Name me a media player, with a twist

god1406
god1406 Posts: 554
edited July 2009 in The Crudcatcher
I want a program that lets me scroll through and play my films, displaying fan art, information about the film, ratings, and all that jazz. Sort of like itunes or songbird, but for films.

I've used XBMC before but don't want the hassle of maintaining such a fast-developing package again...

I run ArchLinux and Windows, so the program can be just about anything.

Since off Topic seems to have gone, I'm guessing the 'CrudCatcher' is a sold out version of the Sandbox and thus contains all the people 'in the know'... Does anyone know of anything like this, that isn't XBMC?

Thanks.
Rocky Ridge

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  • delude
    delude Posts: 110
    Does iTunes not do this in the 'Movies' library anyway? (I just use Front Row on my Mac)
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    what OS are you running?
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  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    Windows MCE.....

    MythTV.....for linux.....might need a new distro.....I am enjoying MythBuntu at the moment.

    Itunes.....

    Windows Media Player........
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  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    what OS are you running?

    Archlinux and Windows but I get the feeling he'll have tried the usual suspects out, media portal, myth etc.


    Tell you what i did see the other day: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/ and it's in the Arch repository: http://doc.freevo.org/ArchLinux

    If you check it out let me know what you think. 8)
  • god1406
    god1406 Posts: 554
    Cee - I was after something a bit more exotic than itunes or wmp :)

    Nick- I run Vista, XP, Arch, Ubuntu, and probably some form of Mac if I'm feeling adventurous with Virtualbox...

    Cheers for the heads up about Freevo, Blister, I'll check it out and get back.

    xx
    Rocky Ridge

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  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    god1406 wrote:
    Cee - I was after something a bit more exotic than itunes or wmp :)

    Why?
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    Heads up for techs, geeks and interested parties looking for information and alternatives in FLOSS media centre land. A comparison / overview chart:

    http://www.telematicsfreedom.org/en/pro ... -state-art

    Download the .pdf and have a gander, someone's took the time to collate information. Very nice and very slick of them. I'll even donate later on.

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