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'''Videos'''  
 
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Note: The demo video isn't very professional and raised some justified complaints.  It is being redone now as we speak with a professional voice over from a volunteer.  The new video will be more compact and show more stuff, like what happens when you connect an IP camera, squeeze box, mobile phone, NAS, etc.  It will represent an unbiased comparison against the latest Windows Vista Ultimate since we'll just let the cameras roll and show what happens with both system side-by-side and let the viewer be the judge.
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Watch the new walk-through video that shows all the major features in LinuxMCE, including setup, instantly on [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2176025602905109829&hl=en Google Video], or download the HD from the [[Mirrors]], or read more about the it at [[Videos]]
 
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Until I get my new Vista Ultimate system installed and re-shoot the video, here's a link to the existing video: <div align="center">[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4422887272477313460&hl=en http://linuxmce.com/images/play.gif]</div>
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The setup video is also coming very soon.
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'''Screenshots: Using Linux MCE'''
 
'''Screenshots: Using Linux MCE'''

Revision as of 06:38, 7 August 2007

Videos

Watch the new walk-through video that shows all the major features in LinuxMCE, including setup, instantly on Google Video, or download the HD from the Mirrors, or read more about the it at Videos

Screenshots: Using Linux MCE

There are 3 UI options. UI1 is the most basic, and runs on all video cards. However, the UI takes over the screen whenever you bring up the menu and any video that is playing gets reduced to a window. This is the easiest UI, because the UI never covers up any of the video. UI2 is preferred because it is completely media-centric. Your media is always full-screen and never reduced. Even when you're not watching your own video or photos, LinuxMCE displays as gallery art the interesting photos of the day from flickr.com with smooth and subtle motion so you always have media full-screen and can leave your TV on as wall art. UI2 is available with masking (medium), which only requires a video card with decent OpenGL and XDamage support. The alpha blending version looks nicer, but it requires a video card that supports the composite extensions, which currently is only the nVidia 6xxx and greater.

Main menu This lists all the top level options in a given room, broken down into categories: Lighting, Climate, etc. In UI1, the blank button between the media icon and the 'TV' is your "Now Playing", which takes you to the control screen for your active media. In UI2, the lower left button is your "Now Playing", and any options for your current media, like Audio Tracks, Subtitles, etc., show up as a sub-menu so you can do everything with only 1 screen. For UI2, use your remote control, or keyboard arrows, or mouse to select the menu pads at the bottom. The sub menu shoots up, like an upside-down version of pull-down menus in a computer application.

UI1 or Basic UI UI2 with medium settings (masking) UI2 with alpha blending / transparency
MainMenuUI1.jpg MainMenuUI2M.jpg MainMenuUI2B.jpg


File Browser

UI1 or Basic UI UI2 with medium settings UI2 with alpha blending / transparency
FileBrowserUI1.jpg FileBrowserUI2M.jpg FileBrowserUI2B.jpg


DVD Remote

UI1 or Basic UI UI2 with medium settings UI2 with alpha blending / transparency
DVDRemoteUI1.jpg DVDRemoteUI2M.jpg DVDRemoteUI2B.jpg


Dial number

UI1 or Basic UI UI2 with medium settings UI2 with alpha blending / transparency
DialNumberUI1.jpg DialNumberUI2M.jpg DialNumberUI2B.jpg


Security panel

UI1 or Basic UI UI2 with medium settings UI2 with alpha blending / transparency
SecurityPanelUI1.jpg SecurityPanelUI2M.jpg SecurityPanelUI2B.jpg