movie demo

This is a short demonstration of the computer system I built in order to organize my movie collection. I have several movies on dvd and I also have kids. It seems the two don't get along well with each other. I was constantly having a problem finding movies not in their cases or the wrong one in the case or just plain can't find it.....you get the picture. Well, I got fed up and decided I'd try to make a computer that could play my movies much like other people do to play their music collection. As it turns out I've exceeded my expectations. I have all my movies nice and orderly with cool backdrops (fanart). I can pick a genre and it will only display the genre I picked. I've tried MS Media Center and I must admit I did like it ok. It was pretty impressive, but then I discovered there's a whole other world out there and things can be done I had never even dreamed possible. What you are seeing in the video is a computer I built and it runs on a Linux based operating system called Ubuntu. Ubuntu (and other versions of Linux) are highly customizable as you can see in the video. I did this as a hobby and have enjoyed learning about it. I personally have never seen another computer system like it in person except for the ones I've built. I know there are plenty of them out there but they are certainly not common place. They are also simply an unbelievable sight to behold.

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Howto & Style

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• Christmas gifts
• computer
• Ubuntu
• Linux
• Movies
• xbmc