Multimedia Center Pc
How to setup your pc to be a multimedia center.
Goals:
Fast responce to the user interface
Playback DVD and Blue Ray DVD’s
Record video from multiple sources – DVD’s, Blue Ray DVD’s, Internet
Stream Video over the internet for ON DEMAND access
Stream Audio from multiple sources – MP3, Music Cd’s, Satalite radio – XMRADIO and SIRRIUS, AM / FM, HD RADIO
PODCAST’s
Web camera – Telephone / Video / Chat.
Create / Edit your music
Create / Edit your video
Capture video from your Video camera / Still photo camera / Scanner / Slides
Recommended Software:
- Mixcraft / Winamp (Music, MP3, MIDI audio Editor)
- Adobe PDF Reader /Adobe Flash /
- Adobe Premeire / Sony Vegas 9 / .. / ..
- DVD Decrypter / Any DVD / (Copies DVD’s to your hard drive)
- Deep Freeze / L / (Restores your computer back to original fast config)
- Picasso / (Googles photo and video album)
- Google chrome / Firefox / Safari / TOR /(Web Browsers)
- Adobe Flash Media Server / (Stream Videos on the net)
- XP / VISTA /UBUNTU / (Operating systems)
- Apache / IIS / XAMPP / XAMPP Local / SQLYOG (Web Server apps) - netsh winsock reset to fix apache
- Word / Excel / Powerpoint /Adobe PDF Reader (Document Viewers)
- Apple Quicktime / Microsoft Media Player / Real Audio / Media Player Classic WMP4.75 / Winamp/ Adobe Flash (Video players)
- Panasonic HDWriter / (Used to capture video from the sd1 camera)
- Webcam Max 30 day trial : wcm site
- Porivo Peer (Earn money when system is idle)
- Skype / Trillian (Internet Chat Video phone)
- Logitech Quick Cam ORBIT SPHERE MP (Driver)
- ISO Recorder (Vista 32) Magic ISO 64bit xp Active ISO maker Magicdisk mount
- File Zilla
- Shutdown Guard
- Web Camera Emulator – VHToolkit
- Downloads
- Admin
- Woopra Java
- Desktop Extender
- Ninite - Easy software installer
Verizon Fios TV Users
Recommended Hardware
- 4 gb ram
- 2 ghz or faster cpu
- 256mb video card / HDMI output / Componet in / out
- E-sata 3.0
- 1.5tb Free Agent Hard drive
- 24″ LCD or larger display / lcd projector / lcd tv
- HAVA / SLING
- Direct TV / FIOS / Cable internet
- XMRADIO / SIRRUS
- Web Camera / Scanner
- Wireless router – 802.11 N / A / B/ G
- Web Server – Content services
- Notebook – Acer Aspire 8930G-7665
Furniture
