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Set top box#

Goals#

Be able to play a number of sources on TV, from the internet or local sources. Be able to browse the web, access spacepirates.com and look at Google Earth.

Software stacks#

There are multiple solutions:

• XBMC
• Boxee
• Stock Linux. This has the advantage of being more like a desktop and reduces the risk of being blocked from services such as Hulu

Media Resources#

Personal resources#

We have multiple home resources:

• DVDs we bought
• home videos
• home pictures

Online video sources#

Multiple websites are currently available that offer video:

• Youtube
• Hulu
• Netflix (Requires M$ Silverlight for streaming. Not available for Linux.)

Hardware#

Typical solutions#

There are a lot of typical solutions on the market:

• Blu Ray player with Wifi and Youtube, Netflix access
• Roku player for Netflix
• WD TV Live Plus

The typical solutions offer HDMI output, internet access through cat5 or Wifi, a remote control,

Music in all the rooms#

Goals#

Be able to play all our music in multiple rooms, adjust volume, choose songs etc. Ideally, the same music should play in multiple rooms seamlessly.

Hardware#

Typical solutions#

Sony has the S AIR system that can stream music from a computer or from an IPOD. Speakers get the music wirelessly in the 2.4GHz band.