Multimedia Home Entertainment System for Linux

An anonymous reader writes "A group at the University of Saarland in Germany has been busy developing a Linux-based networked multimedia home entertainment system. The project consists of two parts: the Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware (NMM), to provide a common framework for audio and video playback using open source software, and the Multimedia-Box, a Linux box outfitted to be a TV receiver (digital and analog), video recorder, and a CD-, DVD-, and MP3- player using the NMM. Screen shots of the inside of the Multimedia-Box and the user interface are available, as well as videos and a detailed description (PDF) of the hardware and software used throughout. Can't wait to stick one of these on my network..."

Comments

Re:Legality of playback

[JonWan]

I need hardly mention that the Linux kernel itself is currently in violation of the DMCA w.r.t media systems, as it has no TCPA to prevent criminally stolen movies from being played.

Since when does Windows(tm) stop you from playing "stolen" movies? Isn't that what most people use to violate copyright with?

Google cache

[MoonFog]

Here's Google's cache of the article

*sigh*

[obli]

Slashdot should consider hosting a copy of their linked pages on their own server in case of a slashdotting