[maemo-users] [maemo-users] question on the media center software.

[From: James Sparenberg]

On Wednesday 20 December 2006 10:07, Sameer Verma wrote:
> Klaasjan Brand wrote:
> > On 12/20/06, *James Sparenberg* <james at linuxrebel.org
> > <mailto:james at linuxrebel.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Does anyone know what Linux package could be used to replace the
> >     windows
> >     component of media streamer.... If none no problem I'll just need
> >     to install
> >     icecast.  Thanks.
> >
> >
> > You need an UPNP server to  use mediastreamer, like twonkyvision
> > (payware) or ushare (which had a problem causing mediastreamer not to
> > find it, but may be fixed by now...)
>
> I use gmediaserver (http://www.gnu.org/software/gmediaserver/). I hear
> it has limitations on number of items. Install is simple though on
> Debian/Ubuntu (apt-get).I also have a MythTV install at home and my
> Nokia MediaStreamer finds it, so I suppose MythTV must be doing uPNP...
>
> Sameer

Sameer Thanks this sounds promising as I'm running Kubuntu on my main file 
server...  

James