TeeJayHoward
Limpness Supreme
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Foreword: I know almost nothing about HTPCs. I've got my PS3 set up to play netflix. I was really pleased that I could use my TV remote to control it (CEC?), even if it does take a full second to recognize a key press. I downloaded PS3 Media Server, and now I can send movies from my NAS to the PS3. It's all right, I guess. I'm curious, though, just how far one can stretch the home theater.
Right now, navigating through a movie collection is a pain. Press the down arrow, wait. Press the down arrow, wait. Press the right arrow, wait. Wait. Wait. Select the movie. Start. I'd love to have some sort of a tablet setup with the ability to swipe through the movies and press on the one I want to watch. It'd also be great if I could select the TV to send it to. I'm also interested in pausing the movie in the living room and resuming it in the bedroom. I want to retain the ability to control the movie via my TV remote, but it'd be nice if I could do it through the tablet as well. I also don't want to try and find the tablet if I'm already sitting down and comfortable, so I don't want to lose the ability to navigate using the remote either.
If the system could read metadata from the .mp4 files, that'd be lovely. I'd also like it to search an online database and pull data from there if it can't find it in the .mp4. (Although, I'm not sure how that would work - Off the filename?) Is it possible to stream the .ISO instead of ripping/reencoding it?
edit: PS3 is not a requirement. You can safely assume that I'm running this on a Pi or traditional PC.
Right now, navigating through a movie collection is a pain. Press the down arrow, wait. Press the down arrow, wait. Press the right arrow, wait. Wait. Wait. Select the movie. Start. I'd love to have some sort of a tablet setup with the ability to swipe through the movies and press on the one I want to watch. It'd also be great if I could select the TV to send it to. I'm also interested in pausing the movie in the living room and resuming it in the bedroom. I want to retain the ability to control the movie via my TV remote, but it'd be nice if I could do it through the tablet as well. I also don't want to try and find the tablet if I'm already sitting down and comfortable, so I don't want to lose the ability to navigate using the remote either.
If the system could read metadata from the .mp4 files, that'd be lovely. I'd also like it to search an online database and pull data from there if it can't find it in the .mp4. (Although, I'm not sure how that would work - Off the filename?) Is it possible to stream the .ISO instead of ripping/reencoding it?
edit: PS3 is not a requirement. You can safely assume that I'm running this on a Pi or traditional PC.
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