A very good, cheap media centre solution (front end to DNS-323)
Published July 20th, 2010 in dns-323, hacks, life, unixUse your DNS-323 as a media server? Want to stream all your videos to your TV? Cheaply?
Enter xbox media centre. The little piece of software I used to love on my old black brick original xbox (modded, of course). But not just for xbox anymore! Cheap nettops are here, paving the way for super affordable HTPCs.
Just set up a samba share within XBMC that points to your DNS-323, and you should be able to see your entire media library over the network.
Click the image to read the lifehacker article.
You won’t find a better media center than the open-source XBMC, but most people don’t have the space or desire to plug a noisy PC into their TV. Instead, I converted a cheap nettop into a standalone XBMC set-top box. Here’s how.
The Acer Aspire Revo is currently only $215 at ncix. (For you fellow Canadians).

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