A digital media player that stores and plays audio and video files, functioning as a jukebox for personalized entertainment.
Badut Media Jukebox is a versatile Home Theater PC media browser application that functions as an audio and video jukebox. It is preconfigured to play various video and audio files with mplayer or xine. The configuration can be easily customized and extended by the user to their preferences. In addition, Badut can display screen captures for the selected item with thumbnails.
One of the key advantages of Badut over competing software, such as MythTV, is its ability to overlay directory trees and integrate them into a single merged tree. For instance, specifying /media/* as a set of root dirs can expand the relative path /videos/ to /media/*/videos. Badut can organize your media files much more simply as you can distribute them over several directories and have consistent display.
Other features of Badut include direct support for the Soundgraph iMON LCD+IR module, popularly found in recent Silverstone GD01 chassis. With hand-optimized fonts that are narrow yet visually appealing, the module has a high spouse acceptance factor. Moreover, Badut is designed to start up quickly without an initial, fully recursive scan of the browsed directories.
The configuration files for Badut are very easy to read and write, as they are well documented and kept simple. Furthermore, the interfaces for writing plugins for special purposes are minimal and are well documented. There is even the option for recording CDs/DVDs from the normal menu and an extensible user option for arbitrary actions.
Installation of Badut is straightforward, as it typically only takes a few seconds; however, some manual configuration is necessary for iMON LCD+IR support. To get the LCD working, you need to install the new modules and recompile LIRC while removing the old ones. This can be done on Ubuntu or Mythbuntu, both of which are derived from Xubuntu.
In conclusion, Badut Media Jukebox is a powerful and user-friendly media browser application that stands out from the competition with its unique features, easy customization and a simple installation process.
One of the key advantages of Badut over competing software, such as MythTV, is its ability to overlay directory trees and integrate them into a single merged tree. For instance, specifying /media/* as a set of root dirs can expand the relative path /videos/ to /media/*/videos. Badut can organize your media files much more simply as you can distribute them over several directories and have consistent display.
Other features of Badut include direct support for the Soundgraph iMON LCD+IR module, popularly found in recent Silverstone GD01 chassis. With hand-optimized fonts that are narrow yet visually appealing, the module has a high spouse acceptance factor. Moreover, Badut is designed to start up quickly without an initial, fully recursive scan of the browsed directories.
The configuration files for Badut are very easy to read and write, as they are well documented and kept simple. Furthermore, the interfaces for writing plugins for special purposes are minimal and are well documented. There is even the option for recording CDs/DVDs from the normal menu and an extensible user option for arbitrary actions.
Installation of Badut is straightforward, as it typically only takes a few seconds; however, some manual configuration is necessary for iMON LCD+IR support. To get the LCD working, you need to install the new modules and recompile LIRC while removing the old ones. This can be done on Ubuntu or Mythbuntu, both of which are derived from Xubuntu.
In conclusion, Badut Media Jukebox is a powerful and user-friendly media browser application that stands out from the competition with its unique features, easy customization and a simple installation process.
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