Media Center
The Noisebridge Media Center (NBMC) is a PC called Horsy running some software hooked up to our main projector in the common space. People can use this to play video content off of Pony, for presentations, or other things that require a big screen.
How to use
Getting videos and music onto the media center
The media center machine, Horsy, has little to no hard drive space. It's only meant to run software to play movies and music. If you have stuff you want to play on the machine, here are your options:
- Put it on Pony, some instructions on how
- Plug in a thumb drive via USB, Gnome automount is on. If automount doesn't work, pmount is available.
- Access a network share (really fucking annoying)
- Just plug in your own machine into the projector
Videos
Horsy is running Xbox Media Center (XBMC) which has a web interface.
There might also be a keyboard and mouse hooked up to the machine which can control the media center.
If XBMC isn't running, one will have to VNC in and run it or use the keyboard. ALT+F2 in Gnome will being up a run bar, feed it xbmc.
If XBMC freezes up, to kill it you can run this command from the machine...
killall /usr/local/share/xbmc/xbmc.bin
or this command remotely...
ssh mediacenter@horsy.noise killall /usr/local/share/xbmc/xbmc.bin
Music
It's running MPD.
If you want to plug in an MP3 player, such as an iPod, there should be a 1/8" cable sticking out of Horsy with a label stating so. There's no need to switch the input.
Desktop
VNC is running
Address: horsy.noise:5900 Password: horsy
Shell
ssh://mediacenter:mediacenter@horsy.noise:21
Need more shell access? Talk to rubin110.
Specs
Hardware
- ZOTAC IONITX-A-U Atom N330 1.6GHz Dual-Core Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
- Shit ton of ram
- Some hard drive
- M350 Universal Mini-ITX Enclosure
Software
- Debian Lenny 5.0
- Xbox Media Center
- VLC
- MPD