[eatinwokout]

im no talking about software from elgato. what im looking for is software similar to media center. i saw pictures of it somewhere on the net. the interface listed music, movies, photos... all in a clean blue interface on your tv.

does anyone have an idea of what i'm talking about?

[podshop]

Sounds similar to MythTV, but that runs on Linux. Check it out here:

http://mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythFeatures

[eatinwokout]

yeh i've seen mythtv but that wasn't it.

[larkost]

The two main projects like what you are describing are MythTV as was mentioned, and Freevo. There is also Microsoft's Windows Media Center, but I don't think that is what you are looking for. Both MythTV and Freevo are skinable and extensible, so installs can look very different, and even have added features that are not part of the standard install.

Both projects have ports to MacOS X, so it is as easy as installing a binary to get playback running (neither has full support for recording yet, but both are working hard on it... and MythTv has the concepts of front-ends and back-ends so your back-end could be on another box altogether.

[eatinwokout]

i think freevo was what i was looking for. now i just need to get it installed.

[eatinwokout]

ok any help with getting freevo running on a mac mini? osx in general?