Media Center oriented Linux Operating System

9th Workshop on Multimedia Metadata

Tudor MIU ; Olivia STANESCU ; Ana CONSTANTIN ; Sorin LACRIŢEANU ; Roxana GRIGORE ; Domnina BURCA ; Tudor CONSTANTINESCU ; Alexandru RADOVICI

Others  :  http://CEUR-WS.org/Vol-441/p12.pdf
PID  :  24555

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

Nowadays there is a high demand of computer controller multimedia home systems. A great variety of computer software media center systems is available on the market, software which transforms an ordinary computer into a home media system. This means it adds some functionality to the normal computer. Our goal is to develop such a user-friendly intuitive system, dedicated for home media centers. In contrast with other proprietary approaches (Windows Media Center, Apple TV), we are building an entire operating system specialized on this. It is based on the Linux kernel, thus providing high portability and flexibility at a very low cost. The system is designed to work out of the box (plug it in and use it), needing zero configurations (no human configuration as much as possible) and no installation (Linux-live system, works from a CD, DVD or USB device).The user interface is not more complicated than a generic TV user interface. In this aim, the file system is hidden from the user, being replaced with an intuitive media library, the driver configurations is done automatically, network configuration is also handled without user actions (as much as possible).