Pluto''' referring to the GPL part of Pluto which has be entirely copied by LinuxMCE project)]]. The dependencies are hell ! To me the most interesting things is the '''Pluto Core Programs''' section. If Pluto is the software we choose, we should get in touch with their developers to get help developing a lighter version and to use the maximum of Ubuntu capabilities, not to have drivers packages installed by Pluto.