Very Computer

Hi,

I have been looking at getting something like the Philips Streamium
http://en.streamium.com/products/sl300i/, enabling me to view pictures and
video onto my TV and stream audio to a hifi living room.

I do have a couple of old PCs (300mhz) I thought I could make use of and
achieve the same thing, while also giving a bit more on a compatability and
capability front. I would like to hear from anyone who knows of a good solid
way of doing this, I am Ok on the hardware side, but have limited exposure
to Linux, but enough to enable me to setup software once I know what will do
the job. It is also imperative this can be controlled via remote control
(whats one more to the pile currently resting on the coffee table?!).

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

Mark

300mhz is probably a bit slow for video. I have a nehemiah 10000 (1ghz)
without video drivers and it sometimes drops frames when watching a dvd
ripped as divx.

As for software, have you looked around? There is mythtv and freevo.
I've played with freevo a little and it wasn't too hard to get rid of
the "tv" related links (since I don't have a tuner on my computer).

If you get a mini-itx board, take a look at freepia.org. They've set up
a full system just for that. I haven't installed it myself, but i'll try
it soon enough.