Friday 26 June 2009
Opening the Acer Aspire Revo
There's a useful page on opening the Acer Aspire Revo here. Will come in useful for when I add an extra 1GB RAM to the existing 1GB, or maybe swapping the hard drive for a larger one.
Sunday 21 June 2009
List of Media Centre Software for Windows and Linux
Here is a list of free Media Centre Software for Linux and Windows.
Saturday 20 June 2009
Power Consumption of Acer Aspire Revo
I did some quick tests on the power consumption of my Acer Aspire Revo R3600 which arrived yesterday.
Thursday 18 June 2009
Streaming HD Video to Xbox 360
I've been experimenting with encoding HD videos using EncodeHD and then streaming them to an Xbox 360 via TwonkyVision from my QNAP TS-101. The QNAP TS-101 is a small NAS device with 64mb RAM so I think its a safe assumption that no transcoding is being done.
I first took a sample video from here and then encoded it using the various presets. The files were then copied to the QNAP, and then accessed from "Video Library" on the 360 (note: not via the Media Center Extender).
I first took a sample video from here and then encoded it using the various presets. The files were then copied to the QNAP, and then accessed from "Video Library" on the 360 (note: not via the Media Center Extender).
Saturday 13 June 2009
Ubuntu Wallpapers
To install some nice wallpapers on Ubuntu, run the following command: -
sudo apt-get install peace-wallpapers tropic-wallpapers ubuntustudio-wallpapers blubuntu-wallpapers
sudo apt-get install peace-wallpapers tropic-wallpapers ubuntustudio-wallpapers blubuntu-wallpapers
Monday 8 June 2009
Xbox 360 Multi-Player Games
Here are some good Xbox 360 XBLA games that I have identified may be worth looking at. Most of them are also multi-player (either local or via Xbox Live)
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