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HTPC Software

Jetster

Jetster

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System Specs
System Name Juliette // My HTPC
Processor Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s) ASUS RTX4070 OC// ASUS RTX 4060 OC
Storage Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s) ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s) Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse G903 and a Master Mouse MM710/No mouse, MS game copntroller
Keyboard EVGA / Logitech K400
Software Windows 11 Pro // Windows 10 Pro
HTPC up and running. Now trying a few software options to handle all of the media. Currently I have installed

WMC of course with Netflicks and internet TV.

Boxee - it does very well handing all my movies with DVD Covers and descriptions. Also works over my network as all my movies are on another comp. Out of 260 movies it only missed about 8 movies descriptions and then you can manually find them.

Playon.tv - Still not sure about this program. It pulls a lot of programs and serves them up to see. Mainly for consoles which I don't have. But it does play to XBMC


XBMC - Nice program, great for internet TV, will serve all your media even over a network. Does not look up covers and descriptions like Boxee does.

Im still trying to figure all these programs out. If you have any suggestions please do
 
digibucc said:
huh?
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Ok Ill say it a different way. XBMC will list all your media (name) but it doesn't retrieve media data from the net like Boxee does. I could be wrong though Im still trying to figure it out. It would see my videos, but not my movies over my network. What it did see it only lists the name. Unlike Boxee which shows a DVD cover and description it retrieved from the internet
 
i'm pretty sure it does indeed get covers and descriptions, but another option i like is mediaportal. very complete app.
 
I just read that it uses Scrapers to get the info. Like I said still learning. Thanks for the suggestions
 
Update:

XBMC is an open source Media Center. It is amazing what it can do. I does have a steep learning curve and many options but works well not only as a media center but a media server also. Imagine watching a movie in one room pause and go to another room and continue from the same place.

Ive been using it for about 3 days now and all my media is on there and my remotes work. evidently you can set it up to automatically download TV programs and place them into your library. Haven't gotten that far yet
 
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