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Users / Re: Any other remotes support "follow me"?

« on: November 05, 2008, 04:46:52 pm »

So the remote itself is triggering the event by sending a signal?  So I can use anything and put lots of IR or bluetooth sensors all about and it will just use the closest one to figure out where I am?  I thought the system was somehow polling the fiirechief and not the other way around.  So it shouldn't be too difficult to make any bluetooth device with a gyro like the fiire chief remote.

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Users / Re: What hardware was used in the 0704 video?

« on: November 04, 2008, 10:36:19 pm »

Yes

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Users / Re: What hardware was used in the 0704 video?

« on: November 04, 2008, 09:39:10 pm »

I put in lots of effort for plenty of other open source things, my media center isn't something I feel justified spending lots of time on.  That being said, I'd gladly pay for a solution that meets my needs and does what I want.   Notice how I am talking about buying whatever is necessary, including the Fiire clients and remotes just to get what I want.  Since the hardware doesn't seem to be out there, I am forced to muck with other hardware and hope it works.  I have a limited amount of free time, if I can't get it to work in one afternoon I'll probably never use it again.

This is kind of the problem with Linux in general on the desktop, most users don't want to spend lots of time, they just want it to work like an appliance.

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Users / Thin clients? Specs?

« on: November 04, 2008, 08:56:31 pm »

I'm planning to have the primary LinuxMCE box in my basement, and thin clients behind each tv/display throughout my house.  I will have the TV tuner card in the primary system in the basement, but it won't have any actual display.  Would I need a nVidia card for this "basement/master" system or can I just use any old thing for now?  I was planning on having 3-4 thin clients throughout the house, one in the bedroom behind a flat panel like the video, one attached to a 20" monitor on a swingarm in the kitchen, and one on the ceiling underneath a projector in another room (possibly a 4th later).  I have a NAS now with a few TB in it so I'll just use that for storage for now.  I also plan to use some home automation stuff, I loved the part where it called the guy on his phone and showed him the picture.  I have some network cameras that I'll try and if they don't work I'll buy compatible ones.

My questions are:
1) What "slim" thin clients are there now that I can buy that will attach to the back of a 20" lcd monitor or behind a ~40" 720p plasma/lcd?  The Fiire Invisible 1" from the 0704 video appears to be discontinued and the 2" seems too large and has all the bells and whistles.  Plus I don't want it to auto-update (once it works don't mess with it).
2) What specs will I need to stream video to 3 remote systems for the "basement/master" system?  Ideally I'd like it to download torrents automatically to the NAS as well.

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Users / Any other remotes support "follow me"?

« on: November 04, 2008, 07:38:31 pm »

I'm guessing not since I can't find any info about it.  How does that functionality work anyway?

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Users / Re: What hardware was used in the 0704 video?

« on: November 04, 2008, 04:36:24 pm »

Yeah that is what I was afraid of, most of the hardware isn't available now.  The appeal of LMCE is the ease of installation and use, and to get that I accept that I'll need to buy specific hardware.  But if I can't get that hardware then I have to deal with the usual linux "edit 50 text files with arcane commands and options" crap.

I'd like to just have the primary media center in the basement (with the TV card for input but no A/V gear) and use thin clients everywhere else.  The "follow me" feature and the home automation is also appealing.

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Users / What hardware was used in the 0704 video?

« on: November 03, 2008, 10:50:02 pm »

I just saw this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2176025602905109829

Simply put: I want to duplicate this functionality, and I know that Linux is tricky with most hardware.  I want to buy the same exact thin clients, webpad, TV decoder, flat panel TV, remote, everything.  What did the creator of the video use?

If this question has already been asked please post a link the the answer, I couldn't find it!