Hi,
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for software to use for my home cinema. I just can't seem to find anything that does what I need.
To put things simply, my setup comprises of:
* The computer/htpc
* A touch screen monitor
* A projector
At the moment I'm just using media player classic to play files and operating the htpc like a regular computer but I want some sort of touch screen front-end to make it much more user friendly for the rest of my family. I don't want to have to use the mouse or keyboard.
I'm aware of all the obvious soulutions like XBMC, but I just find that offers way more than I need and so ends up bloated with menu options that I don't require.
All I want to be able to do (entirely via the touchscreen monitor) is:
* Browse the movies/music/photos that I have on my htpc hard drive and start them playing through the projector.
* Create playlists of movies and music to run as a 'show'
* Ingest movies that are held on external hard drives or DVDs onto my htpc hard drive.
* Possibly be able to rename files via an onscreen keyboard
Absolutely nothing else is required.
* I don't want to download cover art or song/movie info
* I don't want any kind of pictures to represent individual films or songs. (I just want the names written in text)
* I don't plan on having the htpc connected to the internet or any other computer in the house
* I don't need to know the weather
* etc etc etc
It should all look as simple as possible.
I recently discovered the free version of xlobby. This is obviously really old now, but I liked how relatively easy to customise it was. Something like that would be ideal.
Any suggestions?
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for software to use for my home cinema. I just can't seem to find anything that does what I need.
To put things simply, my setup comprises of:
* The computer/htpc
* A touch screen monitor
* A projector
At the moment I'm just using media player classic to play files and operating the htpc like a regular computer but I want some sort of touch screen front-end to make it much more user friendly for the rest of my family. I don't want to have to use the mouse or keyboard.
I'm aware of all the obvious soulutions like XBMC, but I just find that offers way more than I need and so ends up bloated with menu options that I don't require.
All I want to be able to do (entirely via the touchscreen monitor) is:
* Browse the movies/music/photos that I have on my htpc hard drive and start them playing through the projector.
* Create playlists of movies and music to run as a 'show'
* Ingest movies that are held on external hard drives or DVDs onto my htpc hard drive.
* Possibly be able to rename files via an onscreen keyboard
Absolutely nothing else is required.
* I don't want to download cover art or song/movie info
* I don't want any kind of pictures to represent individual films or songs. (I just want the names written in text)
* I don't plan on having the htpc connected to the internet or any other computer in the house
* I don't need to know the weather
* etc etc etc
It should all look as simple as possible.
I recently discovered the free version of xlobby. This is obviously really old now, but I liked how relatively easy to customise it was. Something like that would be ideal.
Any suggestions?